Webinars & Workshops

The launch of the UAE remote work visa is symptomatic of a global shift in the way we work prompted by COVID-19 which looks here to stay. Our panel of expert employment lawyers from Stephenson Harwood will discuss this development and some of the areas employers should consider when dealing with employee requests to work abroad, including:

Local employment rights
Documenting the move
Immigration requirements
Tax and social security
Insurance
Health & safety
Confidentiality, data protection and cyber security
Regulatory obligations

What we will cover in the Webinar?

• We are all different, we are all unique
• Different personality types (Insights Discovery) – How to recognize them?
• How to use knowledge of different personality types in business in
– decision making,
– how we perceive information
– how we interact

Ability to understand our preferences, recognize other’s personal preferences and be able to adapt our strategies accordingly lead to faster and better results and understanding.

What is Change agility and why bother thinking about it?
A brief exploration of different reactions to change and that agility is less about the speed of response to a change, but more the proactive ability to adapt to it.

Why aren’t we more change agile?

If we believe there is a mismatch of resources, ability, or control to meet the perceived change, we become resistant. There will be a brief discussion on what triggers a threat response in us hence compromising our ability to be agile.

Becoming change agile
Practical tips/ tactics to move beyond just tolerating and accepting change to become truly change agile and flourishing during times of ambiguity.

About Archana Bhatia:

Archana has over 20 years of international experience as an HR professional, coach, and trainer. A psychologist by qualification, she chose to work as an HR Business Partner before transitioning to a consulting role. As an internal HR Business Partner, she managed a range of functions for multinational companies such as PepsiCo and Discovery Networks.

This webinar will help you master effective remote employee management skills in your company.

Working from home is a growing trend that will continue to grow for a long time after the Corona pandemic ends.
Whether it is technology advances or team members who want more flexibility at work. This is really positive news. The Stanford University Study says, that home based employees are 13% more productive than office based employees.

If COVID-19 puts your organisation in this position, this webinar will help you and your management become more effective in this.

Nurturing and grooming good talent in a company is a concern of many leaders today – the traditional “training approach” is not delivering fast enough to keep up with the pace of business transformation.

Within the last 5 years – the way people learn has drastically changed: it is all about convenience, practicality, and bite-size knowledge. Think of your last search on YouTube.

Traditional people development is being challenged due to the increased understanding that training employees with long and defined curricula are simply not in-line with agile organizational objectives

What you will get from this webinar:

• How is tech and neuroscience affecting the future of Learning & Development?
• Insights on how people learn across different generations
• What companies can do better to ignite agility and transformation within their organizations?
• What is Agile Learning and Can this really help?
• Tools and resources you can use in your work to rethink L&D

This event focuses on the impact on the way the brain is affected and what leaders and managers can do to create more impactful outcomes to ultimately proceed in the post-COVID world of leading people and running organizations.

About Philippe:
Philippe Mathijs is Co-Founder and CEO of Reach Outstanding – a coaching and people development organization. He has over 25 years of international experience across the Consulting and Financial Services industries within the Business, Risk, and IT disciplines. Today he is dedicated to helping people reach their full and outstanding potential after having spent 10 years marrying business, coaching, and mentoring before fully dedicating his life to his passion for helping people to reach their full potential. He is an award-winning executive coach and served on the Board of International Coach Federation – UAE Chapter as an Executive in 2019. He is an Implementation Mastery Facilitator for the World Business & Executive Coach Summit (WBECS) organization and also a Mentor Coach.