Predictions for 2022 | What might a new year hold for HR leaders?

After the last 18 months, many HR and business leaders are looking ahead to 2022 with optimism. As the country returns to the office and employees gather around the watercooler once again, HR leaders are preparing for the New Year in this ever-changing world of work.

In this article, we hear from 4 HR and business leaders about what the future holds for the profession as they share what they believe the key HR and people trends for 2022 are going to be and how they are preparing for them.

The working world is no longer the same as it was 10 or even 5 years ago. As the pandemic ushered in new ways of working and forced many businesses to transition to remote work overnight; entire perceptions of the world of work changed dramatically.

Whether by default or design, flexible working was not as commonplace in a pre-COVID world as it will be into 2022 and adapting to this new normal can take time. The surge in flexible working has led many organisations to reconsider their flexible working policies entirely.