Ann Francke, chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, spoke to The Loop this month about how Musk’s takeover went up against modern workforce trends and lost. The CMI has recently released a report, The Everyone Economy, which found business resilience now depends on utilising all the talent and perspectives of your workforce. Is Musk’s… Continue reading ‘Employees are now top of the stakeholder wheel’
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‘Takeovers are a time to knit people together rather than exclude them’
This month, Karen Thomas-Bland, founder and director of Seven Transformation and a consultant on over 50 mergers and acquisitions, discusses why Musk’s takeover needed to balance change with stability. She recently wrote for Management Today on how to manage personal egos in a takeover, specifically focusing on Musk and Twitter. Elon Musk has wasted no… Continue reading ‘Takeovers are a time to knit people together rather than exclude them’
Could Elon Musk’s takeover knock Twitter off its perch?
Elon Musk’s rocky and controversial $44 billion takeover of the social media platform Twitter has been capturing headlines for months. Following a protracted back-and-forth over whether Musk would buy the company, the purchase was finalised in October. Since then, Musk has sacked thousands of staff, as well as the CEO and much of the leadership… Continue reading Could Elon Musk’s takeover knock Twitter off its perch?
How permanent is the great resignation?
Questions remain whether the great resignation is still just a temporary change to the way employees approach work or if it is actually a permanent shift in employees’ mindsets.
The shifts in worker preferences… are permanent
Bhushan Sethi believes the pandemic brought issues around diversity and wellbeing to the fore and made workers reassess what they want from their jobs
The Resignation shines a light on new, more abstract priorities
Rita Trehan argues that the pandemic exposed deep-rooted flaws in many businesses that, unless dealt with, will continue to drive employees away from their organisations
The metaverse and its future role in the workplace
With COVID-19 accelerating many businesses’ digital transitions, and since Mark Zuckerberg’s commitment to spend $10 billion a year over the next decade on the metaverse, interest in this area has skyrocketed.
“Design something that will allow employees to flourish”
Robert Bolton, Partner and Head of the Global People & Change Centre of Excellence for KPMG, argues that the pandemic has altered work to such an extent that businesses need to experiment with their HR practices to truly allow their employees to flourish.
We have seen a power shift from employers to employees
Julia Lamm, Global Workforce Strategy Leader and Principal at PwC United States, feels that, among other areas, the pandemic has highlighted the importance of meaningful work and career paths for the new employee experience.
The post-pandemic Employee Experience
The February edition of The Loop examines the new employee experience (EX) that has emerged as we move into 2022 and beyond the pandemic.