<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span>Estimated reading time: <\/span>4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n The one thing we\u2019ve learned over the past few weeks is that managing change shall be essential for fulfillment in 2025. Laws, policies, procedures, etc. are being modified on daily basis. These changes could have an impact on our personal and skilled lives. Organizations and individuals could be okay with a few of these changes. Others, perhaps not.\u00a0<\/p>\n The rationale I\u2019m bringing this up is because I listened to a webinar recently that could be helpful in enthusiastic about our role as human resources professionals and helping organizations navigate change. The webinar was titled \u201cWorker Activism and Its Impact as Laws and Politics Rapidly Evolve<\/a>\u201d and was hosted by Christopher Ward, Patrick McMahon, and Pauline Wizig from the firm of Foley & Lardner LLP.\u00a0<\/p>\n The webinar jogged my memory of an article I shared recently about\u00a0employees being organizational influencers. Activism is about creating change and employees could be searching for organizational support in terms of making change occur. Simply to be clear, I\u2019m not talking about change contained in the organization. Consider worker activism as change outside the organization. It may very well be related to social justice, climate change, or politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n Immediately, I do know many organizations try to keep away from taking sides politically or socially. One in all my takeaways from the webinar was that as much as organizations\u00a0might want<\/u><\/em>\u00a0to try this, sometimes it\u2019s not at all times possible. And staying on the sidelines may very well be harmful to the organization. It jogs my memory of\u00a0theories about power. If an worker perceives that you may have power and also you do nothing with it, that may hurt your credibility as much \u2013 if no more \u2013 than whenever you use your power and employees don\u2019t prefer it.\u00a0<\/p>\n Through the webinar, the presenters emphasized how technology is playing an enormous role in worker activism. Employees can use technology tools like social media to amplify their messages. Now, the reply to this isn\u2019t to draft a policy that claims, \u201cno person can confer with anyone about anything\u201d. What could be higher is for organizations to debate how they need to deal with worker activism. The webinar mentioned a resource from Harvard Business Review that may very well be place to start out.\u00a0<\/p>\n