PAWS FOR
PERFORMANCE
CULTURAL DEXTERITY
#CULTUREINSHORTS
MENTORING
WOMEN ACROSS
DIMENSIONS
At Apollo Tyres, a custom-
made program titled as Apollo
Global Citizen Certifi cation
has been designed to train
people in being cross-culturally
competent. This program
is intended to establish and
leverage business rapport with
people from different cultures.
It has enabled them to develop
a global mindset, intercultural
competence, and an awareness
of workplace cultures in
countries other than their
own. The employees selected
to move from one country/
culture to another as a part of
career development initiative is
certifi ed through this program.
It ensures a smooth transition
and a sharper delivery curve of
the employee in the new milieu.
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Pitney Bowes has launched
a Women Mentoring Program
to develop holistic women
leaders across regions. MIND,
Mentoring in New Dimensions,
connects women leaders from
different locations in the form
of a mentoring program. For
eight months, both the mentors
and the mentees are given
guidance in key areas, so as to
extract maximum value from
the program. They are given
assignments across Pitney Bowes
offi ces, which are not necessarily
from their business domain.
It gives them the opportunity
to work and experience cross-
geo cultures under continuous
mentorship, helping them learn
and aspire to do more.
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InMobi has a creative way of
ensuring that their employees’
pets become a part of their
workplace families as well.
At all their offi ces, InMobians
are allowed to bring their pets
to work at any point in time.
They launched the Human Dog
Interaction Project to build a fun
environment for people to interact
with one another. While this
helps to build a more informal
and relaxed workplace culture,
employees are more at ease and
perform better in the long run.