Annjana Ramesh - Inclusion as a Product

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1. Product
   Annjana Ramesh
   Inclusion
   Great
   idea!
   On it!
   Sounds
   like a
   plan
   Let's get
   started
   as a
   

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2. I do not agree with that
   statement about our
   workplace
   That’s fair.
   What do you think?
   

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4. Helped scale teams
   from 0 to > 100
   Failed at creating an
   inclusive workplace
   Learnt from my mistakes Fostered an inclusive
   workplace
   30% women,
   All ethnicities,
   10% people with disability
   Experienced
   discrimination at the
   workplace
   Revamped interview and
   performance processes
   Making it work for
   everyone - a work in
   progress
   why am I
   here?
   

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5. Examples and
   Learnings
   what's in it
   for you
   Improve the
   experience of
   your product
   Take action!
   Build your
   product of
   Inclusion
   

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6. What comes
   first?
   

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7. Attracting talent
   Fair and Equitable Policies
   Performance and
   Career Growth
   Training Community
   Metrics & Feedback
   Leaders &
   Sponsorship
   Building blocks
   {
   {
   Building the
   product
   Scale and
   Improve Product
   Experience
   Attracting talent
   Fair and Equitable Policies
   Performance and
   Career Growth
   Training Community
   Metrics & Feedback
   Leaders &
   Sponsorship
   

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8. Building
   the
   product
   Value Proposition
   

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9. Early Stage
   Constraints What is the
   culture you
   want to have?
   Opportunities
   Statutory Minimum
   Shared parental leave
   Accommodations for people with a
   disability
   Anti-Discrimination
   Policies
   First few hires matter
   Flexibility in hiring process, focus on
   interview process
   Spend most of your time sourcing and
   pitching the role and company
   Build a good reputation in the market
   Hiring
   Decision Maker
   

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10. Mid - Size
    Constraints How can you
    scale
    sustainably?
    Opportunities
    Hiring a people team
    Expanding to more policies - (example:
    leave of absence)
    Policies
    Metrics and stats*
    Acknowledgement of current state
    Focus on calibration of interviewers
    Hire a strong, diverse, leadership team
    Hiring manager and Interviewer training
    Hiring
    

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11. Enterprise
    Constraints How can you
    make
    decisions
    faster?
    Opportunities
    Committee
    Measure fairness and time to resolution
    Policies
    Hiring sourcers
    Metrics and stats
    Focus on hiring experienced and diverse
    leaders that can scale processes
    Hiring committee or external observer
    during debriefs
    Sustaining reputation in the market
    Refresher training courses
    Hiring
    

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12. the
    inclusion
    product
    experience
    Bolstering the experience
    

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13. Bolstering the experience
    Onboarding Support Development
    Metrics and Feedback
    

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14. What to measure?
    Where do you begin?
    Metrics & Feedback Loop
    What gets measured gets
    managed
    Commitment to action
    Pulse Surveys
    Quarterly 1:1s
    Share results and action plans
    Qualitative forums
    What are the problems
    you are trying to solve?
    Why do you want to
    measure that?
    What is the culture you
    want to have?
    

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15. Let’s Wrap it Up
    Mindset + Commitment
    Acknowledgement + Accountability
    Proactive in seeking feedback
    Bias to action
    

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16. What is one thing you are going to action?
    Let’s kick that off Today
    https://linkedin.com/in/annjana @annjanar
    

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