The Shape of Work

#265: Deepak Agarwal on making R&R efficient, significant upcoming business trends, and overcoming WFH challenges.

December 05, 2022 Springworks Season 1 Episode 265
The Shape of Work
#265: Deepak Agarwal on making R&R efficient, significant upcoming business trends, and overcoming WFH challenges.
Show Notes

On this episode of The Shape of Work, our guest shares how organizations should instill Rewards and Recognition policies without losing its charm.

“Rewards and recognition policy should be created in this way: appreciation should have a deeper meaning & not on the surface level. It shouldn't happen too frequently. Otherwise, it's not going to serve its purpose.”

We welcome Deepak Agarwal, Founder & CEO at Auric- a Beauty & Wellness food brand based on Ayurveda.

Prior to establishing his venture, he worked at Unilever for 8-plus years. He held numerous roles, including Haircare & Skincare Planning Manager, Cluster Industrial Performance Manager, Global Industrial Performance Manager, and Manufacturing Manage.

Episode Highlights:

  • Trends that will be significant for businesses in the long term
  • Major blockers while working remotely and how to overcome them
  • Does working from home affect productivity?
  • What are some of the biggest changes in employees expectations?
  • Effective ways to make reward and recognition more efficient
  • How frequent should Employee Recognition be?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Ankita Kirad

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.