Why workplace personalisation is essential

You need to keep up with the latest HR trends. But what should you do with the information and how do you become an HR trendsetter and influencer rather than just a trendwatcher in HR People & Culture? In this episode of Talking HR Trends with Natal & Tom, Natal Dank from PXO Culture and Tom Haak of the HR Trend Institute look at why it’s important to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and case studies, how to do this and what to do with the information once you have it. This is essential if you're going to be seen as a thought leader in the HR domain of your business. Look beyond the field of HR for inspiration - other disciplines, science, arts. Know what issue you want to tackle otherwise you might get lost just looking for trends. Don't just copy other organisations - every situation is different.

Self-managed (or self-organising or autonomous) teams are a hot business topic at the moment. But what does the term self-managed team really mean and are self-managed teams really achievable or just a pipedream? Natal Dank and Tom Haak (of the HR Trend Institute) explain that self-managed teams are indeed possible but it’s not easy and they don’t come about by accident. This ‘Talking HR Trends with Natal & Tom’ episode also looks at the perhaps unexpected and truly exciting new roles HR has in helping teams become autonomous.

Power of retrospectives by Natal Dank & Tom Haak

From Netflix and Spotify to buying physical products online, our consumer and digital experiences are increasingly personalised and tailored to our needs. But what about the employee experience? Is it time for the workplace to be personalised, just as much as at home? Natal Dank and Tom Haak (of the HR Trend Institute) explore the difference between personalisation and customisation and whether personalisation only works in startups or is feasible in large organisations. Some of their conclusions will surprise you.

Wouldn't it be useful to have a user guide that helped you get along with your teammates? Perhaps some top tips on how to get your best work done together. Maybe it's time for you to do a personal user manual and help others know how to work best with you. Natal Dank and Tom Haak (of the HR Trend Institute) in the latest instalment of ‘Talking HR Trends with Natal & Tom’, ask if this is the end of the team-building day. Spoiler Alert: You can still climb poles and jump rivers if you want to but you can also get to know your colleagues without building a bridge out of pallet wood.

Many people complain of feeling overloaded and stressed in work and life. In the modern business world, it seems impossible to get everything done. So let's look at personal productivity and find out if there are any useful life hacks that let you can get more work done in less time. Now let’s be clear neither Natal Dank nor Tom Haak (of the HR Trend Institute) considers themselves to be personal productivity gurus. However, they do get a lot of stuff done like filming over 30 episodes of ‘Talking HR Trends with Natal & Tom’! So, what are their secrets to success?

Are you ready for the great resignation? Workers across the globe are rethinking their careers and looking at moving on to something new. As a result of the pandemic, companies are facing a huge increase in turnover and the threat of losing their best talent. Natal Dank is seeing this ‘Great Resignation’ in action with some of the companies she’s working with and many are even having to hire more people in the recruitment team in order to then go and hire more people for their organisation. According to the results of a recent survey by Microsoft across the global workforce, 41% of people are thinking about leaving their job at the moment. The Wall Street Journal has reported that in America, the quit rate is the highest it's been in the last two decades. A Chilean friend of Tom Haak’s (of the HR Trend Institute) refers to this as ‘La Grande Renuncia’, which both agree sounds much better. So, this Great Resignation aka Turnover Tsunami is happening in Chile as well and is a serious global threat.

What are the crucial skills for a modern HR professional? In the workplace, it now seems you need everything from commercial awareness, influencing skills, to data analytics. So let's discover what are the key competencies you need to develop to be a full stack HR professional. Natal Dank and Tom Haak (of the HR Trend Institute) explore what makes the modern HR professional, and look at the key competencies someone that's trying to get into this job would need to develop. Taking this further, they also look at how someone can progress their career in HR through to being an HR leader.

Natal and Tom pick their favourite episodes from the series so far and highlight the ongoing major trends that HR professionals must be mindful of. About 8 months ago Natal Dank and Tom Haak (of the HR Trend Institute) decided to do a series of looking at the trends impacting the world of HR, culture, people and organisational change and development. They now have over 30 episodes (nearly 40 in fact) of ‘Talking HR Trends with Natal & Tom’ under their belt looking at topics ranging from Ethical Leadership and DEI to Performance Management and the return-to-work conversation. All of this has been against the backdrop of a pandemic, of course, so it's been a really interesting time just for workplace change in general. At first, Tom wondered how many episodes he and Natal would be able to fill but it turns out there’s been no lack of subjects. In fact, it seems that every time they talk they think of five more things to talk about and there are requests from followers on LinkedIn and YouTube. Of course, there are some episodes that stand out more than others and Natal and Tom picked their top 5 episodes each.

2020 was a year of adaptation. Many organisations showed resilience and were able to adapt work practices to the Covid 19 crisis. Workers at the front showed their creativity and entrepreneurship and in many cases working from home had big advantages. What will happen now? Will we (both organisations and people) slip back in our old habits, or will we show that 2021 and beyond will be a period of real transformation? Listen to Natal Dank of PXO Culture (https://pxoculture.com) and Tom Haak of the HR Trend Institute when they discuss this in this episode of "Talking HR Trends with Natal & Tom".