FESTIVAL OF GLOBAL PEOPLE
Coming to the Festival of Global People
gives people the opportunity to step back and focus on what’s important to them. Ben Renshaw, Executive coach & author of Purpose
MANAGING THE NEED FOR CHANGE WHILE MAINTAINING TRUST Speaking on Change, trust & engagement – squaring the circle, Dr Linda Holbeche, author in leadership and HR, consultant and researcher,
and author of The Agile Organisation, discussed how to balance the need for change with the need to maintain trust. “We are now in a situation where organisations have to keep on changing,” she said in her keynote speech. “How do we reconcile the need for change with the need to maintain trust? Unless you have trust between employee and workers, you are not going to get engagement.” In order to support a global workforce, those companies
Conferences like this are extremely important to get a different perspective. You can’t do this enough. It has extreme value.
Simon Johnston, Icon Relocation
managing global teams or dealing with staff internationally have a huge responsibility around compliance. There are the issues of tax, immigration, social security, duty of care, risk to reputation and to people and property, and there is a growing emphasis on the need for good governance and trust. Often, this falls under the remit of HR staff and mobility specialists. In smaller companies, there may not be a member of staff to deal with the complexity of mobility and so it becomes the responsibility of the finance director or a project team lead.
PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST Every industry sector is going through a rapid process of change. We are now in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with that comes all the changes that technology and AI are making to the way we work – and the way work will be in the future. There’s also environmental concerns and sustainability, something that companies, employees and customers are increasingly aware of. The Millennial workforce has different priorities and attitudes,
and employers need to be aware of these in order to improve recruitment and retention. This is against the backdrop of a global talent shortage and the growing debate around the importance of inclusion and diversity.
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ever before have businesses faced so many challenges thanks to technology, economic and political changes, talent shortages and globalisation. In this environment of rapid change and uncertainty, it
can be easy to forget that it is your people – your employees and your best talent – who will help define and decide the future of your business. Staff who feel valued, motivated and supported are more likely to
contribute innovative ideas, engage with the vision of the company and stay loyal even in difficult times. The Festival is about supporting global people, so that they can flourish in their chosen environment. For this reason, the themes of our Festival this year were engagement, leadership, diversity and inclusion, and education.
DIVERSITY MAKES BUSINESS SENSE One important solution to the scarcity of talent is to recruit from a wider variety of sources. Dr Susan Shortland, professor emerita at London Metropolitan University, gave a presentation on diversity and how it has become an issue
that needs to be incorporated into global mobility. Her speech described how diversity has moved from a legislative imperative to business sense, and how An inclusive workplace is a high- performance workplace. She added that making your organisation more appealing to women and minority groups is not just good practice – it also refreshes the culture and the working atmosphere in a positive way.
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