Hemalakshmi Raju

Hemalakshmi Raju, Chief Learning Officer at Reliance Industries Ltd (Hydrocarbon Division). Hema brings over 2 decades of rich experience and she is a Talent & Organizational Development expert, driven by a strong passion to create a positive impact on individuals and organizations. She is certified in executive coaching and psychometric tools like Hogan, MBTI, and Thomas Profiling.

L&D Strategies to Win the War for Talent in 2022 at Reliance
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L&D Strategies to Win the War for Talent in 2022 at Reliance

As our life and work contexts are fast evolving, hybrid working, hyper-connectivity, deep digital penetration, focus on holistic well-being, and fast-changing skills, are becoming mainstream. In this context, a renewed and robust approach to talent identification and attraction, developing, growing, and retaining them, are key blocks to ensure that we stay successful in the War […]

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How Reliance (RIL) is dealing with L&D challenges in remote working
Learning & Development

How Reliance (RIL) is dealing with L&D challenges in remote working

Shortly before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, many parts of RIL shifted to a remote working model. This happened almost overnight, and we knew we had to adapt quickly to ensure continuity. With help from our internal teams, we took up this challenge to transition quickly and effectively to a new way of working. And […]

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04 Pillars of Learning for Employee Experience in Covid-19
Learning & Development

04 Pillars of Learning for Employee Experience in Covid-19

04 Pillars of Learning for Employee Experience in Covid-19 As the pandemic hit the world couple of months back, Learning and Development was one of the first and most impacted functions. The fraternity across the globe displayed remarkable agility and adaptability and geared up with virtual offerings in a matter of days. In the initial days […]

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Culture of Learning in Today’s World
Learning & Development

Culture of Learning in Today’s World

According to Edgar Schein, culture shapes the behaviors of people in an organization. Learning is both a skill and behaviour and for that to happen in a consistent and effective manner, it is essential that organizations build a culture of learning. Learning in Today’s World With multiple online learning platforms offering learning for no or […]

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Boosting L&D with AI and Machine Learning
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Boosting L&D with AI and Machine Learning

Corporate L&D has pioneered usage of digital technologies for its operations, with Learning Management Systems and CBTs and WBTs, at the start of the century. As Industry 4.0 is moving towards new age digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, L&D cannot stay behind. Many organizations have started leveraging its power. And there is […]

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Design Thinking in Learning & Development
Design Thinking

Design Thinking in Learning & Development

Design lies at the core of all that we do as learning professionals. We design solutions, interventions and experiences. More effective the design, more successful will be the outcome. Design is a key competency required for learning professionals. We have been using instructional design frameworks like ADDIE for long. Design Thinking will not just be […]

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