6 human capital trends and priorities Driving decisions for Canadian corporate leaders
Resetting horizons | Canadian human capital trends 2013
The 6 human capital trends for 2013
Transforming HR to meet new business priorities
The war to develop talent is on the rise
Organization acceleration: Get more value out of your change initiatives
Branding the workplace to attract talent
Leadership.next: Debunking the superhero myth
Boards are changing the HR game
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67% of the respondents think that this trend is highly relevant today
Transforming HR to meet new business priorities
trend1
HR is too focused on operational excellence.
HR business partners supporting employee
relations and performance management versus
workforce planning and business talent strategies.
Facts
Focus on developing talent and leadership to support
long-term strategies...not just for the immediate future.
Concentrate on areas such as talent, emerging markets
and the HR organization.
Answers
The war to develop talent is on the rise
67% of the respondents think that this trend is highly relevant today
trend2
One-third of Canadian employers can’t find skilled workers.
The competition for scarce talent with specialized
skills knows no borders.
We risk losing our best and brightest.
Employee-turnover costs are escalating.
Facts
Improve employee engagement.
Focus on building employee capabilities.
Hire people for their future potential, don’t just fill roles.
Create new career models that are less process-based,
more project-based.
Answers
62% of the respondents think that this trend is highly relevant today
Organization acceleration:Get more value out of your change initiatives
trend3
Faced with tougher and more numerous challenges,
organizations want more from their change initiatives.
Analysts, owners and investors want organizational
change to produce quantifiable and sustainable
results more quickly.
They see off-the-shelf change programs as
commodities that produce mediocre results.
Facts
Analyze “big data” to locate and focus on change
initiatives that get results.
Get buy in from senior leaders to drive those initiatives.
Focus on initiatives to deliver impacts that last.
Answers
59% of the respondents think that this trend is highly relevant today
Branding the workplace to attract talent
trend4
Social media has erased whatever lines used to exist
between the corporate brand and the talent brand.
In a knowledge-based economy, a company’s brand is
only as good the reputation of the people who work for it.
Canada has the potential to be a very attractive
destination for top talent – but are we ready?
Facts
Improve employment flexibility and elasticity: let talent be from anywhere and work from anywhere.
Increase speed and volume of accreditation for qualified immigrants.
Match post-secondary course offerings to employment market demand.
Promote diversity and inclusion.
Create strong bonds to help retain and attract
your future talent.
Answers
57% of the respondents think that this trend is highly relevant today
Leadership.next:Debunking the superhero myth
trend5
Yesterday’s leadership theories have not kept pace
with today’s fast and disruptive marketplace.
There is no longer a single model of leadership that fits
all situations.
An agile and disruptive marketplace requires leaders
with specializations.
Facts
Anticipate HR programs based on the organization’s
business strategy.
Assign non-HR executives to HR leadership roles
to increase the department’s understanding of the
business and to deliver more practical talent solutions.
Answers
57% of the respondents think that this trend is highly relevant today
Boards are changing the HR game
trend6
There is growing scrutiny and oversight of the value
delivered by leadership.
Quality of leadership influences all investment and
strategy deliberations.
It’s a concern for owner-managed businesses as
well as multinationals.
Facts
Develop a talent strategy: build a talent-intelligent
board and organization.
Pull CHROs deeper into business strategy – and
earlier in the process.
Re-assure the board that the talent risk is being
managed proactively.
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