What Challenges Will 2021 Bring For People Management

Employers are undertaking more frequent surveys in response to changing employee expectations and requirements.

How do employers ensure maximum productivity and engagement of hybrid workforces? (on-site, client-facing, and remote workers) 

Remember, frequency and quality of communications are key – feedback and what employers do with this feedback is equally important.

Company Culture

There was a fear that projects around diversity and inclusion would be shelved due to the work needed to support businesses through this pandemic. I’m very happy to say that this has not been the case.

The BLM movement and the resurgence of activity and awareness around mental health have been prominent within most organizations. Yes, the scale of these challenges is huge but to see the progress is reassuring.

Company culture is under the spotlight more than ever in our current environment.

Businesses that embrace change and support employees are going to be rewarded in the long term.

The New Workplace

Jobs are changing. Responsibilities and frameworks have been recreated in response to Covid. HR professionals will know that there has been huge steps made to change the rigid frameworks that we used to hold on so tightly to.

Collaboration between leadership teams to introduce more responsive and flexible ways of working has meant more regular appraisals, changing KPIs, and creative solutions using technology.

Leadership Teams

Leadership development and support have never been as important. Where many employers are facing the prospect of making redundancies.

Financial constraints have meant creating new ways to deliver on targets, disruption has meant a bigger focus on up-skilling our leadership teams and supporting them through some difficult decision - making responsibilities.

Leading by example is imperative and so focus should be on healthy work/life balance and avoiding burn-out where possible.

The New Reward and Recognition Framework

There have been some reports that the expectation of bonuses, pay raises, and monetary incentives have been replaced with more personal non-financial recognition.

Early engagement and transparency are important as we move out of crisis-response.

Delivering on strategic priorities means that it is essential employees understand and value their part in the success of the business and feel valued for their contributions. Induction processes and regular training have never been as important.

If you are an HR consultant supporting employees or clients through these transitional times, then you will, I have no doubt come across situations and businesses that would benefit from introducing employee health and wellbeing benefits.

Researching products and creating business cases, launching new employee benefits packages can take up a lot of time.

We can help, why not call or book in a zoom call with us for an exploratory call?

Here at Pegasus Benefits, we are an experienced and hands-on employee health benefits specialist and we can provide you with the information and pricing you need, at no additional cost.