#166: Mahesh Gourishetty on why the HR professional of the future will be an expert at leading people and technology together, and not one versus the other

On this episode of The Shape of Work podcast, our guest is Mahesh Gourishetty, Head HR at Five-Star Business Finance Limited, a non-banking finance company providing financial solutions for the business, housing and personal needs of India's unbanked population.

With more than 18 years of experience working in the HR fraternity, Mahesh has plenty of expertise to share in this conversation.

We discuss with Mahesh:

• Should organizations be willing to sacrifice a bit in terms of performance in order to have a really positive team experience?
• The changing role of HR Business Partner
• Why the HR of the future is about being an expert at leading people & technology together, not one versus the other
• What skills do future HR leaders need to possess in this changing nature of work?
• Using the HR Analytics capabilities to make data-driven decisions
• HR roles being "robotized" and roles that'll be left redundant

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Yashwanth Jembige

About Springworks:
Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation that is building tools and products to simplify recruitment, on-boarding, employee engagement and retention.

The product stack from Springworks includes:
SpringVerify — B2B verification platform
EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture
Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun and interactive games platform for remote/hybrid team-building
SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and
SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

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