This document summarizes 9 key HR trends: 1) Moving from hierarchies to networks, 2) The invasion of smart technologies in the workplace, 3) Navigating globalization and localization, 4) Adapting to multi-generational workforces, 5) Using fun and play in the workplace, 6) Prioritizing purpose over profits, 7) Increasing speed in business, 8) Shifting from big change programs to small experiments, and 9) Transitioning from intuitive to evidence-based HR practices. It provides brief descriptions and examples for each trend area.
2. 9 trend
areas
Short desciption
From hierarchy to network / from closed to open
The invasion of smart tech
Globalisation/ Localisation
From X to Y to Z: more generations in the workforce
Making fun is serious business
Purpose before pecunia
Increasing speed: fast eats slow
From Big Bang change programs to small experiments
From intuitive HR to evidence/ fact based HR
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89. Performance management trends
Process
• Faster feedback
• No more annual reviews
• No performance ratings
• Accenture, Deloitte, Nokia
Measurement
• How to measure
performance?
• How to predict top
performers?
Performance
Consulting
90. Performance: not a Bell curve,
but a Power Law distribution
Performance
Number of people
106. Human nature does not change (so fast)
What are people looking for?
• Security
• A sense of belonging
• Clear goals
• Being heard
• Challenges
• Success
• Support from the top
• Attention
• ……..
• ……..
107. The HR Agenda
A. What is the
strategy?
A’. What
are the
current
issues?
B. What are the
capabilities need to
strengthened?
• Leadership
• Technical/Functional
• Operational
C. What is the required
culture, to avoid issues
and to be successful?
D. What is
the gap
with the
current
situation?
Clever use
of
People
Analytics
E. What are the
priorities?
What is the plan?
• Focus!
• Preference for high impact/
low effort initiatives
F. What capabilities and what
organisation are needed to implement the
plan?
• Mission/ vision
• Roles & responsibilities
• External partners
• Program/ project mgt
• Communication
• Measurement
• HRIS
Recruitment/
Selection
Staffing/ Succession
Mgt
Training/
Development
Talent Development
Performance Man
Compensation &
Benefits
Internal
communication
HR Trend
Scan
Organistional
Design
Clever use
of
People
Analytics
Het volgende trend gebied.
“Making Fun is serious business”
Dit het Google kantoor in Amsterdam Zuid. Geheel ingericht in Nederlandse stijl.
Google wil trouwens graag dat iedereen naar kantoor komt! Ontbijt en lunch worden gratis geserveerd.
Bij Zappos kan je via internet schoenen kopen.
Zappos heeft het hoofdkantoor neergezet in ‘downtown’ Las Vegas.
Dit is een achterstandswijk, in schril contrast met he gebied waar de bekende hotels en casino’s staan.
Door hun hoofdkantoor hier te plaatsen, helpt Zappos het gebied te ontwikkelen.
In de buurt onstaat nieuwe activiteit: printshops, coffee shops etc.
Scrum (zo genoemd naar de scrum van rugby, dus geen afgkorting) is een werkwijze die is gestart in IT.
Aan het werk, en het werk uitvoeren in ‘sprints’ van een paar weken.
Snel terugkoppeling naar de klant, waar nodig aanpassingen maken, en weer door naar de volgende sprint.
Scrum (of andere methodieken van ‘Agile’ werken) zijn sterk in opkomst.
Ook in het gebied HR goed toepasbaar!