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Post-COVID-19, the office will be a clubhouse, says Dialpad CEO
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Reuters, 10 February 2021Craig Walker, founder and CEO of communication platform Dialpad said there are many reasons for people to be optimistic about work in the future. "You can network just as well from anywhere and you can hire from anywhere. You no longer have to move to these super-expensive location to get these jobs," he said. Walker chatted with Reuters about...
adaptive leadership
Power makes you more likely to cheat, steal, talk over people and swear at work. Why?
This Working Life, ABC, 08 February 2021In this episode of This Working Life, social psychologist Professor Dacher Keltner and other guests discuss who gets power at work today and why? And what do you need to do to keep...
adaptive leadership
Predictions for 2021
Very Public Affairs Podcast, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 04 February 2021In this episode, Centre Analyst Tristan Aliferis interviews the Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns, on the five predictions he has made for the corporate public affairs function in 2021, along with a review on his 2020 predictions.
Wayne's predictions for 2021 are:
1) Managing issues...
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issues management
When to switch strategy in a crisis
Mark Chussil, Harvard Business Review, 03 February 2021When a crisis hits, do not assume you should change your strategy only because something has changed. Mark Chussil has been running the Top Pricer Tournament for over a decade - a state-of-the-art strategy simulation that pits your decisions against 2,000 people around the world. These individuals are managers, consultants, students and...
adaptive leadership
The year global health went local
Bill and Melinda Gates, GatesNotes, 27 January 2021Bill and Melinda Gates have published their annual letter, stating hope is on the horizon as the world has achieved recent victories against COVID-19 in the form of new tests, treatments and vaccines. However, they have both warned that the lasting legacy of coronavirus could be "immunity inequality" - a wide and deadly gap between ...
adaptive leadership
csr
Three takeaways for business leaders amid new corporate commitments
Elyse Rosenblum, Forbes, 14 December 2020A significant number of companies are starting to prioritise equity through employment, and in a year of disruption, businesses are re-imagining the way they hire, retain, and promote people in an attempt to produce positive social impacts and business benefits. 80 member companies of the US Business Roundtable – including Walmart, Deloitte,...
adaptive leadership
measurement
How to manage remote workers when their productivity dips
Christine Trodella, Quartz, 02 December 2020Analysis of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic initially generated strong productivity but it has since slid into a noticeable decline for employees in certain roles. While working from home has become routine for many, others still struggle with the concept. Going forward there are four things to factor while managing a ...
adaptive leadership
Three ways to fight corruption and restore trust in leadership
Borge Brende, World Economic Forum, 01 December 2020As paths out of the COVID-19 crisis are identified and we prepare for new environments, we must also focus on long-standing challenges affecting this recovery, such as the fight against corruption, and the need for greater trust and integrity in institutions. There is a unique window of opportunity to put good governance, transparency and ...
adaptive leadership
corporate reputation
Overcoming pandemic fatigue: How to re-energize organisations for the long run
Aaron De Smet, McKinsey & Company, 25 November 2020Pandemic fatigue is plaguing organisations and employees after an enduring year of economic crisis and widespread social unrest. In the United States, 75 per cent of employees and close to a third in the Asia-Pacific region are reporting symptoms of burnout, and the number of those who rate their mental health as "very poor" is three times...
adaptive leadership
To unlock better decision making, plan better meetings
McKinsey Podcast, Mckinsey & CompanyThis episode of the McKinsey Podcast explores how senior managers can get better, faster business decisions from the meeting they attend or lead. McKinsey & Company's Simon London, Aaron De Smet and Leigh Weiss discuss how managers can make more effective business decisions, and how planning...
leadership communications
adaptive leadership