The present economic consequences of the severe health crisis are leading to many  negotiations between the social partners. Leadership and employee representatives should aim to get most out of these social negotiations in order to do what is best for their customers, their employees and their shareholders. Georges Vandenhove pleas for abandoning the old roads of conflict in social negotiations. He states that although social partners don’t necessarily need to agree on everything, it always takes two to tango.

The optimal development and deployment of human capital is essential to all companies or organizations and is for HR the domain par excellence for delivering added value. In “What if…HR was a chess game”, Dirk Deconninck shows us how the chess game can be a source of inspiration for a well thought-out Human Capital Management.

Enabling beneficial and lasting transformation in today’s accelerated business environment requires sponsorship from the leadership team as well as sound project management. Furthermore, you need effective change management to cope with the people side of the transformation. Fabienne Cafmeyer places the role of the Human Resources Business Partners at the heart of this change process.

Today can be a good moment for many employees to take a closer look at their job. The labour market is being shaken up and the experiences of the past few months place questions about one’s own functioning more firmly in the foreground. Annick Rombouts gives us a number of strong arguments to focus on career coaching now, illustrating the usefulness of CoreTalents Analysis.