How HR can support an organisation when it’s leader is absent.
‘Following news that prime minister Boris Johnson was rushed into intensive care last week, this article looks at how organisations cope when their leader is absent. Barbara Wilson, WWC’s Founder, contributed to this piece describing how she managed her absence during her cancer treatment.’
A key place to start, according to research fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies Zofia Bajorek, is communication with other employees following the permission of the leader.