Change | 3 ways to drive efficiency in your HR function

HR has been at the centre of the coronavirus crisis from the start; the pandemic has added more to the function’s already full work plate. As Sharon Doherty, Chief People Officer at Finastra states: “The volume of work for a Chief People Officer has never been greater”. As such, HR has to sort the work from the noise, the ‘need to do’ from the ‘could be automated’ or ‘that isn’t useful’ pile. Finding efficiencies, at such a business sensitive time, is a must in order to complete necessary tasks and keep transforming.

To help with that process, HR Grapevine has collated three tips below, showcasing where efficiencies could be found. Read on to find out more.

1. Reimaging organisational design – including for its own function

The pandemic is changing the way HR and organisations work. Now, unprecedented flexibility reigns - that is according to a recent commentary in Forbes. In an article written by Kim Billeter, a member of Forbes’ Human Resources Council, who describes how virtual communication is now definitely here to stay and that means businesses are flatter, non-hierarchical and agile.