Titan has recently been ranked by the Great Place to Work institute as the best place to work in retail, number one in diversity and overall 15th best company to work for, in India (the number being Google). Sometimes you wonder do these surveys measure the true happiness and engagement of the employees. I am sure that highly credible organizations like Great place to Work have time-tested metrics for doing the same. However I decided to get a feel of the same first hand.
Today I had a meeting with the internal trainers of Titan industries. Most of the internal trainers are from the line functions who besides doing their line duties also have a passion for training. They come from both unionized and non-unionized workers. This is what some of them told me during their interaction:
Ms. Uttara (she belongs to Level E i.e. unionized worker) - 'There is not much of a differentiation between unionized and non-unionized workers. We are treated at par. When I joined Titan I was only 10th pass. Today my qualification is B.A., M.A. (Public Administration) and Masters in Psychology and Diploma in Yoga. Titan gave me all this opportunity for education including providing tutors. Then when I completed my degree, I got increments from the company as well.'
Mr. Raghunath: ‘I joined the company only five years back. I am a CAD/CAM specialist. I have past experience in training people and I have an interest of doing the same. When I told the L&D department of my interest, they inducted me as an internal trainer. Now I do my normal line duties also and I occasionally train people as well.’
Mr. Sainath: ‘Nobody permitted me to come to this meeting. My boss and my organization trust me that I shall discharge my duties and I have complete freedom in this company to decide my priorities.’
Ms. Shubha: ‘I joined Titan only one and half years back. When I joined I had a chance to meet the senior management of the company. Being fresh I hardly knew anyone in the company, but when I used to go to the canteen, strangers (senior employees) came to me on their own and asked me if I was comfortable, if needed ay help. I was so touched. It felt like a family. I know a new employee who was looking for a house was helped by a canteen staff to find a house.’
Titan recently had a program named as Mission Beyond where the employees were encouraged to ideate. The ideas that were selected for implementation, those employees were paid Rs. 25000/- for each implemented idea. They also had recently ‘Innovation Bazaar’ for encouraging idea submissions where not only the jury voted but the employees also voted for the best idea.
At Titan you can feel it; there is something infectious about the culture. Hope they do not spoil it by some new strange rules like visitors cannot take mobile inside factory premises. How inconsistent with Titan’s culture of freedom! Remember my earlier post ‘Rules of Rules’.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Book Launch Event: Launch of the book ‘Employee Engagement’
On 28th of February 2011 (Monday), the book ‘Employee Engagement’ co-authored by myself and Mr. S. Ramadoss (Senior V.P. & CHRO, Titan Industries Limited, Bangalore), was officially released by Mr. Bhasker Bhat, MD. Titan Industries Limited. The venue of the event was the ‘Autumn Hall’ of the Royal Orchid Hotel, Bangalore.
The dignitaries who attended the function were from across the corporate world and academia. Human resource Heads and functional heads from companies like Infosys, IBM, Oracle, Himalaya, Titan and Professors from, from organizations like Wellingkar, Alliance University etc. were in the august attendance.
Prominently among them were Dr. Madhukar Angur, Chancellor, Alliance University, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Biztantra Publications, Mr. K.V. Ravinaraynan, GM Wiley India, Mr. Harish Devarajan (President NHRD, Bangalore & People Unlimited), Dr. Archana Arcot, Head – Organizational Development, Infosys, K.G. Umesh Head (HR) Himalaya Herbal Healthcare, Mr. R. Balaji Senior Manager – HR & Housing Titan, Mr. Chayan Chakraborty Senior Project Manager IBM. Also present were Mr. Raju Joseph Senior Sales Manager, Mr. Ramesh Shankaran, Sales Manager – Imports, Wiley, Mr. Vijay Kumar Area Sales Manager, Biztantra, Mr. Ravindran Managing Director – Pearl HRD Solutions, Prof. Anuradha Mahesh, Faculty Wellingkar, besides a host of other corporate leaders.
