| | JULY 2024MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM8In MyOpinionBy Olga Kravchenko, Group HR COO, AXATHE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF HR AFTER THE PANDEMICWhen the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic, it was an unprecedented crisis with severe economic consequences. Even health experts around the world were clueless as to how long the crisis will last and what the `new normal' would look like. Organisations were questioning whether the ways of operating that have served them well in the past, will be fit for the future. Amid this storm, human resources were uniquely positioned to lead organisations by quickly providing employees with their response to the pandemic. While rolling out new guidelines for working and providing infrastructural and social support, HR endeavoured to keep employee spirits and productivity levels high during remote working in the lockdown. .Now that the organisations are past the response phase, HR will now need to look ahead and make changes to policies, structures, and practices to align with the new way of working. It's time for HR to reimagine not only its own future but also the future of their organisations. Supporting Employees during the PandemicDuring the pandemic, the global HR industry was heavily disrupted. HR leaders had to review their current practices and very quickly adopt new ones. We at AXA put a lot of Olga Kravchenko
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