Workplace 2020

How will you achieve your aspirations for the year ahead?

WE NEED TO EVOLVE OUR WORK PRACTICES AND WORK CULTURE: VMWARE'S BETSY SUTTER

Betsy Sutter, Chief People Officer of VMware, spent two decades with the company designing a culture that builds upon a great in-person experience. Now the last two years have created a powerful impetus to evolve that culture, she tells People Matters

IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE THE SKILLS-BASED MODEL OF TALENT PIPELINE: IBM'S OBED LOUISSAINT

WE NEED TO RADICALLY RETHINK THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN HIRING - HOW WE SOURCE TALENT AND HOW WE EVALUATE THEM, SAYS OBED LOUISSAINT, SVP, TRANSFORMATION AND CULTURE, IBM, IN AN INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE MATTERS

HIRING AND RECRUITMENT TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2022

The use of Aland data analytics to get the right talent is set to rise, even as employers look to boost their diversity & inclusion profile and strengthen EVP by offering perks that go beyond pay cheques alone

EMPOWERMENT AND TRUST IS THE WAY FORWARD : SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC'S CHARISE LE

In a workplace dramatically changed by the pandemic, trust becomes key to empowering employees: giving them autonomy over business decisions, career choices, and how they manage their own work. Charise Le, CHRO of Schneider Electric, tells People Matters how her company is advancing a strategy of trust and employee empowerment

Addressing the tech industry's skills gap in 2022

Looking forward to 2022, Kavita Viswanath, General Manager of JFrog shared some of the distinct skills that tech employers are looking out for

Focus On Your People's Needs, And They Will Respond By Meeting Yours

Today's pandemic-disrupted environment puts the emphasis on creating better ways to lead, manage, and meet the needs of people. In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Agility Group talks about how global companies are changing up their formula for finding and growing the talent they need

Work In 2022: What's Next

Businesses have a rare opportunity to seize the moment for the long term taking into consideration the broader drivers of value including talent management, customer acquisition, productivity, and revenue.

Creating A Collaborative Environment For Employee Well-Being

Statistics support the theory that a happy organisation is a productive one – and that those with the right technologies in place will ultimately benefit by helping employees remain engaged. How organisations are maintaining a happy workplace amid the pandemic is a lesson to learn for the long run

Executive rewards should be a catalyst for corporate action on climate

Companies cannot afford, in any sense of the word, to ignore climate issues. A concrete and important first step will be to tie climate targets to short-term incentive packages

Diversity delivers dividends

Diversity of gender, caste, race and religion are essential for social justice. There are, however, other diversities that we need to pursue for sheer performance and competitive advantage

The rise of People Analytics

People analytics is not just a tool for HR, but for all business functions. Here, we look at a few of the uses of people analytics and the challenges involved

Soitec's Pascal Lobry on how the Great Resignation can become the 'Great Recruitment'

At a time when many companies are grappling with the 'Great Resignation', international semiconductor firm Soitec is ramping up its hiring with very little difficulty. In an exclusive interaction with us, Pascal Lobry, Executive Vice President, People & Sustainability at Soitec, talks about the strategies that enable such a push

Family businesses can bolster economic growth, but the tight labour market is a big challenge: Sally Craig

With more people seeing the benefits and opportunities of working from home and turning their ‘side-hustle’ into a full-time business, family businesses will continue to have an enormous role to play in Australian and New Zealand economies now and well into the future, says Sally Craig, GM People & Culture Kennards Hire

Digital onboarding

New standards for document and biometric onboarding allow organisations to prove who someone is remotely by leveraging their smartphone’s camera and other security features

Changing Dynamics Of Employer Branding

Organizations of all types are now reconsidering their approach to employer branding, and realising employees and candidates want to understand the employee value proposition first before they engage with the ‘hype’

How To Navigate The Emotional Complexities Of Modern Work

In a high-pressure environment, how can employees develop their aptitude for managing their emotions – and how can employers support them? Despite appearing less tangible, some skills underpin our success in the digital workplace

