Empathy in the Workplace - 24 October 2020

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EMPATHY IN THE WORKPLACE Distinguished Panelists: Mr Adam Boitnott CEO, Hylaine, US

6:00 PM

Welcome Address Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM

Ms Madhuri Pai Global Diversity and Inclusion Director Unilever, UK

Executive Director Madras Management Association

Opening Remarks

Mr Venkateswaran Srinivasan Vice President - Global Head TCS Financial Solutions

Mr V Balaraman Past President, MMA & Former MD, Pond’s India Ltd

Mr Oscar Wezenbeek Managing Director, Decorative Paints SESA, AkzoNobel, Netherlands

Discussion and Q&A Panelists: Mr Adam Boitnott

Moderator:

CEO, Hylaine, US

Ms Lakshmi Venkatachalam Vice President - Operations Oracle, California, US

Ms Madhuri Pai Global Diversity and Inclusion Director Unilever, UK

Mr Venkateswaran Srinivasan Vice President - Global Head

SATURDAY

TCS Financial Solutions

OCT 24, 2020 | 6.00 PM

Mr Oscar Wezenbeek Managing Director, Decorative Paints SESA, AkzoNobel, Netherlands

In conversation with Ms Lakshmi Venkatachalam Vice President - Operations Oracle, California, US

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7:45 PM

Webinar Ends

MADRAS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

profile

synopsis Discuss dimensions of different

business

Empathy in the Workplace

setups.

Empathy

in

a

and how it has been practiced and adopted in

business

and

employee

relationship

or

by

mitigating

conflicts in teams, in helping us understand what our customer truly needs or by just giving ourselves some empathy and compassion, we create business success. Join us on October 24th to learn from a group of truly International Panelists who will share real life anecdotes and bring in years of experience in helping us strike the right balance.

ADAM BOITNOTT Adam serves as the CEO of Hylaine (www.hylaine.com). He is responsible for Hylaine’s relationships with their employees, clients, and partners. Adam has 20 years of experience in IT leadership. Prior to

joining

Hylaine,

Adam

worked

for

Accenture,

Avanade,

and

CTS

in

the

solutions

consulting

industry. He also spent six years leading a SaaS software firm and eight years leading Operations and Technology for an insurance carrier. His unique perspective in and around IT Consulting inspired him to start Hylaine.

MADHURI PAI With the belief that diversity and inclusion are at the core of unlocking the potential of individuals, teams

and

organizations,

Madhuri

uses

data

driven

and

evidence-based

programs

to

address

inclusion and diversity in organizations. The representation of women in management has grown from 37% to 49% in under ten years and has positively de-biased key decision-making processes. Her programs have liberated Unilever employees, both women and men, from the power of limiting norms and stereotypes, thereby embedding inclusion in its truest sense.

VENKATESWARAN SRINIVASAN Venkateshwaran Srinivasan is the Global Head of TCS Financial Solutions, a strategic business unit of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. TCS Financial Solutions is engaged in providing software products to the financial services industry across banking, capital markets and insurance domains. He brings over 26 years of experience in financial services. He is an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM).

OSCAR WEZENBEEK Experienced top-executive of a chemical MNC with a proven track record in driving growth in top line, market share and profitability in B2B and B2C markets. Successful in bridging European - and Asian

professionals

and

business

practices.

As

a

passionate

people

manager,

he

focuses

on

engagement with all the stakeholders and drives performance improvement in all business areas.

LAKSHMI VENKATACHALAM A Global Operations Leader who drives growth through operational excellence. A customer-focused executive, blending extensive experience with Fortune 500, Big 5 consulting, and Start-ups in the U.S., Europe, & Asia (Oracle, Bearing Point and Unilever), she will use her diverse experience to bring out different dimensions of empathy and how they all translate to business success.

MADRAS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION