Serein Learning Academy

We have partnered with Serein for over 3 years now. We have leveraged their expertise as retainers on our numerous IC panels and as SME’s for conducting workshops for our IC members, managers and employees at large. Our experience with them has been simply great. The educational workshops conducted by Ishani, the founder have been extremely well received. Ishani’s ability to simplify things and share relevant examples from her rich experience are a key differentiator. The use of caselets to debate and discuss the best approach and influence appropriate actions was very well received. The team felt empowered and ready to shoulder their responsibility as IC members almost immediately. The team at Serein have an excellent command over the Act and its new legislations and rulings. Would like to applaud their customer centric approach and prompt response to our queries. Wishing them our very best for a bright future.

At Belong we’re always looking for ways to better the workplace and ourselves everyday and in setting up our ICC (internal complaints committee) we wanted to incorporate this culture and go beyond setting it up only to comply with the law. This is where Serein came in; they trained and sensitised the team and helped draft an inclusive PoSH policy that goes beyond 'prevention of sexual harassment of women in the workplace' to 'prevention of any form of harassment for everyone in the workplace’. And with their help, we have managed to become more aware of unconscious biases in the workplace, what sexual harassment really is, understand other types of inappropriate behaviour, how to deal with harassment, whom should one approach to register a complaint, confidentiality, redressal etc. Thereby enabling us to actively work towards creating a safer and more inclusive work environment.

Serein recently worked with my team at eBay on helping employees understand and be aware of unconscious biases that may be present in their own thinking or in the workplace. We got a very good grasp of how such biases take root and develop, and how we can consciously check our own behaviors and those around us to help make the workplace more inclusive by minimizing or eliminating such biases. The Serein team did some interactive exercises for the team to develop group sensitivity on this topic, which helps build better trust and exchange of ideas on how we can manage our culture as well as internal processes to enable a bias-free environment. One of the most important things we learnt was that unconscious bias is not just about gender but can be about a variety of socio-economic or demographic factors that influence our thinking from a young age to adulthood.

An engaging workshop that wove the key messages through experiential exercises and stories. Chryslynn and Ishani were outstanding in condensing the content and communicating a very serious matter in a manner that was absorbed with rapt attention by Dreamsters. I recommend this workshop to any organization that wants to instill respect for everyone and not just toeing the law. Chryslynn and Ishani were outstanding in explaining the concept of bias and through numerous examples explaining the different kinds of bias, not all of which are bad. Every management team can benefit from learning from this team workshop and be self aware of how biases affect the decisions they make.

“It has been a great experience for us at Rizort working with Serein on culture, safety and inclusion. Serein understands that organizational change relies on employees to be the agents, to be the role models, and through their unique workshops have been able to make every individual at Rizort develop deeper sense of responsibility and all-around inclusive values. Serein's interactive program on PoSH delivered under the leadership of Chryslynn is probably the most comprehensive toolbox a startup can have on equity and safety. Thanks Serein for helping Rizort cultivate a culture of zero-bias and openness amidst diversity.”

Serein has been our go-to team for creating awareness about appropriate workplace behaviour and the prevention of sexual harassment. These are areas where we should neither be flippant nor puritanical. Chryslynn and team set the right tone and get everyone in the team to engage in the conversation and air their thoughts openly. Instead of telling what is right and what is not, they make the team discover this on their own through interactive sessions. We recommend Serein highly to anyone who wants to increase self-awareness, empathy, and sensitivity within their organization.