Survey
Facing continuing uncertainty - The State of HR
Speechly Bircham has again partnered with the internationally renowned academic team at King's College London, through the King's Management Learning Board, to conduct an in-depth survey of HR directors and senior HR professionals across the UK. The survey provides a unique perspective on the issues which businesses across all sectors have faced during the last 12 months in particular, and also the key HR interventions and whether or not they have made any difference.
The key findings of the report are:
- Greater business uncertainty is linked with higher stress, absence, presenteeism, and workforce discontent.
- Talent shortages for 40% of organisations exist and are linked with longer working hours, stress and presenteeism.
- Working hour increases are linked with higher stress and staff turnover.
- Presenteeism is now a major workforce issue, linked with higher stress and more grievances.
- Longer work hours and presenteeism are set for big increases in 2012.
- Organisations are failing to deal with the primary sources of staff grievances; relations between staff and management are the largest driver of employee complaints.
- HR resources reallocated from poor performers and senior staff to high potential and high performers are likely to drive engagement and lower absence.
- Flexible working may mitigate tougher work environments and staff disengagement.
- Health and wellbeing of staff ranked lower than branding and other key HR challenges for 2012.
- Nearly 50% of organisations expect their workforce to age yet less than 20% provide training and development for older workers.
- Employee engagement remains the primary HR challenge for 2012, but is both defined and measured in a wide variety of different ways.
- Initiatives designed to increase or maintain employee engagement show significant falls.
- Growth in HR metrics shows potential to transform management decision making.
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