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MINDFUL BUSINESS
Held in the inspiring surroundings of Relocate Global HQ, the Future of Work Festival’s Hubs were wellsprings of rejuvenation and reflection, and a refreshing invitation to rethink current challenges creatively. Ruth Holmes reports.
t has been an exhausting few years for HR Global Mobility professionals, HR and international managers. At the forefront of safeguarding employee wellbeing throughout the pandemic,
many of us still find little chance of respite during the working week as we bounce from Zoom call to Teams meeting and back again, at both ends of the day as we surf multiple time zones. As Relocate Global reports now almost daily,
employee resignations, burnout and stress are at record levels. Yet as leaders in our sectors, we are now firmly front and centre of organisational transformations. Mobility, wellbeing and people factors are coming to the boardroom agenda. This highlights the value of what we do and the learning we can share with the rest of the business. The Hub conversations held in the beautiful gardens,
marquees and spaces of Relocate Global’s offices, which also hosts the Centre for Global Excellence & Leadership, were an exciting and thought-provoking window on this brave new world – as well as an opportunity to nurture our own personal and professional wellbeing.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND COLLABORATION In the week before the Future of Work Festival took place, the FT published a piece suggesting it is only a matter of time before an HR leadership role becomes a big step on the career path to CEO. Panellists on the Keynote Panel and winners in the
Relocate Think Global People Awards earlier in the day also recognised how Global Mobility has gone from a niche that interacts with about one per cent of the global workforce to the whole workforce. As was evident in the afternoon’s Hub conversations
– themed on the five interrelated areas of Wellbeing & Engagement, Leadership, Innovation & Agility, Global Mobility, Future of Work and Workplace, and Tree Marquee Leadership Workshops – employee-initiated relocation requests are matching employer-initiated
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