Future of Work for HR Professionals and Leaders

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Increased access to improved modern technology have levelled the playing field across sectors and regions of the world. People strategy has become more competitive than ever before. HR & People leaders & professionals have the daunting task of outdoing each other or at least being the first to build a workforce that leads their organization into the hyper-competitive future.

The first step is to understand that a clear strategy involving participation and effort from all the stakeholders is required = investors, board and executive team, leadership throughout the organisation, and all employees.

People leaders have to work across the business to help with internal and external up-skilling, including technology and service providers, to create an optimum hiring ecosystem and candidate experience that is better than the rest, at every stage in the process.

This whitepaper outlines how People leaders can deliver for the future of work in their organisation. In essence, this whitepaper could be used as the handbook for the future of work.

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In this report, we discuss:

- What does the future of work look like?

- How may HR / People leaders understand it and shape it as a key competitive differentiator for their business?

- Fourteen ways to understand and shape the future of work

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There is a lot of thought and planning that goes into understanding and shaping the future of work. People leaders across organisations must use their collective experience to understand and shape the future of work for their organisation, in order to be progressive, competitive and deliver results.

The fourteen steps that are covered in this document are important building blocks to ensure that the future of work is shaped positively as an organisation’s greatest asset.

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