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13 - Transparency, Trust, and Talent: Navigating Organizational Growth in Modern Workplace Culture

Author
Sara Sheehan
Published
Tue 28 May 2024
Episode Link
https://sarawsheehan.com

Sara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Sri Chellappa, Co-Founder and CEO of Engagedly and host of the People Strategy Leaders Podcast. Sri Chellappa talks about Engagedly and the purpose behind its development while highlighting the importance of employee engagement and the right kind of performance management. Developing and maintaining talent requires a transparent and interactive approach which Sri elaborates on for Sara. 

In his previous work in IT consulting, Sri discovered that many employees were not feeling appreciated or recognized for the right roles in advancement, and many of them didn’t understand where their organization was headed. Engagedly was created to fill that gap: to assist organizations in delivering better engagement at every level of employee and management. While software alone cannot solve the problem, it can provide a platform and guidance from which organizations can become more employee-centric. And that is what Sri believes is the necessary future of workplaces.

In this episode, Sara Sheehan and Sri Chellappa discuss what transparency means within an organization, how true transparency builds trust with employees, the pros and cons of performance evaluations, and why they both believe mentoring and coaching are necessary components to success. Sri has a lot of practical insight into employee-centric thinking and how to best use performance reviews for employee improvement and relations with the company overall. He sees the trends in Engagedly and also talks about what businesses are facing on his podcast. The wisdom shared here is invaluable to moving a company towards more meaningful engagement at all levels of the organization.

About Sri Chellappa:

Sri Chellappa is the CEO/President and Co-Founder of Engagedly, an AI-enabled people strategy platform software that redefines performance appraisals by simplifying and incorporating elements of employee engagement and development into the performance review process.

A passionate entrepreneur and leader in building high-performance organizations that care about their people, Sri brings over 20 years of experience in leading organizations in software development and consulting in the U.S to his current role. Having developed an extensive amount of experience from managing teams in his previous roles at EY and Capgemini, Sri understands the value of investing in employees and the overall impact it not only has on their individual performance but the success of the company. As a result, he continues to use his leadership skills to make influential decisions that will impact employees, helping them to stay engaged and develop the talent that they need to succeed and advance in their careers.

With a unique background in technology, people management, health IT and film writing, directing, and production, Sri brings a diverse set of experiences across industries and specialties to build highly engaged organizations.

Career Highlights:

  • Author of the book: “The Black Book of Agile Project Delivery with Distributed Teams”
  • Writer/Director/Producer of 6 Feature Films distributed theatrically and via Netflix, NBCUniversal, Fox International, Showtime, Amazon Prime, Sky, and various international channels.

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