People + Strategy Journal

Summer 2020

HR Leads Through a Crisis

COVID-19 became HR’s moment to show creative leadership and forward-thinking agility. Embedded in each organization’s response to the pandemic are the kernels of the next generation of work. Everyone is on a unique journey through this crisis and toward what comes next. 

FEATURES

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Why Corporate Directors Need to Focus on Trust
Lisa Shalett, Extraordinary Women on Boards
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Deb Bubb and Joanna Daly, IBM
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Digitalization Drives the New Face of Engagement
Allan H. Church and Sergio Ezama, PepsiCo
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Rethinking Smart Workplaces in Uncertain Times
Andi Owen, Ben Watson and Joseph White, Herman Miller
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ONLINE-ONLY ARTICLES

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Kathleen Ross, U.S. Institute of Peace
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Coretha Rushing, 2U Inc.

DEPARTMENTS

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From the Executive Editor
This Is HR’s Moment
David Reimer
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Perspectives
Laura Morgan Roberts, Dani Monroe, Ella Washington 
and Zuhairah Scott Washington
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In First Person
larry anderson
​In First Person
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Linking Theory + Practice
Designing Organizations in Turbulent Times
Craig Schneier, Kristen Stants and Brad Winn
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Executive Roundtable
The Future of Work Is Now
Moderator: Adam Bryant
Participants: Lucien Alziari, Alan May, Dawn Rogers and Pat Wadors
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​Insight into Action
The ABCs of COVID-19 Business Recovery
Marc Sokol
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​CHRO Connection
Michael Fraccaro: Leading with Empathy and Transparency
Lisa Connell