Annual Report 2009 - 10 - Tata Consultancy Services

Work and Wellness
W
ith over 160,000 employees wearing the TCS badge with
pride and passion, the integration of work and wellness is
critical to their long-term success. This ensures that not only
are TCSers energized to meet the critical demands of global customers
and a growing market but also participate and contribute to a unique
employee experience during their career with the Company.
A career at TCS is not only about compensation. It’s about realising
one’s potential as a professional and a person by driving growth in
one’s career, building a strong performance ethic across the
organisation and living our values on a daily basis. The experience is
enhanced by creating and developing a holistic career path that
helps employees realise their potential by helping them perform
their roles at the best of their ability at all times.
Learning and development on a continuous basis plays a key role
in this effort over the entire career lifecycle of the individual. In
2009-10, overall 1.5 million learning days were invested towards
competency development including training in thrust
technology areas. Moreover, 11,276 managers and potential
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leaders at various levels attended leadership development
programs to strengthen their leadership capabilities and give
themthetoolstoleadteamseffectively.
In order to widen the reach of such programs globally, one-fourth of
this learning effort was delivered through virtual classrooms in an
on-line mode. Training programs at the entry level as well as the
continuous learning programs that cover technology, domain and
project management practices have been enhanced during the year
to ensure that TCS develops the right competencies in its workforce
that can deliver and meet customers' business needs.This process, in
turn, helps individuals drive growth in their careers and realise their
potential in different ways.
Wellness is the other side of the same coin.To do well at work over a
sustained period, there needs to be a strong wellness component.
At TCS, we are trying to do this through multiple means. TCS is
actively supporting athletic and sporting activities at the national,
regional and local level and encouraging employees to participate.
Our sponsorship of marathons and other athletic events is helping
drive a renewed recognition about the importance of wellness of
individuals. The Mumbai Marathon, which TCS has been
supporting for three years, has seen its participation rise among
employees. In 2010, 1521 TCS participants took part, including 39
full marathon runners and 181 runners who completed the half
marathon.That some of these athletes were from outside India and
many others were making their racing debut is a clear signal that
wellness and fitness are increasingly becoming important for
employees.
Seeing the success of these wellness events on a pan-India basis, TCS
has now decided to participate in more wellness events across the
globe. The Company has signed up as the technology partner for
three world-class marathon races – in Boston, Chicago and NewYork.
These events will provide an international platform to further drive
the wellness agenda across the organisation. In addition, many TCS
teams located worldwide are working in their own communities to
drive local wellness issues by supporting campaigns for diabetes
awareness, Alzheimers disease and other causes. On TCS campuses,
the wellness drive is translating into myriad of activities from yoga to
fitness classes and from tennis and badminton coaching to cricket
and football tournaments.
Alltowardonecorethought:Mergingworkandwellnesstocreate
a holistic experience that drives energy and excellence among
ouremployees.