Beyond Brexit: Defining HR's Role in Shaping the Business

By Chano Fernandez, Executive Vice President, Global Field Operations

In today’s economic climate, where Brexit and 2016’s seismic political shift have created instability during a period of unparalleled business disruption, it’s of little surprise that businesses entered 2017 with a degree of trepidation.

Yet, it’s certainly not all doom and gloom, according to The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Workday’s “HR Outlook for 2017” report. While HR leaders do see economic change (including globalisation) and the UK’s impending departure from the EU as two areas that will most negatively impact business objectives, there is a more positive undertone.

In fact, the report found that a majority (59 percent) of senior UK HR professionals believe they are in a position to have a positive influence and safeguard their organisation against challenges created by these changes.