Tag: Crisis Management
the process through which an organisation deals with a disruptive and unexpected event that threatens to harm it or its stakeholders. HR’s role is typically to train employees to handle potential crises.
January 7th 2021
How To Get The Best Out of Your Remote Workforce
The coronavirus pandemic launched a global experiment in remote working more or less overnight. Although many organisations found they were able to handle the technical aspects of the shift fairly successfully, we are still learning about the longer-term consequences of remote working on performance, culture and learning.
Read ArticleSeptember 23rd 2020
Zoom Interactive Event: Disruption, Self and Anxiety
On 23rd September 2020, CRF members gathered for an inspiring and challenging Zoom Interactive Event with Dr. Mee-Yan Cheung Judge, to explore the topic Disruption, Self and Anxiety – How to Remain Effective. The session considered the role of HR and OD professionals as disruptors of the system in which we work. Using the framework of Use of Self, Mee-Yan focused on the intrapersonal work practitioners need to do in order to remain ‘grounded’ and ‘unflappable’ in order to maintain impact and effectiveness in our organisations in spite of our and our clients’ anxiety.
Watch VideoSeptember 16th 2020
Zoom Interactive Event: Diversity and Inclusion: Emerging Issues
On 16th September 2020, CRF members gathered for ‘Diversity and Inclusion: Emerging Issues’, a Zoom Interactive Event. In conversation with Stephen Frost, CEO and Founder, Frost Included and former Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Alastair Procter, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mediabrands, we explored the opportunities, challenges, and successes organisations are seeing as they broaden the scope of diversity and inclusion beyond gender, and as they grapple with the imperative to build and maintain inclusive cultures in remote working environments.
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Webinar: Diversity and Inclusion: Emerging Issues
On 16th September 2020, CRF members gathered for ‘Diversity and Inclusion: Emerging Issues’, a Zoom Interactive Event. In conversation with Stephen Frost, CEO and Founder, Frost Included and former Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Alastair Procter, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mediabrands, we explored the opportunities, challenges, and successes organisations are seeing as they broaden the scope of diversity and inclusion beyond gender, and as they grapple with the imperative to build and maintain inclusive cultures in remote working environments.
More InfoSeptember 10th 2020
Zoom Interactive Event: Strategies for Downsizing with Compassion and Care
On 10th September 2020, CRF members gathered for Strategies for Downsizing with Compassion and Care, a Zoom Interactive Event. Research Director Gillian Pillans led JC Townend, CEO, UK & Ireland, LHH, Julie-ann Keeble, Head of HR, Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd., and Ian Hunter, Partner, Bird & Bird, in discussion on how the best organisations support those at risk of redundancy, how to prepare and support leaders who manage the process and how to ensure ongoing business performance by managing engagement of those who stay.
Watch VideoAugust 26th 2020
Post Meeting Notes - New Ways of Working
These PMNs are from our HR Directors' Zoom interactive discussion event which took place on 25th August 2020. CRF hosted HR Directors and experts in discussion on the topic of new ways of working. In this session, we took stock of what we have learned over the course of the crisis, and discussed which elements of our new ways of working we expect to make permanent. This summary shares some of the key insights from the discussion.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJuly 31st 2020
Post Meeting Notes - Trust In The Workplace
On 29th July 2020, CRF members gathered for Trust in the Workplace, a Zoom Interactive Event. Professor Veronica Hope- Hailey, President of Strategic External Engagement at the University of Bath, discussed how organisations maintain or repair trust in the face of a crisis.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJuly 29th 2020
Trust In The Workplace - Prof. Veronica Hope-Hailey Slides
Download Veronica Hope- Hailey's slides from the Zoom Interactive Event: Trust In The Workplace which took place on 29.07.2020
View PresentationJuly 29th 2020
Zoom Interactive Event: Trust in the Workplace
On 29th July 2020, CRF members gathered for ‘Trust in the Workplace’, a Zoom Interactive Event. Professor Veronica Hope-Hailey, President of Strategic External Engagement at the University of Bath, discussed how organisations maintain or repair trust in the face of a crisis. What challenges do organisations face as they implement redundancy programmes, restructure, nationalise, or retrench after a crisis, and how do they rebuild and recover?
Watch VideoJuly 23rd 2020
Post Meeting Notes - Banking and FS Forum
At a Zoom Interactive Event on 23rd July, CRF, with special guest Professor Alan Brown (University of Exeter Business School), hosted HR Directors and experts in discussion on the topic of digital transformation and its implications for the HR function. This summary shares some of the key insights from the discussion.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJuly 10th 2020
Zoom Interactive Event: Thriving After a Crisis – Diverting Danger and Creating Future-Proof Organisations
On 10th July 2020, CRF and PARC members gathered for Thriving After a Crisis – Diverting Danger and Creating Future-Proof Organisations, a Zoom interactive event in partnership with IMD Business School. IMD Professors Howard Yu and Mark Greeven discussed how the most successful organisations are responding to the crisis, and demonstrated that, across industry sectors, common behaviours, mindsets and organisation cultures distinguish those organisations that are faring best. We also explored the role of the HR community in enabling organisations to be light on their feet to thrive in any possible future.
Watch VideoJuly 10th 2020
Thriving After a Crisis – Diverting Danger and Creating Future-proof Organisations - Prof. Howard Yu and Prof. Mark Greeven Slides
These are session slides used by Professors Howard Yu and Mark Greeven from the IMD Business School for the Zoom Interactive Event, Thriving After a Crisis on 10th July 2020.
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