HR

We each have a measurable and innate preferred style to solving problems and manage change, which can be used to predict team dynamics in the context of problem-based leadership. Here. Dr Curt Friedel, expert in problem solving, reviews how knowing about the differences can help leadership during recovery.

That’s according to new research which also found HR teams want to maintain a more influential and strategic role post-pandemic.

It won't take me to inform you that we are navigating uncertain waters. Stock markets have crashed, businesses are shutting their doors unsure of when they will reopen, and the education system has been turned on its head, with scholars, students and apprentices all missing out on key training and testing. 

As England emerges from another lockdown and Christmas approaches, the impact of the pandemic remains prevalent and will continue into 2021. Many employers are facing challenging decisions as they plan workforce requirements now and going into next year.

One in three HR practitioners think that employee engagement has gone up with half reporting no change, despite heading into the seventh week of lockdown due to Covid-19, according to new research.

In the first of a series looking at augmented intelligence and how it can help HRs create and grow resilient, productive workforces Adrienne Percival – founder of FlourishZone and AI Tech for Good – explains how this new reality will also be investigated in our up-coming webinar on the subject.

The recruitment and people-based industries are responding in a myriad of innovative ways to the Covid-19 pandemic. One example can be found in Jessica Heagren who runs flexible working site That Works for Me. She started the hashtag #WeNeedPeople early on in the crisis to help match those who had lost work due to lockdown with live job opportunities. 

Businesses can now access government support to help them continue operating during the coronavirus pandemic.

Off-payroll working reforms have been delayed until April 2021, less than a month before they were due to be implemented.

Unprecedented times often call for unprecedented measures - but how can leadership in today’s business world step up to the plate in these extraordinary circumstances?