The event started with a welcome address by Mr. S. Ramadoss. He welcomed all the dignitaries and spoke briefly about the book. He spoke about how his stint at Titan gave him the inspiration to pen down his experiences. After this I took the audience through a brief tour of the book sharing how the idea for a book on employee engagement took birth and eventually became a reality. I had the opportunity to elucidate interesting glimpses from the book.
This was followed by the ceremonial launch of the book by Mr. Bhasker Bhat, Managing Director of Titan. Mr. Bhat then spoke with great élan about the power of people and how a book on ‘Employee Engagement’ is the need of the hour. He also congratulated both the authors for bringing-out this very timely manuscript. Dr. Madhukar Angur in his speech said this book is a perfect confluence of strong research and corporate practice and should be a beacon for many companies and practitioners. He stressed upon the need for more such management books, which can serve a great purpose. The present and past presidents of NHRD, Bangalore also spoke on the need for a book on ‘Employee Engagement’ and congratulated the authors for their ‘work’. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Biztantra shared his experience as to how upon a chance meeting with Dr. Debashish Sengupta, the idea for this book took strong shape and the interesting journey since then. He expressed his desire, as a leader of a reputed management publishing house, to publish more such innovative books in the future. The function ended with a vote of thanks by the Mr. Sridhar N.E. Senior HR Manager Titan. The function was compered by Mr. Elangovan.
The dignitaries who attended the function were from across the corporate world and academia. Human resource Heads and functional heads from companies like Infosys, IBM, Oracle, Himalaya, Titan and Professors from, from organizations like Wellingkar, Alliance University etc. were in the august attendance.
Prominently among them were Dr. Madhukar Angur, Chancellor, Alliance University, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Biztantra Publications, Mr. K.V. Ravinaraynan, GM Wiley India, Mr. Harish Devarajan (President NHRD, Bangalore & People Unlimited), Dr. Archana Arcot, Head – Organizational Development, Infosys, K.G. Umesh Head (HR) Himalaya Herbal Healthcare, Mr. R. Balaji Senior Manager – HR & Housing Titan, Mr. Chayan Chakraborty Senior Project Manager IBM. Also present were Mr. Raju Joseph Senior Sales Manager, Mr. Ramesh Shankaran, Sales Manager – Imports, Wiley, Mr. Vijay Kumar Area Sales Manager, Biztantra, Mr. Ravindran Managing Director – Pearl HRD Solutions, Prof. Anuradha Mahesh, Faculty Wellingkar, besides a host of other corporate leaders.
The event started with a welcome address by Mr. S. Ramadoss. He welcomed all the dignitaries and spoke briefly about the book. He spoke about how his stint at Titan gave him the inspiration to pen down his experiences. After this I took the audience through a brief tour of the book sharing how the idea for a book on employee engagement took birth and eventually became a reality. I had the opportunity to elucidate interesting glimpses from the book.
This was followed by the ceremonial launch of the book by Mr. Bhasker Bhat, Managing Director of Titan. Mr. Bhat then spoke with great élan about the power of people and how a book on ‘Employee Engagement’ is the need of the hour. He also congratulated both the authors for bringing-out this very timely manuscript. Dr. Madhukar Angur in his speech said this book is a perfect confluence of strong research and corporate practice and should be a beacon for many companies and practitioners. He stressed upon the need for more such management books, which can serve a great purpose. The present and past presidents of NHRD, Bangalore also spoke on the need for a book on ‘Employee Engagement’ and congratulated the authors for their ‘work’. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Biztantra shared his experience as to how upon a chance meeting with Dr. Debashish Sengupta, the idea for this book took strong shape and the interesting journey since then. He expressed his desire, as a leader of a reputed management publishing house, to publish more such innovative books in the future. The function ended with a vote of thanks by the Mr. Sridhar N.E. Senior HR Manager Titan. The function was compered by Mr. Elangovan.
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