Areas of Focus for HR in 2024

Areas of Focus for HR in 2024

Addressing Skills Shortages

• Low unemployment + high turnover + recruitment difficulty + tight borders
• Insufficient training investment
• Lack of succession planning
• Impending skills crisis

Prioritising middle management

• Middle management – the most important job in the organisation
• Under-investment in management skills
• Lack of experience in management of hybrid and remote workers, and employees with poor mental health
• HR taking on line managers’ tasks
• Different generations of managers

Workplace legislation & compliance

• Ambitious workplace legislative agenda
• Compliance and governance bar rising
• Employees more willing to take action

Leading in the next tech revolution

• Gen AI will be embedded into our daily work and lives
• Focus on digital dexterity, not specific skills
• Driving workplace change that balances tech and people
• The CPO and CTO relationship will become paramount
• Scenario planning making a comeback

Focus on workplace culture

• Heightened tension and incivility in our workplaces
• Hybrid and remote working attitudes and issues
• Cost of living pressures vs reduced pay intentions
• EVPs to create engagement, experience and relationships
• Culture as a lever to reduce psychosocial workplace hazards

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