There is an increasing emphasis on the need for organizations to be more resilient in order to respond to the multiple, dynamic forces simultaneously impacting business. Recently we have heard the increasing call for organizations to be purpose-led, to align profitability and sustainability, and to demonstrate their ability to achieve commercial success and positive outcomes…
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Event details The millennials are active in the current workforce, but organizations need to adapt the way they attract, retain, empower and engage them. How do organizations deal with the changing work dynamics and benefit from the wealth of knowledge in the market? How to transform culturally responsible organizations into workplaces of the future? In…
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What motivates employees to work hard to serve the public interest? This talk presents the results of a recent book in which my colleague Dr. Christian Schuster and myself systematically review answers from public administration research to the classic debate on how to motivate employees. We locate this research in a novel two-dimensional typology which…
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The “Me Too” movement has provided the opportunity to discuss previously “unmentionable” issues in the corporate environment and allow organizations to increase their collective focus on how to create safe and secure spaces for staff to thrive. This webinar will focus on how the WBG has attempted to address issues of inappropriate work-place behavior from…
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Robin Lewis and Bieke van Dessel will present a case study showcasing how Cigna has evolved and continues to develop to build the organisational capability to deliver on our strategic goals; they will focus on building an agile operating model that is close to our customers and to the market
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Rethinking performance management is at the top of many of our organizations’ agendas. The process of annual performance evaluations in disliked by most people managers across industries, and is viewed as an evil annual ritual which generates an enormous amount of work, disrupts the business, and has little or no ROI, considering the small merit…
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Theme Do People Still Matter? Overview Artificial Intelligence and technological developments are completely changing jobs, work environments and the way we work. The impact on HR is happening in most organizations and will even become more important in the future. When looking at the HR value chain, processes for talent acquisition, recruitment, talent development, staff engagement, performance management, rewards and shared services…
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“Beyond Learning”.
In this webinar Nick Shackleton Jones will address the following issues: Learning elimination, a fundamental shift in perspective. Why training isn’t working. Shifting from a ‘push’ model to a ‘pull’ model. User-centered learning design. Putting this into practice: induction, knowledge…
“Mean Men and what to do about them”
Steve Jobs, Harvey Weinstein, Lance Armstrong. Each one reached the pinnacle of American success. Is it because they were ambitious visionaries and talented entrepreneurs? Most Americans would say yes to both. But what else do they have in common?…