Editor’s Note

As organizations today are struggling to manage their workforce and keep their businesses steady, they are relying on their HR departments to support employees. Seldom in history has the HR function needed to pivot so quickly and dramatically to meet such urgent workforce and business needs. These trends are requiring HR to rethink its roles and priorities while the world of work is transforming.

How well does your HR department meet the needs of your organization? What should HR focus on to prepare for the future? This issue of HR Strategy & Planning Excellence includes articles that offer strategies to prepare for the future of HR.
 

Also included in this issue is a survey-based study by HR.com's HR Research Institute, The Future of HR Function that looks at the attitudes, concerns, priorities, and skills of today’s HR professionals as well as their views on what is critical for the future. You can download the complete report and infographic here.

Check out our cover article, What Will Drive The Future Of HR? by Andrew Spence that talks about the drivers of change that will shape how we think about and deliver workforce solutions in the next decade.

In 2021, HR professionals and business leaders will continue to have the attention of associates, customers and stakeholders like never before, says Lynn Langrock in her article, 3 Ways HR Can Drive Lasting Changes In The Workplace. Lynn puts forth three strategies to help make change stick.  

In their article, HR Needs To Continually Reinvent Itself, Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood and Alan Todd talks about why HR needs to continually reinvent itself to realize its potential for creating, delivering, and capturing value.

The Future of HR is Global by Ragu Bhargava discusses why HR professionals will increasingly be asked not just to think globally, but to develop policies and best practices that work for a range of different states and countries.

The Year 2020 shed light on many HR practices and processes in need of improvement, and nudged one to look back at what’s changed and what should remain the same. The strategic goal for HR – now and always – is to have the right people to meet the needs of the business, today and in the future.

We hope you enjoy reading all the articles in this issue and get back to us with your valuable feedback.

Cheers!
 

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