HR Leadership 2021 & Beyond

The opportunity for the HR fraternity is to play the employee advocacy role to the hilt. Show its resolve to be employee champion. How would you define leadership role in HR in the current environment? AB Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the one with a signature moustache, became a hero...

Lastly good HR leaders must display innate curiosity in solutions that they provide and creatively plans for the future of their organisation. Also they need to be bold and take tough decisions when necessary.

Actually HR leaders now need to have goals of becoming CEO's of organisations and hence will need to acquire all competencies of a successful CEO with Financial & Business acumen, Sales & Marketing, Innovation and also Stakeholder management, since as a CEO one needs to work at multiple of internal...

The pandemic has not only affected the people but has also adversely impacted the business conditions. It has created fear, anxiety and uncertainties in the minds of the people and disrupted the businesses, economy and social life.

It will require addressing dysfunctionalities (debilitating fear, destructive internal competition, poorly designed and complex measurement systems and mindless reliance on precedent) with right judgment.

HR leaders need to work towards innovative practices to build the employee connect, up skill employees through various modes like online learning, capsuled sessions, on-the-job coaching, and virtual training to have a competitive edge on talent management.

Most HR professionals are naturally driven to make work a place for employees to thrive. Inclusive and inspiring cultures; and a practice of lifelong learning that benefits employees and companies alike.

Good HR leaders are entrepreneurial, decisive, empathetic employee champions, understand business priorities well, perceptive to see around corners and of course have the functional expertise to take sound judgment calls that move the company forward positively.