@Pavani Gajendra Thanks for doing the AMA. What is the one thing managers/leadership tend to get wrong when it comes to driving performance in these early days of scaling a team?

We are a remote organisation and as we grow, we've seen a dip in employees' participation during tow-nhall meetings (not sure why, no one ever complained about anything). But how do we get people to attend it virtually?

@Pavani Gajendra Thank you so much for spending your time with us here and sharing amazing insights with everyone 🙌

What do you think of the options like early salary, loan against future income etc? Both as an HR and an employee. Is it better to take the loan from the company at 0%? or a third party (lending company) - probably higher amounts but maybe some interest?

This is a fantastic initiative and something very useful to the employees. I have personally seen it being used for purchase of vehicles or for other personal reasons as well. It showcases the company's interest to help employees in times of need as well as increases the stickiness of the employee.

Hello everyone (<!channel>) 👋 The playbook curated from our AMA session #9 is out! Do give it a read. Here's what we discussed with our guest, @Pavani Gajendra- People Operations Manager at Rad 👇 1️⃣ How can companies put together a Benefits survey for their employees if they want to take a pulse check on their benefits offerings? 2️⃣ Biggest challenges People Ops leaders face while setting up processes from scratch 3️⃣ Challenges while scaling up the people processes? What pitfalls do we have to look out for? 4️⃣ Ways to get feedback from employees to recognise unhappy employees earlier in the cycle 5️⃣ How do you build a culture of recognition? 6️⃣ One thing managers/leadership tend to get wrong when it comes to driving performance in the early days of scaling a team? 7️⃣ Different ways to increase town hall participation 8️⃣ Thoughts on the options like early salary, loan against future income etc Feel free to provide your feedback on the playbook. Find it insightful? Share it with your fellow HR/People Ops folks 💙 You can access all our previous AMA sessions' Playbook here ---> https://www.springworks.in/the-shape-of-work-podcast/resources/

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set the channel topic: 📣 The next AMA session with Meena Kumari, Senior Director of Human Resources at Airmeet will be conducted on July 07, 2022 (Thursday) --> 8 am to 8 pm. Watch this space for the following announcement.

<!channel> Hi everyone 👋 I’m delighted to be able to welcome Meena kumari (@Meena Kumari), Senior Director of Human Resources at Airmeet to answer all of your questions. 🎇 Laureates: ETHR Emerging Young Leader 2022, HR 40 under 40. Previously led the people function at Circles.Life & also was the head HRBP at Capillary Technologies managing their global HR portfolio. Here’s how this session will work: - Join us live during the session from 8 a.m to 8 p.m on Thursday, July 07, and ask your questions - Leave your questions right here in the #expert-ama channel already so that Meena can answer them on Thursday Here are some topics you might like to ask Meena questions about: ① Remote teams 😇 Meena is a remote work enthusiast and a digital transformation champion. Her areas of expertise include building and developing a fully remote/ globally distributed team. She's been instrumental in creating cultures of collaboration and implementing change to achieve workforce excellence. ② Scaling HR processes in tech companies 🛠️ Meena has been a part of the HR fraternity for over 15 years mostly working in technology companies / Product / Saas startups. Perhaps you’d like some insights on the biggest HR challenges in the tech industry & solutions. ③ Setting up an employee benefits program 💫 Meena understands the challenges of creating the perfect Employee Benefits Program. She's experimented, failed, learned, iterated & finally figured it out. Maybe you have questions about how to implement the same in your company? ④ … And anything else! ❓ And of course, this is an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session, so any question that you might have for Meena on HR & People Ops is a good question so fire away below. Looking forward to seeing your questions 💥 @Meena Kumari over to you. Thanks so much for agreeing to be here for the AMA 🙌

What are some fun team-building events that have been successful at Airmeet?

Hi @Meena Kumari, thanks for doing this 🙌 What behaviors, tools, interventions or policies can companies implement to build the feedback culture? Which has been the most successful? Which has been the most challenging to implement?

What are some of the best practices to implement an Employee Benefits Program? and a few recommended must have's in the Program

Hi @Meena Kumari thank you for doing the AMA What are your views on the team awards? How can we ensure we remove bias and ties?

@Meena Kumari Thank you for being a part of the AMA

How do you encourage people to participate in remote engagement and team building activities?

What is the ideal method to provide medical insurance as part an employee's benefit package?

Hey Meena, Thanks for doing this 🙂 Here's my question,

What are some of HR leaders' most critical challenges while setting up remote teams, and how to go about addressing those challenges?

Hey All! Just entered the channel and i can see folks with questions already... Love the energy.. Will start answering your questions as the day progresses. Thanks for a great start 👏

Hi Meena, Thank you for doing this. What are the ways to inculcate discipline into high performing remote teams?

Hi Meena, thanks for doing this, excited to learn a lot from this session 🙂 I have 2 questions: 1. What are some of the approaches and practices that work for driving effective L&D interventions in tech? More from the perspective of implementing this in a fast paced environment where it could be a challenge to move away from the day to day stuff in lean teams 2. How do you break down team silos and improve collaboration in a remote set up?

