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On May 9, join us for an interactive workshop with Michelle Moore, Managing Director of HORN, to learn how you can optimize the rapidly evolving roles of HR and IT.
Explore whether:
your organization has the right plan in place to capitalize on the unique strengths of both people and technology.
your HR and IT teams work together to ensure a best-in-class human capital and technology strategy.
Employees in the UK are sending a signal to their leaders that enough is enough. From nurses to paramedics, midwives to junior doctors, university staff, teachers, passport office staff, civil servants, rail workers, postal workers, and bus drivers—people feel overworked, underpaid, and tasked with managing their own stress. Some of those workers we most valued and cherished during the pandemic are feeling burnt out. Given the events of the last six months, business leaders must take note of the change in the social contract between them and their employees if they are to build back better.
Supporting employee wellbeing presents many challenges to Canadian organizations, from navigating a constantly changing vendor landscape to cost and risk management. How can you defy the trends and transform the employee experience? Our studies have shown that 50% of workers prefer that organizations protect health and financial wellbeing. And 55% of employers are redefining their wellness strategy.
In our online environment, we have been pushed to communicate with each other in new ways. The quick onset of the pandemic moved us into a virtual space without the time to reflect on what we may be losing without in-person communication, or to discover strategies of how best to stay connected with our colleagues in the ‘next normal’.
While companies around the world wrestle with how to bring employees back to work, the truth is that employees want the flexibility of working from home, for at least part of their workweek. The shift to hybrid teams is here to stay, and leaders are going to have to ramp up their ability to lead people that may be on-site and working from home.
Intentional Inclusion: Ways to Incorporate DE&I in Your Next Search
These days, it seems like everyone’s talking about diversity and inclusion—and with good reason. Many hiring teams are struggling to attract quality talent and eager for strategies to accomplish more with the teams they have. Integrating intentional inclusion practices into your hiring process can have an impact in both of these areas, giving it tangible value for a business even beyond the cultural benefit of promoting a fairer, more equitable workplace.
But What’s Going to Happen to Me? Top 5 Tips to Help Your Team Transition During a Major Change
If you are leading a team who is entering into a shared services arrangement, integration or amalgamation with another agency, this question (or similar) is one you will hear often – and if not, know it is being asked either to others, or in the minds of your staff. And it could very well be a question running through your own mind!
Virtual Reality in business: A Game-Changer for Industry Disruption
Humans are visual creatures, meaning they need to see and interact with objects for better understanding, experience, and communication. The use of virtual reality (VR) allows people to interact in a simulated digital environment without ever needing to leave where they are.
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