A key role of the human resources team is ensuring that the organisation has the right people performing well in leadership roles at all levels. This means HR must focus attention in five key areas, including job architecture, incumbent assessment, performance definition, recognition, and leadership capacity. In the terms of leadership capacity, HR bears the […]Continue reading

Workplace studies and surveys have suggested there are at least four factors shaping the future of work, including globalisation, technology, consumerization, and general differences. In order to survive the future, business leaders must adjust themselves by adopting postures that help them successfully reconcile tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities. Along with these changes, the HR community is […]Continue reading

There is a wide range of behaviours exhibited by employees that can create risks for their coworkers and organisations at large. Such demeanors are usually considered as difficult behaviours which can result in significant negative consequences and even increase an organisation’s legal liability. Let’s take a look at some typical difficult behaviours, focusing on how […]Continue reading

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic fallout, workers report a significant increase in the value they place on the benefits offered by their employers, including a double-digit increase in how likely they are to remain at a job based on non-health benefits such as retirement savings, disability insurance, life insurance and other tools […]Continue reading

All workplaces have a particular culture that shapes how things get done, how people interact and engage with others and what is appropriate and acceptable behaviour. Team culture influences the management, organisation and application of work as it is defined by collective view of all employees. All work activity, interactions and relationships are impacted by […]Continue reading

Japan’s voluntary month-and-a-half shutdown of the economy in April due to COVID-19 has had a higher cost for women than men. A key reason: a “guilt gap” between women and men, where women often feel compelled to take on more professional sacrifices. Close to one million women—the majority of whom worked in temporary and part-time […]Continue reading

HR will increasingly become a transformational function responsible for establishing a tailored labour model while becoming a leader within workplaces. At the same time, HR must continue to maintain collective links, a relationship regulated through arrangements that go beyond individual workers. Ideally, HR should be careful in integrating individual agility and disparities to optimise collective […]Continue reading

Human resources develops rapidly with the influence of technology. The cloud, big data, artificial intelligence, and other advancements in technology are changing the way HR professionals work and reshaping their role within the organisation. In fact, industry leaders are investing in human resources technology heavily more than ever.  As cited in Bersin by Deloitte, companies […]Continue reading

Sixty listed companies in Japan have offered voluntary early retirement for a total of 10,100 employees so far this year, a private credit research agency has said. This compares against 35 companies for 11,351 employees in full 2019, according to Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. The data released on Tuesday suggest that many Japanese companies are […]Continue reading

Young generation between 20 and 35 years of age will represent nearly half of the workforce by 2020 and three quarters by 2025. Naturally, companies must understand the specific expectations of younger people composing this new generation which are committed to companies whose raison d’être or purpose they share. Young employees commonly enjoy working in […]Continue reading