EVA MAJERCSIK OF GENESYS ON ‘EMBRACING EMPATHY' AND THE VALUE OF VIRTUAL LEARNING

In a conversation with People Matters, Eva Majercsik, Chief People Officer at Genesys, discusses company values – Embrace Empathy, Fly-in Formation, and Go Big – in the context of upskilling employees

EMBEDDING UPSKILLING INTO THE FLOW OF WORK IS VITAL: KOFAX'S SVP, HR

Organisations are rapidly shifting to a digital-first culture as part of the ‘new norm’. This entails enhancing the digital savviness of employees and investing in intelligent, integrated platforms for automation, says lynne scheid, Senior Vice President, HR at Kofax, in an exclusive interview with People Matters

SKILLS GAP IS A VERY HEALTHY SIGN OF CHANGE: KOHLER'S GLOBAL L&D HEAD

The pandemic has had an immediate effect on the economy eventually affecting the global talent pool. Amid the widening skills gap, it is crucial to make the workforce future-ready parallelly offering the best employee experiences of their lives for retention, says indraneel Das, Global Head Learning & Development, Kohler Co.

SOLVING THE SKILLS GAP

For the foreseeable future, the speed of change will continue to generate demand for talent that outstrips supply by

The Skills Gap Conundrum

The widening skills gap is one of the top challenges facing global leaders today. What’s your skill transformation equation?

FEWER COMPANIES REALISE RESKILLING A KEY PART OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: TATA COMMUNICATIONS' GLOBAL L&D HEAD

Despite organisations ramping up digital infrastructures, many have noticed potential issues such as the need for cybersecurity experts and the widening digital skills gap and companies generally deal with these concerns by hiring new, skilled staff. But, this approach is not sustainable, says ina Bajwa, Global Head, Learning & Development, Tata Communications

NARROWING THE TECH INDUSTRY'S SKILLS GAP BY SHIFTING MINDSETS

Australian organisations have to reframe the approach to hiring to become even more inclusive in talent acquisition practices, creating more pathways for skilled talent to enter the workforce

UNILEVER'S CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER ON THE KEY TO ADDRESSING THE SKILLS GAP

Tim Munden, Chief Learning Officer, Unilever, talks to People Matters about weaving learning and well-being in the flow of work, and the essentials to building a high-performing leadership and workforce that thrive through uncertainty

The Hiring, Training, And Retention Of Fresh Graduates

Every company will have its own approach for evaluating new, recently-graduated candidates, and for onboarding and training them to get the best results. One thing is consistent throughout, though: a great deal of patience and hand-holding

Lessons From Tokyo Olympics 2020

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IN THE HYBRID WORLD, ORGANISATIONS' FOCUS SHOULD GO BEYOND JUST ‘WHERE' PEOPLE WORK: IBM'S NICKLE LAMOREAUX

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH US, NICKLE LAMOREAUX, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, IBM TOUCHES UPON SOME OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE NEW WORLD OF WORK INCLUDING THE HYBRID WORK CONUNDRUM, LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE CRISIS, WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION, TOP PRIORITIES OF IBM, AND MORE

GREAT RESIGNATION IS A MOVEMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR LONG INTO A NEW ERA OF WORK, IN WHICH TALENT LEADS: NELL DERICK DEBEVOISE

Leaders should integrate an approach of purposeful leadership throughout talent strategies, beginning with recruiting —to win the war for talent, says Nell Derick Debevoise, speaker, author, and entrepreneur, and Founder and CEO - Inspiring Capital

HOW COMPANIES ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT WILL DETERMINE THE BROADER TALENT IMPLICATIONS: AMY GOLDFINGER

Amy Goldfinger, SVP, Global Talent at Walmart throws light on how to streamline talent management strategies to attract and retain the best possible talent in the face of the great resignation