Yeshasvini Ramaswamy has joined Great Place to Work India as CEO effective 15 July 2021, succeeding Prasenjit Bhattacharya, Great Place to Work’s Co-founder and CEO. Additionally, Great Place to Work India will acquire a strategic stake in Culturelytics.
Prasenjit continues to be the majority owner and Director at Great Place to Work India and will serve on its Board overseeing its corporate governance norms, the company said in its statement.
Ramaswamy is an internationally recognised entrepreneur and thought leader on business and culture. Combining deep expertise in organisational development, data analytics and strategic investment, along with a passion for helping people and companies succeed, Culturelytics is the latest of several companies that she has successfully built, the statement said.
The investment by Great Place to Work in Culturelytics is part of a partnership that brings together their deep experience of certifying good workplace practices, partnering with organisations to build High-Trust, High-Performance workplace cultures, extensive client base and global reach, with Culturelytics’ pioneering analytics platform, to help CEOs use the latest science to building the workplaces of tomorrow.
“In a post-pandemic economy that is more volatile, hyper-connected and driven by digital transformation, building an aligned culture is rapidly becoming the key success factor for all businesses,” Ramaswamy said. “Responsible employers must now put culture at the top of their agenda and ensure they have future-ready, science-based systems to measure and manage it.”
She continued, “It is a true honour and very exciting for me to take up this position at Great Place to Work. My vision is to take new approaches on organisational culture developed in India to the global stage.”
Prasenjit Bhattacharya said, “I am thrilled about Yeshasvini joining us as the CEO. Yeshasvini’s track record speaks for itself. Her leadership and the partnership between the two companies will ensure that we serve all of our clients with market-leading excellence, not just in their needs today but in their ambitions for tomorrow.” Prasenjit will continue to serve Great Place to Work® as Owner-Director, while pursuing his social impact work with the Work with Dignity Foundation and building people leaders at scale with the Great Manager Institute.
Yeshasvini Ramaswamy has led numerous projects for Fortune 100 companies. She represented India in the Fortune Most Powerful Women program and received the Times Power Women Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
In 2018, Ramaswamy founded Culturelytics Pvt. Ltd., based in Bangalore and London, which uses AI-powered analytics to provide leaders with the data-based culture intelligence they need to transform organisational culture for business success.
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