This year has seen the much publicised rise of a financial and economic crisis, but what about a less publicised parallel human resource crisis?
A new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit has found disparity between how HR professionals view their contribution to business operations and the perceptions of executives elsewhere in the organisation.
For the staff of multinational companies, an overseas posting used to seem like an inevitable step on the career path. But now the world is in the grip of an economic crisis, a spell abroad is no longer something they can take for granted.
President of the European Professional Women's Network Mirella Visser asks, "What will be the impact of the crisis on women in the workforce and how can women increase their chances?"
Editor Natasha Gunn goes to Almere, the Netherlands, to hear Deepak Chopra speaking on leadership and discovers that, for a true leader, there is nothing more important than getting in touch with your own soul.