People Matters Magazine - June 2020

In this issue

The COVID-19 era has brought astounding changes for organizations across the world and has challenged the way work has always been done. While we were debating the future of work for the last couple of years, the catastrophic COVID-19 precipitated the conversation to shift to the newer ways of working. What seemed previously implausible has been achieved in no time. The Cover Story in this issue takes a look at the larger picture of the new workplace including aspects such as tools to restart and set the new workplace in action, new challenges that organizations will face, the new normal of remote work, and most importantly, revisiting the HR policies..

The New Hybrid Workplace

Leaders would now have to focus on creating a safe working environment that gives people the confidence to return to work premises and to adjust to the new virtual/physical hybrid way of working, according to a study by Accenture

6 mins

Rethinking Employee Experience: Breaking isolation, not silos

Silos isn't the enemy, it’s the isolation that breeds as an outcome of silos. It’s time to rethink employee experience and recognize where to dissolve the silos and encourage cross-functional conversations

6 mins

Covid-19: What's Keeping HR Heads Awake At Night?

All CHROs are on the speed dial of their CEOs nowadays because managing people is not AI’s job

6 mins

When ‘business as usual' is not an option, We need to focus on helping each other: VMWare's betsy sutter

As we Navigate the paNdemiC aNd this ChalleNgiNg time, there is a paradox at play. with roughly half the gloBal populatioN uNder some Form oF loCkdowN, we’re experieNCiNg a deeper sense oF uNity aNd shared respoNsiBly iN our CommuNities, says BETSY SUTTER, Corporate seNior viCe presideNt aNd ChieF people oFFiCer at VMware

7 mins

Designing the post-pandemic workplace

Mass quarantines and complete lockdowns, the epidemic has re-ignited and amplified the debate over the future of work

6 mins

There will be significant focus on reskilling and upskilling: India Skill Development Minister

Skill development and new models of learning will be central to the recovery post-COVID-19, according to Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India Mahendra Nath Pandey

8 mins

5 Survival Skills For Future HR Leaders

In a constantly changing world, let’s explore what’s key to surviving the disruption and making it to the future as an HR leader

5 mins

The biggest result of COVID-19 is ‘change': Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani

In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, ‘builder extraordinaire’ Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani – Founder & MD - Hiranandani Group and President – Assocham & NAREDCO shares his views on what is keeping him awake at night as a business leader, what the workplace would be like post COVID-19 and how leaders can manage business continuity and people strategy simultaneously in these tough times

7 mins

Preparing your business for the future

The companies of today must become the social enterprises of tomorrow, finds Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends Report 2020

2 mins

The New Workplace

COVID-19 has changed the world including the very DNA of our workplace

10+ mins

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People Matters is India’s leading magazine in the Human Resources space for the HR community that aims to foster the amalgamation of new ideas between HR Leaders, HR Service Providers and CXOs, leading to growth and development of their most important asset – PEOPLE.