"Effective people management is what is required as you need strong people managers, and it's an extremely niche and technical skill."

The newest instalment of the Shape of Work podcast highlights how one effectively fosters a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our guest for this episode is Savitha Lakshminarayan, Associate Vice President - Talent Strategy at Accenture.

Savitha has an overall work experience of 12 years. She did her BE in Electronics from the University of Mumbai, and her MBA from Symbiosis International University. She has been a Senior Consultant at IBM, been Manager at KPMG India as well as an HR Manager at CHEP India.

Episode Highlights

• What can we do to mitigate gender bias in job descriptions?
• How to best utilise your team
• Effective ways to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace
• What has been the big game changer in the talent landscape?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Riddhi Agarwal

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.