Top 10

HR Trends
for 2021
#1

HOME AS THE
NEW OFFICE
Companies like Twitter, Square, and
Capital One recently announced that
working from home is here to stay,
even post-COVID.

Others like Microsoft see the “hybrid

workplace” as the future office.
 #2

RETHINKING
HR
HR needs to reinvent current
practices to effectively deal with
formerly in-person situations, such as
recruiting, onboarding, and people
management, in a digital world.
#3

REINVENTING THE
EMPLOYEE
EXPERIENCE
HR will have to redesign the
employee journey and measure the
virtual employee experience.

Work-life balance, wellbeing,

connection and collaboration
will be crucial both for employee
satisfaction & the optimization of
business outcomes.
#4

PERENNIALS:
MOVING BEYOND
G E N E R AT I O N S
By looking beyond group differences
and gathering insights on individual
employees’ interests, values, and
aspirations, we can personalize how
we manage people.

Perennials: a group of people of all ages,

stripes, and types who go beyond stereotypes
and make connections with each other and the
world around them
#5

LEARNING:
AS A DRIVER OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS
Rather than continuously searching
for new talent, the most efficient way
is to upskill your HR team.

Capabilities such as Data Literacy,

Business Acumen, and Digital
Integration will ensure they have
the expertise to secure success in a
changing future.
#6

HR
I N T H E D R I V E R ’ S S E AT
Maintaining HR’s newfound
position into 2021, and staying in
the driver’s seat means leading and
accelerating the infamous digital
transformation that’s been an HR
trend for years now.
#7

EFFORTLESS
SHARED SERVICES
Most of today’s HR transformations
focus on HR self-service departments
in two ways: digitization and
automation.

Making the necessary transition to

effortless shared services lead to a
better employee experience and
increased customization.
 #8

C R E AT E R O O M F O R
PERSONALIZATION
Giving employees room to take
ownership of their role will be
essential for job satisfaction and
productivity in 2021.

This is where job crafting comes in.

This technique enables employees to
improve their job in 5 different ways;
in terms of tasks, skills, purpose,
relations and wellbeing.
#9

ACING
ANALYTICS
Although people analytics is
gaining a solid foothold in many
organizations, the impact of their
findings is often still lacking.

The main capabilities needed to ace

your analytics are: Measure data
that matters, Redesigning
systems and HRBP capabilities.
#10

PURPOSE-DRIVEN
O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
The purpose-driven organization
may be the remedy for many of the
challenges of motivation that home
workers will increasingly face.

These kinds of companies bring

their purpose to the core of the
organization, incorporating it into
decisions, conversations, and
behavior across all levels.
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