The coronavirus crisis has elevated the role of HR chiefs in the C-suite. Here's how.
Today about 95% of IBM's employees are working from home. The move involved hundreds of data centers being operated remotely, and the rapid-fire training of leaders to understand their new responsibilities to connect with their people in this drastically changed environment. So far, the company hasn't laid off any workers. "We're a strong company and have a strong balance sheet, but what will unfold for us is largely unknown," Gherson says.
"We're in 175 countries, and we have a lot of buildings, so this isn't an easy thing to do," Gherson says. "But we have to start these conversations now so we can figure it out and be ready." "In the earliest days, we thought [coronavirus] was strictly a health-care issue," says Johnny C. Taylor Jr., CEO of the. "But it became clear how quickly it morphed into a people issue and how CHROs are playing a critical role in helping their companies get through this."
, was the head of HR for GE Africa for five years and dealt with the Ebola crisis there. "The coronavirus is so much broader, is moving so much faster and is impacting so many more people," she says.The industries having the hardest times, of course, are the ones for whom remote work isn't possible. Airlines, hotels, cruise lines, entertainment companies, brick-and-mortar retailers and restaurants have all seen their businesses vanish in a matter of weeks.
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