Vulnerability is now a key skill for leaders, and it's changing performance management and driving results for a major pharmaceutical company, its people leader says.
Connecting the dots between people and business strategies requires people leaders to become more curious about their organisation's other functions, HR executives say.
HR professionals often find themselves involved in business politics whether they like it or not, and building the skills to navigate this area is an important but overlooked factor.
It is one thing for an organisation to impose workplace harassment policies, but another to have leaders who are activists against gendered and s-xual violence, executives say.
Trust is the common denominator "wrapped around" all the gaps between how executives and employees are now experiencing work, says Gartner vice president Aaron McEwan.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
