Education for compliance; Creating commitment for the right culture
There is a growing need to establish a more inclusive atmosphere and to comply with POSH act 2013. Emergence assists in the development of this inclusive, unbiased culture with targeted interventions for the CXO Group, Leaders, Managers, Employees, and Internal Committee Members.
CASE-
Diagnostics Company (2019)-
INDUSTRY- Healthcare Diagnostics
No./Profile of Participants- 15 CEO/CXOs, 30 Business Heads, 90 Senior & Mid Management, 20 Members of Internal Committee for POSH
KEY OUTCOMES-
Leadership team sensitized to key aspects of Diversity & Inclusion and its impact on organizational culture, how their role is instrumental in building the right culture
Members of the Internal Committee (IC) trained and certified on their knowledge and understanding of POSH and its implementation within the organization.
Leaders and their teams are educated on the POSH internal guidelines and how to effectively carry out their responsibilities in supporting all parties involved.
NEED–
Sensitizing towards Diversity & Inclusion to build the right culture which is safe and gender-neutral
In an effort to set the right culture, significance of building awareness and appreciation towards different facets of Diversity & Inclusion was felt. Additionally, POSH training was seen as necessary for its internal committee to function at its best.
SOLUTION-
An intervention focused on combining the role demands and the law to cover the leadership team, their teams and members of internal committee through workshops & training sessions A need-analysis for each stakeholder was conducted to identify its coverage for the program. The theme of Diversity & Inclusion was primarily undertaken for the leadership team across two locations,Gurugram and Mumbai for one day each. Meaning of diversity, its importance and male-female colleagueship formed for few essential ideas that were discussed. The heads of departments and managers underwent a workshop more focused on how to perform their role effectively in supporting the concerned parties during the process. For the internal committee, training and certification process was followed, solely focusing on POSH and a situation-based knowledge test was carried out post the session.
OUTCOME–
Setting of a pro-diversity culture where boundaries are respected and differences are celebrated
The intervention realized its objective to build consciousness amongst the senior leaders, their teams and internal committee on issues of Diversity & Inclusion and POSH. This enabled laying foundation for a culture that values mutual respect and appreciation regardless of gender along with necessitating the need to protect any violation of the same.