Dive Brief:
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With talent taking center stage in the global marketplace, human resources must change to meet that new development, according to an expert writing at Forbes.
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Kavi Guppta writes that people's ability to drive culture is at an all-time high, and employers need to pay attention. One way to do that is by transforming HR which faces new technologies and must "manage employee expectations, and ensure that the organization has a productive and happy workforce."
- For that to happen, Guppta predicts HR needs to become more specialized — to the point where new HR job titles are sure to be created, with titles such as manager of employee engagement, director of learning, diversity officer, mindset coach and talent & repertoire manager.
Insight
Guppta writes about the example of the manager of Employee Engagement, who will be necessary to maximize the new technologies that allow employers to have a specific link between employees and leadership. Tools such as frequent surveys will fall into this new job description, as well as creating innovative approaches for communicating workforce initiatives, events such as frequent town halls or internal meetups.
Perhaps the most interesting of Guppta's concepts is the mindset coach, whose job will be to conceive and build programs that ensure individuals create good habits — "beyond exercise and eating healthy" — in their day-to-day work lives. Terms such as work-life balance, stress management and therapy are part of this job.
Guppta makes a strong a point for scrapping old school HR structures for not just new job titles, but also new, needed job descriptions and duties that march the rise of talent in the global economy.