Hey everyone (<!channel>). The AMA session has started. Don't miss out on a chance to ask any questions. Here is a recap of how the sessions work. Feel free to post your questions below! 🙌

Hi Meena 🙂 Thank you for doing the AMA! Here are my questions -

1. How do you manage your time and priorities professionally and personally amongst constant unplanned/ad hoc requests?

2. What are some good and unconventional practices that can be implemented to ensure a high performing and low burn out culture?

Hi @Meena Kumari Thank you for doing this! What are some of the most effective ways to improve Manager NPS in an organisation?

Hi, @Meena Kumari Thank you for doing this! I would like to understand the below things from you. 1. What keeps you motivated? 2. How do you promote diversity in the workplace? 3. If the economy is in a recession, how would you adjust the organization’s hiring policies? If you are involved in hiring.

Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this AMA session. Enjoyed all the detailed questions and have attempted to answer them in the best possible way 👍

@Meena Kumari Thank you so much for spending your time with us here and sharing such great insights with everyone 🙌 And thanks to everyone for all of the great questions! 🙌

set the channel topic: 📣 The next AMA session with the Global Head CoE - People Tech & Analytics at MPL, Ranaq Sen will be conducted on July 14, 2022 (Thursday) --> 8 am to 8 pm. Watch this space for the following announcement.

Hello everyone (<!channel>) 👋 The playbook derived from our AMA session #10 is out! Do give it a read. Here's what we discussed with our guest, @Meena Kumari - Senior Director of Human Resources at Airmeet 👇 • Fun team-building events for remote teams • What behaviours, tools, interventions or policies can companies implement to build the feedback culture? Which has been the most successful? Which has been the most challenging to implement? • Employee benefits program best practices • Medical insurance as part of an employee's benefits package? What are some of HR leaders' most critical challenges while setting up remote teams, and how to go about addressing those challenges? • Inculcating discipline into high-performing remote teams • Best approaches and practices that work for driving effective L&D interventions in tech • How do you break down team silos and improve collaboration in a remote setup? • Some unconventional practices that can be implemented to ensure a high-performing and low burnout culture • Most effective ways to improve Manager NPS in an organisation? • How do you promote diversity in the workplace? • If the economy is in a recession, how would you adjust the organization’s hiring policies? Feel free to provide your feedback on the playbook. Find it insightful? Share it with your fellow HR/People Ops folks 💙 You can access all our previous AMA sessions' Playbook here ---> https://www.springworks.in/the-shape-of-work-podcast/resources/

Hi everyone (<!channel>) 👋 I’m delighted to be able to welcome Ranaq Sen (@ranaq), Global Head CoE - People Tech & Analytics at MPL to answer all of your questions. 🎇 If you care about people analytics, Ranaq is someone you should know. Before his current role at MPL, Ranaq worked as HRMS Implementation Lead - South India at Darwinbox. Here’s how this session will work: - Join us live during the session from 8 a.m to 8 p.m on Thursday, July 14 (tomorrow), and ask your questions - Leave your questions right here in the #expert-ama channel already so that Ranaq can answer them tomorrow Here are some topics you might like to ask Ranaq questions about: 1️⃣ People & Technology 😇 Ranaq has built the People Tech and Analytics team from 1 to scale at MPL. Maybe you have questions about how to implement the same in your company? 2️⃣ eNPS (Employee net promoter score) & automated 360s 🛠️ Ranaq has conceptualized and implemented a slack-led employee eNPS survey for gauging employee satisfaction and built an early attrition prediction engine [leading to >20% drop in attrition rates]. He also automated 360 surveys through slack! Perhaps you’d like some insights on the same. 3️⃣ HRIS & the right people tech stacks 💻 Was part of the initial team at Darwinbox and has led over 100 implementations, from startups to large-scale enterprises. You can ask him how do you go about selecting the right tech stack for your company? 4️⃣ People dashboards 📊 Built multiple people dashboards covering employee demographics, comp, performance, and hiring- over 100 actionable metrics. Ask him about the importance of People Analytics and how it can help the people function. 5️⃣ … And anything else! ❓ And of course, this is an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session, so any question that you might have for Ranaq on HR & People Ops is a good question so fire away below. Ranaq also came on The Shape of Work podcast (you can find the episode here) and we chatted about topics including: • The starting point of his journey with PeopleTech • At what stage companies should start taking care of the data • The first set of PeopleTech recommendation • Preferences- Engagement, recognition, rewards. In that order... • The right time to bring in a robust feedback and performance management system • How much does culture define tech? Does tech also reiterate the culture and values of the company? • Ways to motivate employees to adopt new technology in less possible time • Ideal HR tech stack he would recommend to a high-growth company • The right time to use the gathered employee data for analytics Looking forward to seeing your questions 💥 @ranaq over to you. Thanks so much for being here for the AMA 🙌

@ranaq https://theshapeofwork.slack.com/archives/C02U3M4GE4W/p1657691490436079

@ranaq Data is relevant only when you can do something with it. How can companies get actual value from eNPS? Can you share some best practices that will help develop an informed path forward?

@ranaq How analytics can help uncover the relevant insights to build powerful retention programs? How can we find out what drives employee happiness, commitment, engagement, performance and productivity?