Shalini Lal

Dr. Shalini Lal is the Founder and CEO of Unqbe, an education and advisory firm around the "Future of Work". She works with several leadership teams to build the Leadership Styles, Cultures, and Organizational Structures that support Innovation and Agility. She is also the host of the "Future of Work Show" on LinkedIn, where she hosts conversations with leading global academics, practitioners and thinkers around different future trends. She also is a published author (The Secret Life of Organizations, Hachetter India), and often writes for leading magazines and papers. Her past roles have included Director HR (Deustche Bank); CHRO (Escorts Agri); Chief, OD and Change (Airtel). She is a UCLA PhD, Wharton Fellow, IIM-A MBA, and Stephens Eco Grad; and enjoys bringing together insights from academia with the wisdom of practitioners.

Three ways organisations can help with anxiety, despair and loss

Safe spaces at work, organisational volunteerism, wellness habits are the three ways organisations can help employees cope with the mental health fallout of the pandemic

Coronavirus Apr 29, 2021

In difficult times, a call for managers to have an open heart

If you're yet to discover the kinder and empathetic side of your organisation, it may help to remember that employees are always assessing whether you are a good place to work by how well you did when there was a crisis. For leaders there is a call everywhere—the call to have an open heart

Coronavirus Mar 26, 2021

Future of work: How should you navigate hybrid workspace?

There are benefits to working remotely and in the office. Dr Shalini Lal, in part two of a two-part series on work before and after Covid-19, explains how identification, categorisation, and possibly empathy from leaders will need restructuring for hybrid workspaces to thrive

Coronavirus Mar 26, 2021

Future of work: Do we need to go back to office at all?

Our mental constructs around work and office are so powerful, that it's hard to imagine one without the other. Or is it really? Dr Shalini Lal seeks to answer the most pertinent question of our times, in part one of a two-part series on work before and after Covid-19

Technology Nov 18, 2020

Has 2020 slowed the pace of future innovation?

Studies show that meeting people outside of our regular daily network is an important source of ideas, and serendipity plays a big role here. In the year of social distancing, this is likely to impact innovation

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