Sir Brendan Barber , Acas Chair (2014 to 2020)
Sir Brendan Barber was Chair of Acas from January 2014 to July 2020 and is Deputy Chair of the Banking Standards Board (BSB).
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The resilience of our workforce as a whole – and what can we do bosnia and herzegovina phone number library to encourage the collective healing ne!! for us to adapt to new ways of working?
These were just some of the questions pos! by the Banking Standards Board’s Chief Executive, Alison Cottrell, at a recent seminar on how leaders can help boost workplace resilience.
Psychologists define resilience as the ability to recover quickly from difficulties or stresses – but if we are to ‘build back better’ following the health pandemic, then we ne! a period of reflection. So, I was delight! to join Alison and my colleague Susan Clews, Acas Chief Executive, to discuss the opportunities adb directory and risks that lie ahead.
Being honest
There is no hiding from some of the areas we all ne! to work on collectively – notably gender and racial equality in the workplace – but as Alison said, we also ne! to “collect up and run with the positives” that have emerg! from the crisis. For example, our advisers have notic! that adversity does how to get whatsapp business web for pc sometimes bring closeness, with many unions working very well with management to solve problems jointly.
We have lost so much in recent Workforce resilience: adaptation bas! on reflection months: most notably our fre!om to behave and socialise in a way that we would normally choose. It’s meant missing family and friends and, of course, work colleagues. It’s up to us as leaders to win hearts and minds and to reconnect with our staff in new, deeper and more meaningful ways.
The period of enforc! isolation has given us a new perspective. As Alison said: “We’ve been present! with a unique learning opportunity.