DIVERSITY BEING
In their words, this unique approach is not
charity, it is their business model. Today Lemon
Tree employs 550 specially abled workers
— mostly hearing and speech-impaired;
nevertheless, there are also wheelchair users
and amputees. Together they account for 12
percent of the chain’s 4,600-strong workforce.
Their spellbinding act of social inclusion has
delivered superior business results, reduced
attrition rates and significantly increased
effi ciency amongst the employees.
While some organizations are championing
the cause of including the differently abled as
a part of their workforce, some of them are
taking massive strides to bridge the gender
gap, one of the most talked about, but the
least acted upon area. Ajuba Solutions is one
such example. Currently, 49 percent of Ajuba’s
workforce comprises women, which is one of
the highest in the industry. To promote gender
Amarnath Verma
Anand Pillai
Abhijit Bhaduri
Our methodology focuses on narrowing disparity,
cherishing the vision to create a diverse
workplace culture and embracing inclusion.
Sounds like an uphill task to accomplish?
Fret not, we have a roadmap charted for you:
Creating a robust
governance
structure-Diversity
Committee and
Diversity Offi ce
Initatives to be led
by the Top
Management
diversity within their organization, they have
created a Women’s Forum called “Shakti”
which is a cross-functional team of and for
women. Nurturing the lesser represented
gender and providing them the springboard
for growth, development, and success is surely
a commendable act of inclusion.
While we extol the initiatives taken to
create a diverse workplace, the underpinning
idea is to ensure that inclusion and diversity
become synonymous to an organizational
culture rather than being an element of
uniqueness.
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| Vol. 10 Issue 3 • MARCH 2019, Delhi NCR
Make Diversity
and Inclusion as
a part of your key
strategy.
Stronger
Diversity,
More inclusive
Workplace.
Position equality
in hiring as a part
of your brand
message.
Great Place To Work® For All envisions a
workplace culture with a consistent experience
for all their employees. Our methodology
focuses on narrowing disparity, cherishing the
vision to create a diverse workplace culture
and embracing inclusion. After all, where
shackles of biases and exclusions break free;
agility, cooperation and success follow. P & M