Smart Growth in Lean Times: Rethinking Talent, Teams, and Tech
Vacancy levels are signaling a structural shift in professional employment - not just a temporary slowdown.
And even as unemployment remains stable, many employers are planning redundancies, creating a growing disconnect between workforce numbers and workforce resilience.
Middle managers are facing unprecedented strain with leaner teams, higher expectations, and AI disruption felt everywhere, leaving many organizations exposed where leadership matters most.
Hiring freezes, redundancy plans, and shifting workforce structures are converging into what many now call a “white-collar recession.”
While headlines focus on job cuts, the deeper disruption is structural, and leadership responses will define which organizations adapt and emerge stronger.
In this live, interactive webinar, we’ll unpack what’s really driving the contraction – AI, cost pressures, policy inertia, and post-pandemic overcorrections – and explore how senior HR leaders can proactively respond.
You’ll gain fresh data, global comparisons, and candid insights into what future-fit organizational design looks like when growth is no longer guaranteed.
Join us live to:
- Learn what’s actually happening inside organizations globally, from burned-out managers to fractured culture, and how to restore alignment and trust.
- Understand how to prepare for leaner, smarter team structures – with and beyond using AI.
- Walk away with actionable steps for redesigning roles, strengthening manager capabilities, and future-proofing your workforce planning.
- Get a sneak peek of what’s in store for UNLEASH World 2025.
At UNLEASH World 2025, you’ll meet the world’s top HR innovators, experience cutting-edge solutions first-hand, and walk away with a clear roadmap for success in 2025 and beyond.
The 13th Annual UNLEASH World returns to Paris in 2025. The Home of HR and the Heart of the global HR community, UNLEASH World is the destination for anyone who believes in the power of people, technology, transformation and the ambition to create a better future.
We inspire and help leaders on what the new working world looks like, from startups to the Fortune 500 and everything in between.