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Managing people risks in your organization: What are people risks?

People are an organization’s most important strength, but they can bring significant risk to a business if not properly managed.

26/08/2022

What are people risks?

People are an organization’s most important strength, but they can bring significant risk to a business if not properly managed. People risks are the business risks generated by your workforce and by how you manage, equip and motivate this critical asset.

Top five people risks in the Middle East and Africa

As well as looking at categories of people risk, we also reviewed individual people risks, according to likelihood and severity, to identify the top five people risks.

Middle East and Africa

1. Cybersecurity and data privacy

2. Benefit, policy and reward decision making and accountability

3. Catastrophic personal life events

4. Administration and fiduciary

5. Changing nature of work

Global

1. Cybersecurity and data privacy

2. Administration and fiduciary

3. Catastrophic personal life events

4. Pandemics and other communicable health conditions

5. Changing nature of work

Learn more about the Top 5 People Risks in the Middle East and Africa

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Guide to managing people risks in your organization

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Section 2

How do people risks impact my business?
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Section 3

Top 3 ways to managing people risks