Canon India attempts committed endeavors to guarantee sexual orientation correspondence inside the association and thinks about its ladies workers, ‘images of strengthening’.
Canon India thinks about its workers its greatest resource. Having finished two wonderful decades in the nation a year ago, Canon takes pride in commending 20 years of work of some of its representatives, trailed by other long administration grants, including 15, 10 and 5 years. These long residencies of administration of Canon representatives has been conceivable with the steady consolation and inspiration the workers get at their work put. Alongside a few other representative benevolent activities, Canon India attempts committed endeavors to guarantee sexual orientation correspondence inside the association and thinks about its ladies workers, ‘images of strengthening’. This present ladies’ day, Canon India, recognized the solid and energetic ladies, with a computerized crusade, titled ‘#MoreStrengthToHer’.
The crusade is an undertaking by the association’s senior pioneers to salute the soul of ladies and energize reasonable and break even with hones, over the world. These leaders, comprised of Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, along with Vice Presidents, including Ms. Shikha Rai, Vice President, HR, Gary Lee, Vice President & CFO, K. Bhaskhar, Vice President, Business Imaging Solutions and Eddie Udagawa, Vice President, Consumer Imaging and Information Center.
The pioneers shared their learnings and astuteness got from their encounters, to not just energize and inspire the soul of their own representatives yet for ladies on the loose. The pioneers are likewise a piece of an uncommon ladies strengthening advisory group called WE@Canon, which is always engaged towards enabling the ladies workers crosswise over Canon India. Praising the day as a turning point in its undertaking to fabricate an upbeat, safe and a development arranged association, the association wrapped the battle with a collection sharing grinning appearances of a few ladies workers at the association, under one of its key crusades called ‘Big Smile’.
The festivals involved a motivational session by a main business behavior advisor. It was an advancing knowledge, including individual marking; online networking procedures; correspondence and systems administration methodologies. Adding to the bits of knowledge, a recognizing highlight of this present ladies’ day festivity was, the session was open for both male and female workers.
Speaking about the significance of its women workforce, on this International Women’s Day, Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India, said, “Employees are the key pillars of our success story over the last twenty years in the country. To motivate and strengthen our workforce, we have always been keen to support initiatives that foster talent, irrespective of the gender. One of our key endeavors has been ‘WE@Canon’, which accelerates our belief to constantly support the growth and happiness of our women employees. This International Women’s day, I would like to acknowledge the presence of women in our lives and workplace. With a vision to constantly encourage equality and bring about a significant transformation in the gender ratio within the organization, we aim to evolve each day to make Canon an inspirational and a secure workplace for women. One of our emerging leaders, Ms. Sandhya Chauhan, has recently been awarded the ‘future woman leader of the year’, such accomplishments by our employees is a matter of pride and encouragement for our entire organization. We celebrate talent and hard work irrespective of gender.”
Woman leader at the organization and a role model to many in the organization, Ms. Shikha Rai, Vice President, HR, Canon India, said, “At Canon India, fair, transparent, equitable practices with no prejudices and biases support our vision of being a respectable organization. International women’s day is a reminder to all men and women about their responsibility towards the society. It is a reminder to question stereotypes, to provide equal opportunities, to be the change agents. It is for each one of us to take that one bold step and champion a cause that brings us closer to equality. Two years back our organization formed WE@Canon (Women Empowerment at Canon) with the senior women employees in the advisory board. It has been able to create some positive impact in the journey of our colleagues. Gender sensitization workshops, post maternity transition support by way of flexibility in office timing and part time options, day care support to young parents, reviewing of process of recruitments and appraisals are some of our key endeavors.”
Canon India is pleased to be the work environment of a few motivational ladies representatives; first female field build clearing the way for others to take after, a youthful mother who has finished her law degree going to classes after office, a young lady from an extremely moderate family, taking the metro to the workplace and filling in as an architect repairing cameras, another youthful mother abandoning her twin children to partake in a yearly abroad learning program. Approving its position are Canon’s standard activities of worker engagement, for example ‘Women Power Lunch’. Under this program, Kobayashi collaborates with the ladies workers and tunes in to their fascinating proficient and individual encounters. The association is unequivocally dedicated to make a protected and agreeable condition for its representatives, which incorporate a dynamic POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment ) panel, general mindfulness and preparing regarding the matter of lewd behavior through eLearning courses, sex refinement workshops alongside an open entryway approach where representatives can uninhibitedly talk about any anxiety and a shriek blow unknown gateway.
Alongside its workers, Canon likewise expands consistent spotlight on the strengthening of young ladies in its four embraced towns. Training sessions on basic issues like individual cleanliness, essentialness of sanitation, self-preservation and security, are consistently sorted out.
Adding cheers to the festivals and resolved to spread the way of life of imaging, Canon India sorted out Women’s Photography Workshops, over its workplaces alongside instruction establishments. These intelligent learning sessions were intended to enable the ladies representatives to comprehend the items better and ace the aptitudes with fundamental tips on photography.
