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Far too many organizations are ignoring an impending talent crisis, ready to apply corrective re/upskilling measures to career management problems that could have been prevented with advanced planning.

A checklist that every organization should consider when attempting to address D&I goals at the recruitment and hiring level.

The coronavirus pandemic revealed the necessity of resilient teams — as well as which teams didn’t have the necessary skills. Resilience requires a level of self-awareness and empathy that may not come naturally to all team members. Leaders must assess the state of their teams, identify weak spots and then deliver strategies that will help team members break down barriers and build foundations of trust, transparency and self-awareness. The article offers seven practices to help foster team resiliency.

Traditional leadership development can be very effective on its own. However, coaching can take the skills, behaviours and mindsets that form the curriculum in a classroom or group learning experience and turn them into personal, customized solutions that help leaders learn more, more quickly, and retain that knowledge longer.

People who embrace lifelong learning and bring a growth mindset to their careers are more likely to take on new challenges and are typically better able to cope with disruption and adapt to change. These attributes will serve them well, enhancing their employability both now, and throughout their journey.

I work in a “high-touch” business where face-to-face meetings often mean the difference between bringing on a new client or losing out on a prime opportunity. I knew I had to find ways to replicate those high-touch moments in a socially distanced context. I’m not saying it’s been easy, but there have been breakthroughs.

In many ways, well-being had always been at the core of Sleep Number’s culture, which is deeply committed to the idea that the world can be a better and healthier place through higher quality sleep. But after she lost her husband, Shelly Ibach, President and CEO, said she understood the healing power of sleep at yet another level.

Transformational leadership will be critical for organizations as we look to the future. With such high demand, organizations must have an agile recruitment strategy to successfully hire the executives of their choice.

Working through the pandemic, HR leaders have been forced to be more innovative in reshaping long-standing HR policies and practices to look for more strategic, flexible, and adaptable ways of managing their people function.

The pandemic amplified the need for Ericsson to bring about a paradigm shift in their leadership culture. Priyanka Anand, VP and Head of Human Resources and Linda Lindberg, VP and Head of Commercial Management for Ericsson Market Area South East Asia, Oceania and India, share how Ericsson helped their line leaders evolve into strong coaches.

Michael Priddis, CEO of Faethm, shares the opportunities for companies that adopt a data-enabled and human-first approach to workforce transformation, in response to automation, COVID and recession, to rapidly upskill and reskill their workforces to transition to the jobs of tomorrow.