In this podcast I invited my batchmate, Kaneru Vimantha Godagama from the Science Faculty of University of Colombo to talk about how a “Great Place to work” decides on screening the best companies in Sri Lanka. In this talk I wanted to highlight the science behind evaluating companies. Kaneru is the Head of Consulting Business Unit at Great Place to Work - Sri Lanka. When he was an undergraduate, he served as the Local Committee President - AIESEC in University of Colombo from 2015/16. He has an MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University and is reading for his CMI UK Level 7 (Extended diploma is professional consulting). Kaneru is passionate about new experiences, love s traveling and roller-coaster rides (both literally and figuratively) and enjoys facilitating workshops and conducting trainings. 

To get intouch with Kaneru you can connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaneru-vimantha-godagama

00:00 About Kaneru

02:59 Kaneru as a project manager

03:53 Importance of clubs and societies: AIESEC Club

07:01 Kaneru’s awakening – introvert to extrovert

08:16 Try different clubs

12:44 AIESEC is like a kitchen – not like a restaurant

16:28 Origins of “Great place to work”

23:25 What makes a great place to work? What are the factors?

26:19 Employees and management is like the neck of the company

34:11 How important is statistics to your company?

45:27 Statistics is not enough – expert knowledge is needed

52:57 Mistakes Sri Lankan companies make

59:03 Importance of wellbeing

1:00:52 Advice to undergrads who enter the job market

1:10:24 Extracurricular activities and Emotional intelligence