The Josh Bersin Academy Exceeds 10,000 Members as Companies Hit the Reset Button

The Josh Bersin Academy, the world’s only global development academy for HR professionals, marked its one-year anniversary by announcing soaring member enrollments as HR and talent management professionals from all over the world seek advice and support in the wake of Covid-19.  The Academy’s community forums, executive working groups, and timely programs and resources have struck a chord with HR leaders and their teams as they deal with the most dramatic shakeup of working practices in a lifetime. The number of new Academy licenses more than doubled from March to April, and new licenses more than tripled from April to May.

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Since the Academy started in May 2019, HR professionals from some of the biggest global brands – including Lego A/S, Novo Nordisk, Jardine Matheson, and the Indian Hotels Company – have collectively spent 24,500 hours (equivalent to three years) participating in programs covering the latest HR challenges, exchanging ideas, and discussing a range of workplace issues in the Academy’s community forums. More than 65,400 conversations have taken place in the Academy this year.

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“We’ve seen huge increases in membership and engagement over recent weeks, as HR leaders take stock of Covid-19 and begin to figure out what this all means for employees and the workplace, both now and in the longer term,” said Josh Bersin, dean of the Academy. “It has become clear that the Academy is so much more than a professional development academy. It has become the home for HR – a place to discuss disruptions, emerging trends, and crises like the unprecedented one we’re facing now.

“Make no mistake, this Big Reset will forever change relationships between employers and their   people,” he added. “Ways of working, budgets and priorities, leadership styles, trust and ethics — even the role of HR itself — are all up for review. It’s why we’re seeing new members – both companies and individual HR professionals – signing up in such high numbers now.”

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