The key trends in HR in 2021 will be driven largely by the happenings in 2020.
These have accelerated the long-term changes in HR that were already underway for the last several years.
Organizations that are able to understand and leverage these changes quickly can gain a significant competitive advantage over their industry peers and demonstrate higher business growth.
Work from home can be a double-edged sword for many organizations; if managed properly the performance and productivity of work from home employees can be maintained at reasonably high levels.
In post-COVID world, organizations need to work on various initiatives to boost employee motivation.
Organizations can benefit greatly by considering this guide for building workplace culture in virtual environments for enhancing their profitability and business success.
Overall, it does seem that digitization of the employee rewards and recognition program adds much more than what it takes away.
There is no reason to believe that it would reduce the personal touch.
Implementing work from home may pose certain challenges for organizations; however, if planned and managed well, it can yield several long term business benefits for the organizations as well as for the employees.
Clearly, there are distinct and quantifiable advantages of remote working for the employees as well as for the organizations.
Implemented in the right way, work from home has the potential to become of the biggest wins for organizations and integral to their business strategies.
The post-COVID world for HR professionals is likely to see new challenges that require fresh thinking, new approaches and significant learning to keep pace with these changes in the workplace.
Work from Home can be a powerful tool for organizations; they can keep in mind a few simple guidelines to help employees maximize their productivity while working from home.
In this current situation, empathy among remote co-workers is the need of the hour to drive collaboration and teamwork.