The Future of HR: Recent Episodes
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As the world we work in has changed rapidly due to the impact of Covid-19, it has become imperative for HR leaders to take on an active role in creating a long-term strategic plan for the business to maximise success. 🤝 HR as a Strategic Partner In an era marked by rapid advances in automation, administrative HR functions may inevitably become obsolete. That said, automation will allow the HR department to position themselves as HR business partners by focusing on strategic plans to help the company achieve competitive goals.🛡️ Establishing a future-proof company cultureHaving a hybrid workforce can decrease the level of connectedness within a company. As corporate benefits are largely the same, building a strong company culture is vital to retain existing employees and attract the top talents of today.👐🏻 Employee Wellbeing SupportTaking an active approach in supporting employee wellbeing allows employees to feel validated to speak on issues faced, creating a comfortable and safe environment for all.
Rising living costs have increased the average person’s daily stress level, leading employees to expect more support from employers.
Companies should care for their employers financially, physically, and emotionally to help them through this tough period.
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In most major economies, the number of open jobs still outnumbers the unemployed, but that could change quickly. As layoffs have hit several industries, persistent inflation pushed more people to seek better job security.
Companies must make relevant policy adjustments to have a balanced talent management strategy. In this episode, we talk about 3 Ways for Businesses to Benefit from the Great Rebalancing:
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Talent management is becoming more complex, thus demanding organisations to modernise, reprioritise and reimagine the employee experience.
In this episode, we talk about 4 Benefits of Prioritising Employee Experience.
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The need for transformation presents HR teams with the opportunity to be key strategic differentiators for their organisations.
In this episode, we explore 4 Key Roles for HR in Digital Transformation.
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Today’s work environment requires adaptive, authentic, and empathetic leaders.
In this episode, we look at 4 Ways of Promoting the Human Aspects of Leadership.
Organisations are increasingly incorporating data analytics into their HR processes, but there are still areas for improvement and utilising HR data more efficiently.
In this episode, we look at 4 Ways of Leveraging HR Data.
Boosting productivity is one of the main priorities for businesses recovering from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this episode, we look at 5 Ways to Increase Productivity at Your Workplace.
Amid economic risks, companies make internal adjustments and review their strategies to prepare for yet another challenging year.
In this episode, we look at 5 HR Trends in 2023 that businesses should observe.
The onboarding process lays the foundation for an employee’s success.
In this episode, we look at 5 ways to improve the onboarding experience.
Many elements affect employee experience at the workplace.
In this episode, we explore how employers looking to improve their employee experience management should monitor these factors and take action when necessary.
Inculcating a growth mindset among employees helps an organisation sustain its business development.
In this episode, we explore the challenges for encouraging the growth mindset among employees.
Salary, increments, and promotions are not sufficient to keep employees satisfied these days. They look for something more tangible in the form of a positive employee experience.
In this episode, let us look at 6 ways to Improve Employee Experience.
We are losing the human touch amid a rapid digital transformation and uncertain post-pandemic market conditions. Now, soft skills are placed under the spotlight, where employers focus more on candidates’ soft skills while hiring.
Listen as we share the Top 5 Soft Skill Combos Employers Look For.
An independent survey found that an average of 120-man hours are lost to tedious administrative bureaucracy every year. These lost hours could have been channelled to productive tasks.
Listen as we share simple tips to help you get that lost admin time back.
Are your employees feeling unmotivated and dreading going to work? Or that they are counting down the hours till when they can officially knock off for the day?
Listen as we share some tips for achieving happiness at the workplace.
Recruitment is rapidly evolving and companies will lose out big time if they don’t adapt.
Hiring teams are expected to learn new skills and play a more strategic role. However, technology plays an equally integral role in recruitment.
Listen as we share 8 emerging trends for the future of recruitment.
For decades, companies have always hired internationally to get the best talents worldwide.
Now, as the pandemic speeds up the shift from traditional work to a hybrid or even remote setting, businesses of all sizes are looking at opportunities to tap into the global market for talented hires.
Listen as we share the 4 common challenges of hiring internationally and the respective solutions.
Attaining high employee engagement contributes to beneficial outcomes including lower absenteeism rates and attrition rates, better customer outcomes, as well as increased productivity and profitability, making it a top business priority in organizations worldwide.
Employee engagement is based on trust, integrity, two-way commitment and communication between an organization and its members.
Are you planning to implement a tactical and relevant engagement strategy to boost engagement levels? Here are 6 influencing factors to be looked at
A top priority for many organizations is to look beyond traditional strategies for management development and recruitment to create a cadre of leaders capable of moving the company forward. Ineffective managers are expensive, costing organizations millions of dollars each year in direct and indirect costs. Surprisingly, ineffective managers make up half of the today’s organizational management pool. With such high stakes, talent management and human resource professionals as well as senior executives are pursuing multiple strategies for developing more effective managers and leaders. Managers, too, may be surprised that so many of their peers are underperforming. It’s a smart move for individual managers, then, to figure out how they rank and what skills are needed to improve their chances of success. One of those skills, perhaps unexpectedly, is empathy!
According to a Deloitte survey, 77% of employees have experienced burnout at their present job, and 69% believe their bosses are not doing enough to prevent or treat burnout.
Several factors can cause this productivity killer: too much work, boredom working on the same tasks, and no longer feeling challenged. Whatever the reason, your employee is exhausted and not operating at their peak.
Work-life balance, excessive work expectations, problematic workplace dynamics, an emotionally draining career, or simply feeling out of control can all contribute to the condition. The recent COVID-19 outbreak only elevated the stress—resulting in 40% of workers saying they have experienced burnout during the pandemic.
Employee burnout is not something that happens overnight. It develops gradually, giving employees and employers ample opportunity to spot and respond to warning indicators. Here are seven telltale signs of employees who are burning out
Recruitment compliance refers to how an organisation attracts, selects, and appoints qualified candidates for open positions while adhering to corporate regulations, best practices, and local legislation. With the modern workplace rapidly evolving due to the impact of COVID-19, businesses must remain updated on relevant labour laws or risk facing sanctions and financial penalties that can be detrimental.
In this episode, we'll cover four conditions HR experts must fulfil to recruit compliantly.
It costs an employer 33%–200% of an employee’s yearly salary for their exit. Even after getting their foot into the organisation, one-third of new employees quit after six months. With an average annual turnover rate of 11%, businesses are experiencing lower profits to compensate for disruptions caused by employee walkouts. So, we have studied the top reasons for employee departures and consolidated six strategies to retain your best workers.
A survey from Harvard Business School revealed that 81% of employees prefer to work remotely or a hybrid working model. 27% hope to work from home permanently, while only 18% want to return to the office full time. Most employees are not ready to re-enter physical workspaces as the pandemic recedes, so this episode discusses how HR leaders can smoothen the transition and encourage workers to return to the office.
Remember the days when we had to wake up early, get stuck in traffic, race to secure the parking lot, then squeeze into elevators to punch in on time—wishing we could work from anywhere?
Well, ‘thanks’ to COVID-19, remote work has become a new norm in our reality. Now that the post-pandemic situation is more controlled, we see a rise in hybrid working trends as people realise that silo-working has proven to be beneficial.
However, businesses have also struggled with a new challenge throughout the pandemic (apart from drastic survival measures like pay cuts or layoffs). Employees were showing signs of deteriorating motivation and dedication. Fatigue workers threaten any business as it dramatically affects production quality, both internally and on a consumer-facing level.
In this episode, we’re turning the focus on how HR leaders can help re-energise and inspire employees to get back in the game, post-pandemic.