Hacking HR to Build an Adaptability Advantage

Tagged "lack of diversity"

stephanie-sharma's picture

Research demonstrates that by bringing the feminine to organizational lens of leadership, along with the well-established masculine, we will create, sustain and encourage more adaptable organizational cultures. Feminine qualities are associated with good leadership qualities: Dependable and Reasonable, Long-term oriented, Collaborative, Adaptable, Flexible, Patient, Loving, Caring and Kind. The study...

Too much of the focus in the hiring process is on industry experience.  Sure, it is safe and you aren't likely to fumble, but you aren't likely to change the game either.  In an ever more integrated world an organization needs more people that qualify as both insiders and outsiders...

By Alan Gard on May 17, 2022

In the end organisations are just mixed collections of people, and adaptability requires people to adapt.  This means collectively paying attention to, and responding quickly to, actual and potential problems and opportunities.  Aligned action is the key here, but getting into alignment is difficult when people see situations differently.  Organisational cultures...

By Alan Arnett on May 17, 2022
jon-ingham's picture

 

Despite some 'I hate HR' rhetoric in the Orientation, many HR teams understand how their businesses could be more human, compelling and adaptable.  This common issue is they can't get traction in their organisations.
 
To correct this, HR tries to get closer to the rest...
By Jon Ingham on May 8, 2022
mugil-manivannan's picture

In the business world, understanding culture is imperative for the successful execution of daily operations. Understanding cultural differences and overcoming the barriers are some of the considerations people should have when dealing with business with people of various cultures. Often business deals are lost because the parties involved did not take...