Overcoming the Changing Face of India's Workforce
Organizational Approaches to Diversity
Before delving into what employees are saying, it is important to consider how companies as a whole are addressing diversity in the workplace. When comparing Top Companies for Leaders in India with other companies in the country, Top Companies are, in fact, less likely than other companies to list diversity as one of their top 3 leadership activities. Within India, Top Companies are also less likely than other companies to be making a strong effort to increase female representation in leadership positions. However, companies in both the Asia Pacific and Global pools show the opposite - and expected - trend, with Top Companies making more of an effort than other companies, as can be seen in
Figure 1.
Figure 1. Companies Making a StrongEffort to Increase the Number of Women in Leadership Positions
However, this is not to say that Indian Top Companies do not recognize the value of diversity within the workforce; these companies are more likely than other companies in India to include increasing diversity of their leadership groups as a formal part of their leadership strategy. Indian Top Companies also use various aspects of diversity as a criteria for evaluating their processes more often than other companies do.
Do Diverse Backgrounds Lead to Diverse Expectations?
Our next question is whether or not there is a difference in what individuals are looking for from their companies. To address this, we have looked at a few key improvement drivers for employee engagement for both Best Employers and for other organizations.
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