Diversity awards for Nirvana Health Group
Ranjna Patel and Nirvana Health Groupwere celebrated as winners in last week’s 2014 Diversity Awards NZ presented by the Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Trust.
Ranjna Patel was awarded the “Walk The Talk” award. This award celebrates leaders who exemplify excellence in managing a diverse workforce. Leaders who understand the benefits of diversity create healthy workplace cultures where everyone’s skills and talents are both utilised and appreciated.
Ranjna’s commitment to developing opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and genders, and providing meaningful leadership has seen her devoting significant time and energy, not just to her work at Nirvana Health Group, but also to roles with other community organisations
Ranjna remains constant in her vision for a diverse workforce, believing it is always important to look outside the square for good team players and foster talent and opportunity. Ranjna firmly believes that, “Casting a wider net and making a conscious effort to consider many possible options has allowed ETHC to reap the rewards from different perspectives and life experiences.”
Nirvana Health Group are winners of the “Positive Inclusion Award”. This award celebrates innovative responses to inclusivity in the workforce. New Zealand’s workforce is comprised of varying genders, religions and sexual orientations. An accepting unbiased workplace encourages engaged, active, productive employees and recognizes the whole person.
Early on, it was recognised that a dynamic organisational culture and practices should reflect and answer the needs and expectations of a growing culturally-diverse workforce. This approach means that everyone in the Nirvana family celebrates each other’s religious and cultural festivals, such as Diwali, Ramadan, Eid, Christmas and Easter. It is common practice that staff offer to work extra hours on these special occasions to allow their colleagues to take the time off to celebrate the occasion with their respective families.
The cultural and ethnic/religious diversity of staff is also an asset in order to effectively engage with the communities that Nirvana serve, utilising the staff as a resource to engage with their respective ethnic and religious groups.
Something else that Nirvana do well is to celebrate the strengths of their staff and support them in areas of improvement. Like any other family, what is important is not the specifics such as gender or race but rather “what is best for the staff and the organisation”.
Nirvana Health Group operates on values of acceptance and respect, nurturing and growing its employees who in turn invest passion and commitment into making the Nirvana Group the success it is and one big multicultural happy family!
Ranjna Patel and Nirvana Health Groupwere celebrated as winners in last week’s 2014 Diversity Awards NZ presented by the Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Trust.
Ranjna Patel was awarded the “Walk The Talk” award. This award celebrates leaders who exemplify excellence in managing a diverse...
Ranjna Patel and Nirvana Health Groupwere celebrated as winners in last week’s 2014 Diversity Awards NZ presented by the Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Trust.
Ranjna Patel was awarded the “Walk The Talk” award. This award celebrates leaders who exemplify excellence in managing a diverse workforce. Leaders who understand the benefits of diversity create healthy workplace cultures where everyone’s skills and talents are both utilised and appreciated.
Ranjna’s commitment to developing opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and genders, and providing meaningful leadership has seen her devoting significant time and energy, not just to her work at Nirvana Health Group, but also to roles with other community organisations
Ranjna remains constant in her vision for a diverse workforce, believing it is always important to look outside the square for good team players and foster talent and opportunity. Ranjna firmly believes that, “Casting a wider net and making a conscious effort to consider many possible options has allowed ETHC to reap the rewards from different perspectives and life experiences.”
Nirvana Health Group are winners of the “Positive Inclusion Award”. This award celebrates innovative responses to inclusivity in the workforce. New Zealand’s workforce is comprised of varying genders, religions and sexual orientations. An accepting unbiased workplace encourages engaged, active, productive employees and recognizes the whole person.
Early on, it was recognised that a dynamic organisational culture and practices should reflect and answer the needs and expectations of a growing culturally-diverse workforce. This approach means that everyone in the Nirvana family celebrates each other’s religious and cultural festivals, such as Diwali, Ramadan, Eid, Christmas and Easter. It is common practice that staff offer to work extra hours on these special occasions to allow their colleagues to take the time off to celebrate the occasion with their respective families.
The cultural and ethnic/religious diversity of staff is also an asset in order to effectively engage with the communities that Nirvana serve, utilising the staff as a resource to engage with their respective ethnic and religious groups.
Something else that Nirvana do well is to celebrate the strengths of their staff and support them in areas of improvement. Like any other family, what is important is not the specifics such as gender or race but rather “what is best for the staff and the organisation”.
Nirvana Health Group operates on values of acceptance and respect, nurturing and growing its employees who in turn invest passion and commitment into making the Nirvana Group the success it is and one big multicultural happy family!
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