The Shape of Work

#430: Amrita Pandey on the key skills needed in HR and the challenges faced by HR professionals

May 26, 2023 Springworks Season 1 Episode 430
The Shape of Work
#430: Amrita Pandey on the key skills needed in HR and the challenges faced by HR professionals
Show Notes

“Tomorrow's workplace is going to be diverse. We are talking about generational diversity, gender diversity, sexual diversity. Probably tomorrow with Gen Z's coming on board, you'd have people who would not want to just do your job, they would want to do a gig with you.”

Welcome to another episode of The Shape Of Work Podcast. In this episode, we have Amrita Pandey, HRBP & Lead - DE&I. Amrita Shares her wisdom on the key skills needed for success as an HRBP and the challenges and opportunities in HR.

Amrita has an overall work experience of over thirteen years. She did her Bachelor of Technology from SRM Institute of Science and Technology ad her MBA from the Xaviers Institute of Social Service. She has worked at various organisations throughout her career some of which are Tata Consultancy Services, Nomura, and  Hero MotoCorp prior to her time at Colgate.

Episode Highlights

  • Key skills needed for success as a Human Resource Business Partner
  • How to measure the return on investment?
  • How to balance flexibility with the need for structure?
  • What are the biggest challenges and opportunities for HR professionals in the company?

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Produced by:
Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host:
Riddhi Agarwal

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.