Only 53% of employees believe their employer is meeting its diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. Simply establishing DEI initiatives doesn’t make for a more diverse, equal, and inclusive team. To make a real impact, sustainable change needs to manifest into tangible and measurable results.
It’s clear that we now live in a world full of confusion, ambiguity and disruption. The pace of change has outstripped our ability to keep up with it. The way we develop our leaders needs to be updated. We can’t expect them to learn leadership as if they were still at school being taught by subject matter experts, where every subject had a separate teacher, in a separate classroom, sharing their passion and narrow expertise.
Leaders who know how to turn difficult situations into a competitive advantage will give their organizations the endurance they need to win constantly. Leading amid a crisis can be as challenging as it is enlightening.
Consider the following practices as you lead your team through an unexpected leadership challenge, while simultaneously preparing yourself and your organization for the next crisis.
A recent Microsoft study found that 41% of the global workforce is considering leaving their positions. The lockdowns, work-at-home orders, and continued pandemic uncertainty have caused people to rethink their priorities. The pandemic has led many people to question their role at work, but leaving the company may not be the only solution to finding job satisfaction.
In this article, the author shares some pointers that will help you to clear your doubt about job fit and it will also help to know where you belong.
Coaching and managing team are two very different things. A coach inspires the team to perform at its best. A manager is charged with putting pragmatic logistics systems into place. An organization's success depends on having both (or at least someone who can do both functions).
“Leadership & Learning are indispensable to each other” – John F Kennedy
Leadership is a journey without a destination, but a successful one is always studded with milestones that help you ascertain your quality and efficiency.
Vince Lombardi, the legendary American football coach, said, "Leaders are created, not born. Of course, they're made the same way as anything else: through hard work" Even if they are charismatic or gifted, they will need to work hard to develop their skills and establish prowess as a leader.
Leaders who are resilient have some unique traits. They view failures as minor setbacks from which they can easily recover. Despite the difficulties, they maintain a positive outlook and a strong sense of opportunity. And when faced with ambiguity in VUCAD environment, they find ways to move ahead and avoid getting stuck with baggage.
Many studies have highlighted the significance of resilience as an individual and organizational leadership characteristic. when comparing the leadership effectiveness of the most resilient leaders to the least resilient leaders, the bar graph for the most resilient leaders showed a significant spike with an approximately 75% differential.
The new workplace will command HR to operate far creatively from how we work today. Decades ago, HR was a personnel management department that merely carried out administrative tasks. It then grew into a policy-making position that kept employees' welfare at the center of all its decisions.
Today, HR has metamorphosed further. It now invests significant time in attracting the right talent and managing employee engagement and development, and strengthening the overall organizational culture in this hyper-competitive talent market.
The New Normal (Normal 1.0) changed everything, including healthcare. The pharmaceutical sector, which is heavily reliant on relationships with healthcare professionals and patients, saw everything coming to a sudden halt.
The medical industry has come a long way from the days of pandemic-related restrictions like working from home, social isolation, and almost zero engagement opportunities. The industry prepared its resurgence by activating its Business Continuity Plans (BCP) through digital solutions and channels of engagement.
The Newer Normal (Normal 2.0) will always be in a flux - we will move back and forth between lockdown and reopening of cities and states. How fast one is able to respond to these aberrations will emerge as a critical success factor.
The talent acquisition strategy must mould itself to meet these undulating needs, at the same time meeting budget constraints. How do today's organizations walk the fine line between exigent demands and cost-effective hiring?Recruitment and onboarding:
