Sunday 19 January 2014

Biggest challenges for HR in 2014: The way ahead


In the current business environment, setting goals for employees is crucial.


Anuranjita Kumar, Country Human Resources Officer, Citi India

Doing More with Less 
In the current economic environment, productivity, innovation and efficiency are key. Specialists with an in-depth understanding of a business/vertical yet possessing the versatility to do more and differently will be in demand. Organisations are developing focused capability interventions that are tightly tied to business outcomes. 
For an organisation to be able to perform in the current competitive landscape, every employee needs to have the mindset to lead, innovate and be engaged with driving its strategy. Traditional approaches of overinvesting in a few 'chosen ones who can lead many' are evolving.

Ravi Shankar, Chief People Officer, Mindtree 


Change in the Direction of Leadership Development

One big area will be leadership development, and moving down the pyramid with leadership skills, rather than up. The thought that leadership training should start from midmanagement and up is changing.


Predictive Analytics Tools for HR

Companies will invest in tools for hiring and turnover modelling, performance management and compensation. We will move away from crude ratings systems, industry benchmarks and so on to high-level analytics to figure out the positioning of an employee vis-a-vis his or her job, fairness of the pay structure, relationship between promotions and consistency of performance. 


Nikhil Prasad Ojha, Strategy Practice Head, Bain & Company India


Preparing for Tomorrow 

As companies look towards a turning of the cycle over the next few quarters, filling key positions with employees who are ready for not just today's jobs, but tomorrow's responsibilities will be central to the human assets' agenda. This is not easy —many companies have not invested enough in developing or training their bench, and will look at external hires. 

More Power to Line Managers 

There is a definite move away from long, corporate-wide annual surveys, which are too broad or infrequent to pick up team-specific issues. Engagement leaders will have line supervisors, not HR, leading the charge; they make sure that the supervisors have the right preparation to hold candid dialogues with teams; that the teams rally around the customer and that engagement tactics are tailored for different employee segments. 



http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/Biggest-challenges-for-HR-in-2014-The-way-ahead/articleshow/27991497.cms


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