18th September Roundtable 

Roaring to Profitability Post Pandemic with Agile People Strategy! 

One of the battles that employers in China have been fighting throughout 2020 during and post COVID-19 centers on the business survival. This is a tough period where companies not only pay attention to their resilience and agility on operations and management but also do the best to strive for profitability.
 
Spring Professional is delighted to invite business leaders across Greater China to join our Roundtable: ‘Roaring to Profitability Post Pandemic with Agile People Strategy’ with three leading experts in the space of workforce strategies, professional recruitment and upskill & reskilling to spark ideas on talent strategies that can make differences to your business success tomorrow! 

Date: 18^th September (Friday)
GMT+8 Time: 16:00-16:45 (45mins)
Moderator: Iker Li, Senior Manager, Human Resources

Panelists: 

• Serge Shine, Head of Strategic Markets, Professional Recruitment, the Adecco Group
• Pete Chia, Greater China Managing Director, Spring Professional
• Jonathan O'Brien, Admissions Director APAC, General Assembly

• One of key trends in the new normal is that the future is flexible. However, the “hybrid” working model may not apply to all industries. Which industries are accelerating to adopt this model? What are the benefits and downside to build the new hybrid working model?

• COVID-19 brought unexpected changes to the role of HR leaders. HRs need to think about People Wellness Management, Adaptability and Performance Management, etc. Why it takes a pandemic to highlight the role of HR? How can HR better partner up with business to accelerate growth in the new world of work?

• With companies adopting more technologies to automate manual work, some will lose their current jobs. Can companies still harvest with these employees' values? Will companies make profitable from accelerating the digitalization or technology automation? What are the ROIs?

• It was brought up by many experts that agility is extremely important to businesses under unprecedent changes. Does the emphasis on agility under uncertainties contradicts the specialisation of a company? How should we draw the line between specialization and generalization?

• 76% businesses know that digitalisation is important yet only 29% has prepared themselves with strategic talent plans to support the business to get there? Why it is that businesses are not prepared yet?

• 60% employees find their digital skills improved during lockdown, while a further 69% are looking for more upskilling post pandemic. What would be the top 3 skills needed in the next 12 months from the employer perspective and why?