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HR Trends Report 2025 Preview

Human-centricity in a complex digital world.

  • This preview of the HR Trends Report 2025 is grounded in the perspectives of 779 HR and business professionals from various regions and industries.
  • The full report with more detailed data and insights on HR trends and priorities will be published on January 7, 2025.
  • In the meantime, register for our complimentary webinars on January 16, 2025 at 1pm ET and January 23, 2025 at 1pm ET.

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Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • HR must develop in competencies like data and technology to deliver on top organizational priorities and become established as a high-value strategic partner to the broader organization.
  • As the role of people leaders continues to evolve, the ability for HR to effectively develop leaders and equip them with human-centric competencies will be crucial.
  • HR must become a key partner in the organization’s journey toward AI adoption by enhancing its technology enablement abilities.
  • As the external complexities threatening employee wellbeing persist, HR will play a crucial role in enacting listening efforts and providing holistic wellbeing support to the workforce.

Impact and Result

  • Explore the key trends shaping HR’s priorities in 2025: HR in 2025: Adapting to New Demands, Human Leadership in a Complex Digital World, AI Transformation in HR, and Navigating Multiple Threats to Wellbeing.
  • Discover ways to most effectively allocate organizational resources in McLean & Company’s HR Trends Report 2025 Preview and inform your HR strategic plans.
  • Understand which HR practices and trends will have the largest impact on key outcomes like organizational performance, workforce productivity, HR effectiveness, and more.

HR Trends Report 2025 Preview Research & Tools

1. Prepare for key trends shaping the HR landscape in 2025

Explore the trends that will shape the HR landscape in 2025 and beyond in this preview of the full HR Trends Report 2025, launching on January 7, 2025.

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About McLean & Company

McLean & Company is an HR research and advisory firm providing practical solutions to human resources challenges via executable research, tools, diagnostics, and advisory services that have a clear and measurable impact on your business.

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A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your HR problems.

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Get the help you need in this 1-phase advisory process. You'll receive 1 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.

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Contributors

David Hawthorne, Chief People Officer, Anchor Point Management Group
Jules Gianneschi, Senior VP of People. America’s CAR-MART
LaToya Atwell-Williams, VP, Corporate HR and L&D, Atrium Hospitality
Melissa Ribeiro, Chief People Officer, Encora Inc.
Sharon Hartmann, Vice President, Human Resources, Neurocrine Biosciences
Shelly Murray, Director, Compensation & Classification, Auburn University
Chris Brengard, Chief Executive Officer, Pathgroup
Svina Dhaliwal, Chief Administrative Officer – Corporate Services, Toronto Police Service
Amanda Wuest, Head of Human Resources, F&G
Kathryn Pollack, Executive Vice President, People, Safety and Indigenous and Corporate Relations, SaskPower
Scott Conklin, Senior Vice President & Head of People, US, NTT Data Business Solutions
779 respondents in the HR Trends Survey 2025

Search Code: 106298
Last Revised: December 3, 2024