Supporting HR in an Evolving New Normal

Welcome to February 2021! Already, we are finding lots of our customers are back in the office even if only for a few days of the week. The office environment feels busy, fun, and we are delighted to see a positive upswing in recruitment activity. This bodes well for a healthy year ahead!

Throughout 2020, we saw businesses adapting to working remotely, and our HR teams were working harder than ever to create a sense of safety and stability for all employees. In 2021, we are now navigating the nuances of hybrid working. Whilst we all agree that it’s still important to have face to face interactions with our colleagues and customers, leaders are questioning the necessity of doing this a hundred percent of the time and looking into ways that long-term team productivity can be sustained in this “new normal.”

Companies continue to rethink organisational structures and models to optimise performance in this new working world. Over the last year, we have witnessed accelerated transformation and digitisation as organisations maximise current revenues to respond to the never-ending challenges, demands, and opportunities created in this changing world.

2021 is the year for laser focus on capability development around up-skilling: “Tell me and I forget; teach me and I may remember; involve me and I learn” goes the quote apocryphally attributed to Benjamin Franklin — whatever their origin, these words turned out to be a big theme of 2020.

The Next Group has launched our Adaptive HR 2021 program beginning on the 3rd of March. This contemporary learning programme helps our customers get ahead of the curve by developing impactful HR teams who thrive in the new virtual/hybrid work environment. The programme will run fortnightly on a virtual basis as we work through ten focused and powerful modules. It’s enhanced by global guest speakers who will support industry expert Marianne Roux in her mission to create adaptive organisations with future-fit HR strategies and modules, thereby driving business outcomes with qualified and capable HR professionals ready to support their organisations.

The Adaptive HR brochure is included here alongside registration details for those who are interested in joining this exciting series.

We’re excited to work with our HR community throughout 2021 to share our value-add programs with you all. For more information about us, please check out our website.