New-Age Torchbearer Of HR Fraternity

A Human Resources professional with experience in the People function across a gamut of roles, Aditya Gurjar, Director, People Team, WeWork India has served in various capacities till now, such as HR business partner, Geo talent lead, HR program design and Project management, B-School Campus Recruitment, Lateral hiring and Learning program lead.

“My biggest stint at WeWork India has been the challenge of building a fair and outcome-based Performance Management process which is focused on improving the performance conversation and making it frequent and strength-based. With this process, we identified future-focused action plans for all employees,” claims Gurjar.

 This further led to increased engagement & better talent management across WeWork. Gurjar also worked on creating and launching industry-leading and employee-friendly programs/initiatives that position us as an employer of choice. 

Talking about his impacts upon his present organisation, he started by creating a high performing, engaged team within HR to address complex issues and mission-critical projects at WeWork. He is known to have led the adoption of our new HRIS tool as part of their multi-year HR tech strategy. This further led to automation and efficiencies which in turn led to a better employee experience. 

Of the many ups and downs which he has faced throughout his learning tenure, pandemic proved to be the biggest learning of all times. Gurjar assets that, “personally, my goal was to continue to empower my team and make them more effective at their jobs and equipping them with the right tools and resources to succeed. Everything from our training programs and wellness sessions to our engagement activities and team bondings was moved onto Zoom.  We even organised remote onboarding for new joinees and set up online recognition tools that helped to reinforce our WeWork community values.”

Keeping in mind the stresses of remote working and feelings of isolation, the whole WeWork family supported each other with consistent mental health counselling. All this led to having amazing employee satisfaction scores and this served as great validation for their employees’ relentless efforts.

HR is an integral function of any organisation’s machinery and Gurjar’s vision for it is to take on the toughest challenges and directly contribute to business success. HR is responsible for transforming human capital by creating enriching careers and providing a continuous learning environment. It is imperative that human resources create and accelerate trust in teams that contribute to a thriving work environment. 

“Hence, we should build transparency, explore employee strengths and add to their happiness and contentment at the workplace.  We are custodians of the cultural ethos of the organization and it is up to us to instil the values and purpose of our business and get them excited to be a part of its growth story.”