Future proof your Workforce

Posted by denise on 6 May 2014 | 0 Comments

Tags: workforce planning, workforce, retirement, diversity, diversity management, talent pools, future workforce, millenials, baby boomers, benefits, reward, organisational culture, workplace culture

Over the next few years companies will start to experience a steady flow of retirees leaving the workforce.  They are also finding that the millennial workforce does not have the same values around loyalty and longevity of employment with their employer.  A Future Workforce study in 2012 showed that 91% of people born between 1977 and 1997 said they anticipated staying in a job for less than three years.  This then raises a question around how a company can future proof their workforce for further growth.  Recent research by Randstad highlighted  that 64% of companies expressed concern over gaps in their leadership pipeline. 

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Box of Fluffy Ducks ...

Posted by Denise on 25 June 2012 | 0 Comments

Tags: diversity, cross cultural sensitivity, cross cultural communication, multi cultural, workforce, cultural

.. the complexities of the multi cultural NZ workplace

“What we need is a great big melting pot”  at least, that’s what Blue Mink sang about  back in the 1970’s.   Well it seems as though we are on track to achieve that  here in New Zealand.  Statistics New Zealand projections indicate that by 2021, about 25% of New Zealand’s workforce will have been born overseas, representing one of the most ethnically diverse societies and, in turn workforce, in the OECD.

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2060 : The Future of Work

Posted by Denise on 19 June 2011 | 0 Comments

Tags: future workplace, remote working, future workforce, 2060, change, change management, ageing workforce, time management

"It's life Jim, but not as we know it"...

Recently I took part in a ‘Frame the Future’ workshop run by Nelson City Council (NCC) about what the region in which I live, Nelson/Tasman in New Zealand, would look like in 2060.  It was interesting, and challenging, to try and step into the shoes of people who would be living and working here.  A range of vision statements started to emerge; ‘big city opportunities with small village values’, ‘seamless living between work and personal’, ‘a people  and environment centered community’.  Common, themes  of self-reliance, culture, environmental impact, recreation and equity emerged.

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