Retail

The most successful companies consider their HR teams to be partners in the business. As workplaces become increasingly diverse today, the focus of HR is shifting from traditional Employee Engagement models to the more holistic model of Employee Experience (EX) and thus driving companies to new heights. As per an HBR article, it was found that the organizations that invested most heavily in EX benefitted most with more than 4 times the average profit and more than 2 times the average revenue. Meet Bengaluru based Payal Nambiar, General Manager, HR, at Arvind Lifestyle Brands Limited, who has been a pioneer in ushering innovation and creativity in delivering transformational EX to keep her organization ahead of the competition. She was recently honoured with 100 HR Super Achievers Award during the 26th edition of WHRD held in Mumbai.

You never are too old to chase your dreams. Much of the success of today's generation of women in professional world may be owed to the groundwork of earlier generations of incredible female professionals for challenging the stereotypes prevalent in the society during their times. Switch back to the 80s and you may very well imagine the challenges a woman may have had to face in establishing herself in the professional world. Meet Mumbai based Renita Fernandez, owner of Ocean Book Agency and a recipient of India 5000 Best MSME Award 2017, who has seen the Mumbai entrepreneurial ecosystem develop very closely over the last 30 years. Weathering the e-commerce storm, her Ocean Book Agency is standing tall in finding creative and interesting ways to be a part of their customers’ lives.