COVID-19 – one of the greatest pandemics of our times which has caught world leaders off-guard, has demonstrated that some of the powerful governments and their economies are ill-prepared to deal with an aggressive outbreak. While the world fights to mitigate the impacts of the Corona crisis which has unsettled lives, livelihoods, and businesses worldwide, the outbreak also accentuates the need for business leaders to be resilient.
While the top of the line leaders are already hand in gloves in charting the right course to successfully lead their business amid the crisis, leading through a crisis of this magnitude requires more than just a rule book and best practices. The cover story will take a look at the leadership mantras to tide through the pandemic – from workforce alignment to retaining top employees to complying with the legal aspects of retrenchments to carving out new ways of compensation rewards.
Top HR leaders on COVID-19 crisis
We connected with eight global HR leaders to find out how they see the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the world of business and work, and how leaders should gear up to come out stronger from the impending disruption to the world of business. Here are the excerpts.
By Mastufa Ahmed
Kim Schmidt
Global Leader Leadership, People and Culture, Grant Thornton International
In order to navigate through this time and ensure that we come out the other side with an engaged workforce and loyal customers, three things are an essential investment in people, maintaining deep connections with clients, and self-care.
This story is from the May 2020 edition of People Matters.
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