#454: Shreya Kumar on fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace

“Success as an HR Business Partner is like a well-crafted dish, requiring key ingredients such as empathy, communication, adaptability, and business acumen. It's a fine balance between aligning organisational goals and advocating for employees' perspectives.”

What does it take to succeed as a Human Resource Business Partner and build a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace? In today’s episode of The Shape of Work, we had the pleasure of discussing these crucial topics with Shreya Kumar, Lead Human Resource Partner at GE Healthcare. Shreya shares her fascinating career journey that started with an engineering background and evolved into a management role at GE Healthcare. Shreya has an overall work experience of eight years. Prior to her time at GE, Shreya had worked at Accenture. She did her B.Tech from Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology and her MBA from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development.

In this episode, we explore Shreya's insights on fostering a culture of DEI within an organization, touching on the importance of inclusive leadership traits, visibility for diverse groups, and building relationships between these groups. Shreya emphasizes the need for a healthy balance of flexible arrangements that cater to both business and work-life needs.

Episode Highlights

• Key skills necessary for success in a human resource business partner
• How to sustainably practice diversity, equity, and inclusion?
• Balancing flexibility and structure in the workplace
• How can employees self-manage schedules?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Riddhi Agarwal

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, 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 platforms 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.