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Recovery – where to now? We look at 8 things HR can do

We keep hearing it: These are unprecedented times. COVID-19 has rocked the entire world. We have never seen a sudden ‘economic stop’ in our lifetimes like this. As we know, businesses large and small are facing challenges never seen before. Global supply chains have been disrupted. Many people have lost their jobs – or face losing their jobs – in all sectors. If we’re heading for an economic downturn, there’s no secret formula for HR. So how can we, as HR practitioners, help organisations place themselves on the right side of the recession wave if it hits? How can the people function play a part in recession-proofing a company, or at least help mitigate its effects? We look at 8 key things HR can do.

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Understanding Organisations as Adaptive Systems

There are different ways to manage organisations. Some management approaches are more than 100 years old (and you’ll still find them in today’s organisation). However, a more modern way to look at management is to view organisations as Adaptive Systems.

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Workers now feel empowered to protest their employers’ business practices. Yet Employee Activism can be a positive force for business prosperity – if leadership can find opportunities to welcome and embrace it, rather than run from it. So let’s take a look at what Employee Activism is, why it’s on the rise and how employers can respond to it.

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Without doubt, technology makes our working lives easier, giving us convenience and greater flexibility. But the digital world is difficult to escape, which makes tech overload a very real risk.

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The lifeblood of every organisation is its employees, and the focus on diversity and inclusion in the workplace has never been more intense than it is today. Organisations the world over are taking diversity and inclusion very seriously. Increasingly, CEOs are having to take ownership and lead the way, making HR and senior management accountable for creating equal, fair and inclusive workplaces.

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What can employers do to help employees beat commuter blues. And what can employees do to help themselves? Find out in this month’s article.

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Are you living a ‘Hygge’ life? If you haven’t discovered this amazing Danish lifestyle trend sweeping the world, it’s time you did. In this article, we make it easy for you.

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“69% of professionals in NZ state that work-life balance, including flexible working, is their top priority when seeking a new role.”

– Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

NOTE: If you are well versed in the benefits of getting work-life balance right, we trust you’ll find the insights in this article useful to share with the managers you’re working with.

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Sustainability. It is quite possibly the most urgent issue facing humanity right now. We have long known that companies and other organisations can cause extreme negative consequences on the environment, even if these are unintended. So what can we do about it? And what is sustainability?

A definition of sustainability

“The quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance.” Read More

“It is not what the coach knows; it is what his players have learned.”
– Anonymous

The Best Leaders are also Excellent Coaches

We all know great leadership is made up of many different elements, skills and roles. These all come together in people differently around experience, education, personality and leadership style. However, one important leadership role that is often overlooked is that of coach. Leaders are also mentors, and the labels of Coach and Mentor are often used interchangeably in a business context. But there is a big difference between the two.

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