Contents

Introduction to counseling Employee Counseling Company Profile Counseling in TCS TCS-Maitree Benefits Conclusion
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Introduction to Counseling
Counseling is a process that enables a person to sort out issues and reach decisions affecting their life. It can take many different formats to bring a person to a better understanding of them self and others. Its not about giving advice but helping and supporting a person to find an understanding and answers that work for that person.

Employee Counseling
Providing a simple employee counselling service for work force is a practical and cost effective solution to stress in the workplace that can also maximise the effectiveness and wellbeing of the workforce. Employee counselling helps the employee understand situations and develop new ways for dealing with current and future difficulties..
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Company Profile
It started its operations in 1968 and is a part of Asia's largest business conglomerates the Tata Group. TCS is a leading IT services provider. The purpose of establishing TCS was to enable Indian companies manage themselves better, through effective use of IT.
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Counseling in TCS
Investigation Informal Counseling Formal Counseling First Warning Formal Counseling Second Warning Final Warning

Maitree
TCS-Maitree an unique initiative that traverses the globe. Binding this huge and far-flung family of people together. The journey began in February 2002
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Maitree
Maitree actively promotes a series of schedule fun and cultural events and activities. Develop the community An opportunity to bring out their creativity and express their talents.

Maitree
TCS-Maitree's counselling service has won the organization plenty of praise. TCSers are reaching out to the less privileged with the same essence of caring and sharing.
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Maitree
TCS-Maitree is helping TCSers and their families contribute and reach out to less privileged communities at all office locations worldwide. It also fosters a bonding with the organization and an opportunity to interact with colleagues on a social level.

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Maitree
In 2008-09, more than 42,000 man hours were spent in volunteering initiatives in India. TCS-Maitree has also built up infrastructure for computer and science laboratories, classrooms, community development centres, paper production units etc. The initiative Club Red Lets Talk! was created to have a platform for talking about HIV/AIDS within and outside TCS.

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Maitree
TCS-Maitree also works to create suitable employment opportunities for the differently abled. Through a pioneering initiative, more than 40 visually impaired persons were given advanced computer training at a state-of-theart computer lab with screen reader software (JAWS) set up in Mumbai; 10 trainees were offered jobs in TCS and other IT organizations.
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Benefits
Facilitates to look at the situations with a new perspective Motivates to search for alternate solutions to problems Improvement in employee performance Counseling Associates to provide quality service increased employee productivity Reduced Absenteeism Reduces turnover Manage behavioral problems brought about by organizational change Strong platform to leverage leadership abilities and develop team skills.
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Conclusion
Employee counselling can be a vehicle to provide help in an effective, practical way. It is through such help that individuals are motivated to understand and realize their own career potential, thus maximizing the chances of functioning in the best interests of the organization. Maitree is striving to ensure that the unusually large TCS family stays in touch through the sharing of experiences, dissemination of information, caring for the less privileged and, most importantly, spreading friendship.
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