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Future of work

Bar Huberman Editor's message: Under the future of work topic, we explore how senior HR leaders can help their organisation be ready to tackle future business challenges. There are three pillars HR leaders need to prepare for:

  • Changes to the work: Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a big part in how work will evolve. Organisations will need different skill sets, and the workforce will need to be resilient and adaptable to take these changes on. Organisations will also need to be prepared for any resistance to these changes, and consider the legal ramifications of AI.
  • Changes to the workforce: Employees’ expectations around work are changing - increasingly, they want meaningful work and they want to be treated as individuals, whether that be in relation to benefits, wellbeing or how their employer uses their unique skills. How the organisation manages equality, diversity and inclusion will play a big part in whether job candidates and employees feel the organisation values them.
  • Changes to the workplace: Where we work has changed and will continue to evolve. How can HR make sure the business is ready to cope with the challenges this presents, such as upskilling line managers to manage remote workers, engaging remote workers with organisational values and making in-person work as valuable as possible?

Increasingly, the availability and use of data will be essential to readying the organisation for all these changes.

Bar Huberman, principal HR strategy and practice editor

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  • Date:
    23 November 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    HR must build new skills to leverage AI use cases

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  • Date:
    13 November 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Six key takeaways from the 2023 CIPD conference

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  • Date:
    5 October 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Hybrid working - the "new normal": What we found out

    Director of Epic HR Gary Cookson recently delivered a webinar for XpertHR entitled Hybrid working - How to personalise the employee experience. During the session, he asked attendees a number of questions about the realities of the new post-Covid world, which is increasingly characterised by hybrid working arrangements.

  • Type:
    Training

    Onboarding a new employee - line manager training

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  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

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    In this fourth guide, we examine the importance of evaluating flexible working; the timetable for evaluation; which HR metrics to focus on; and how to measure the impact of flexible working in eight key areas.

  • Date:
    4 September 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Flexible working request reforms: A guide to updating your policy

    Forthcoming changes to the law on the right to request flexible working mean that employers will have to amend their flexible working requests policy. We set out nine steps for HR professionals to follow when faced with updating their organisation's policy.

  • Type:
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    Equality impact assessment form

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  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Flexible working requests policy (preliminary draft reflecting forthcoming reforms)

    Use this model policy to communicate your organisation's approach to flexible working requests when forthcoming reforms to the right to request flexible working take effect.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Flexible working (2): Making the business case

    A guide that explains how to align your business case with organisational goals and values; the key themes that can help you to structure your business case; and how to handle common objections that arise around flexible working.

  • Date:
    26 June 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Safeguards for using ChatGPT and other bots for HR

    ChatGPT and other chatbots have captured the attention of HR leaders everywhere. Though powerful, these tools pose new problems HR should not ignore. Natasha K.A. Wiebusch reviews four key problems with chatbots - and suggests ways to deal with them.

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