ASCENT presents ASIA PACIFIC HRM CONGRESS

Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher, in their book `The Levity Effect: Why It Pays To Lighten Up', say that
if people are having fun, they're going to work harder, stay longer, maintain their composure in a crisis, and
take better care of the organisation. More than 100 studies have now found that the most engaged employees
are significantly more productive, drive higher customer satisfaction and outperform those who are less
engaged.
But only 20 per cent of employees around the world report that they're fully engaged at work. So what's the
solution? The answer is that great employers must shift the focus from trying to get more out of people, to
investing more in them by addressing their four core needs -physical, emotional, mental and spiritual -so
they're freed, fuelled and inspired to bring the best of themselves to work every day.
What would make you feel most excited to get to work in the morning? The sort of company an engaged
employee should have in mind would include the following as a part of its philosophy: Employee input: allow
1. ing your employees to share their knowledge and suggestions keeps them engaged; Employee empower
2. ment: allowing teammembers to make customers happy using their own discretion and common sense can
benefit your company; Excellent communica
3. tion between management and staff; A sense of family among
4. team members; Giving employees the
5.grow; freedom to learn and A culture of continuous
6. improvement; Paying attention to em
7 . ployee recognition and appreciation; Recognising that laugh8. ter and fun can alter the way the job is done.
The above perspectives will be presented at the Asia Pacific HRM Congress. Some key speakers include: Guo
Xin, president & CEO Career International; Eomal Munasinha, head learning & development Virtusa (Pvt)
Ltd; Daniel Jacob, deputy general manager HR EC Group Datasoft Pvt.Ltd; Paduma Subasinghe, senior vice
president group human resources Brown & Company PLC; Prof. Christopher Abraham, head Dubai campus &
sr vice president S P Jain School of Global Management; Sameer Sinha, head HR & admin Renault India
Private Limited; Kedar Vashi, associate VP & head L&D Hindustan CocaCola Beverages Pvt.Ltd; Mridula
Sankhyayan, vice president human capital management (talent functions) Goldman Sachs Services Pvt Ltd; Dr
Asit Mohapatra, director HR textiles RAYMOND; Chetan Mehrotra, general manager human resource Moser
Baer India and many more