HR Issues 2021

As business activities restart and reset amid the ongoing pandemic, HR leaders are revising their priorities for 2021. Not surprisingly, the future of work now tops the list as organizations grapple with shifts in work trends driven by the response to the pandemic. The implications for HR are broad and substantial, as they drive imperatives such as the need to equip leaders to manage remote teams over the long haul, preserve company culture with a more distributed workforce and engage workers in a cost-constrained environment. To successfully navigate the post-pandemic environment, HR leaders expect to focus on each of the following five priorities.

Future of work. Leaders need to consider the predictions for what the future of work will look like and assess the likelihood of each trend impacting the organization. Understanding the future of work is about understanding the permanent workplace shifts post-COVID.

​Critical skills and competency development. To adopt a more dynamic approach to managing shifting skill needs, HR leaders should first identify areas of the organization with significant changes in priorities and related changes in skill needs. Next, the roles and projects that need support should be broken into individual skills and outcomes. Learning and development leaders can partner with managers to upskill a select cohort of motivated and influential employees to provide personalized learning support to colleagues.

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