Global Talent Trends report 2022-2023
Relatable organizations bring joy and create a brighter future
This is a moment of profound opportunity: to pick up the tools of empathy learned and honed during the pandemic period and carve a new way of partnering that is more resilient, sustainable and attuned to the new shape of work. Relatable organizations are bringing back the joy of work and creating a brighter future for all.
Last year, nearly 11,000 executives, HR leaders, and employees told us what’s top of mind. We heard loud and clear that relatable organizations are leading the way in reshaping work, working, and the workplace. What are they focused on? Our research shows that relatable organizations have five things in common: They are constantly resetting for relevance, figuring out new ways to work in partnership, delivering on total well-being outcomes, building for employability, and harnessing collective energy to drive transformative change.
According to 2,474 HR leaders around the world, these efforts continue into 2023. They recognize that even in the face of sociopolitical and economic uncertainty, these priorities must remain front and center for organizations and individuals to thrive.
How ready is your organization for what’s next?
The five trends shaping the people agenda in 2022-2023
Priorities for HR leaders vary by geography and industry
2023 priorities for HR leaders by region
Given the economic climate, where will you be investing in 2023? [Top 10 results]
List by region
Global: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve strategic workforce planning, 3. Design skills-based talent processes, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Improve total rewards policies, 6. Invest in re/upskilling, 7. Deliver total well-being, 8. Redesign work, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Ensure diverse groups are represented
North America: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Deliver total well-being, 3. Improve total rewards policies, 4. Design skills-based talent processes, 5. Improve strategic workforce planning, 6. Rethink our compensation practices, 7. Deliver on ESG commitments, 8. Evolve our flexible working culture, 9. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 10. Invest in re/upskilling
Latin America: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Implement automation, 3. Deliver total well-being, 4. Design skills-based talent processes, 5. Redesign work, 6. Improve total rewards policies, 7. Invest in re/upskilling, 8. Evolve our flexible working culture, 9. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 10. Improve strategic workforce planning
Pacific: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve strategic workforce planning, 3. Deliver total well-being, 4. Invest in re/upskilling, 5. Design skills-based talent processes, 6. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 7. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 8. Evolve our flexible working culture, 9. Rethink our compensation practices, 10. Reimagine our employer brand
Middle East and North Africa: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 3. Design skills-based talent processes, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Invest in re/upskilling, 6. Improve strategic workforce planning, 7. Implement automation, 8. Deliver on total well-being, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Redesign HR operations
Europe: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve strategic workforce planning, 3. Rethink our compensation practices, 4. Invest in re/upskilling, 5. Design skills-based talent processes, 6. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 7. Deliver on total well-being, 8. Reimagine our employer brand, 9. Redesign work, 10. Deliver on ESG commitments
Africa: 1. Improve strategic workforce planning, 2. Invest in re/upskilling, 3. Design skills-based talent processes, 4. Deliver on total well-being, 5. Rethink our compensation practices, 6. Develop human-centric decision making, 7. Enhance employee experience, 8. Redesign work, 9. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 10. Reimagine our employer brand
Asia: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Rethink our compensation practices, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 5. Design skills-based talent processes, 6. Invest in re/upskilling, 7. Deliver on total well-being, 8. Redesign work, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Ensure diverse groups are represented
2023 priorities for HR leaders vary by industry
Given the economic climate, where will you be investing in 2023? [Top 10 results]
List by industry
Total: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve strategic workforce planning, 3. Design skills-based talent processes, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 6. Invest in re/upskilling, 7. Deliver on total well-being, 8. Redesign work, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Ensure diverse groups are represented
Automotive: 1. Improve strategic workforce planning, 2. Enhance employee experience, 3. Design skills-based talent processes, 4. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 5. Rethink our compensation practices, 6. Invest in re/upskilling, 7. Redesign work, 8. Deliver on total well-being, 9. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 10. Develop human-centric decision making
Chemicals: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Design skills-based talent processes, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Redesign work, 5. Deliver on total well-being, 6. Invest in re/upskilling, 7. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 8. Rethink our compensation practices, 9. Deliver on ESG commitments, 10. Improve Total Rewards strategies
Construction: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Rethink our compensation practices, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Design skills-based talent processes, 5. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 6. Deliver on total well-being, 7. Invest in re/upskilling, 8. Implement automation, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Ensure diverse groups are represented
Consumer Goods: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Deliver on total well-being, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Invest in re/upskilling, 5. Rethink our compensation practices, 6. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 7. Design skills-based talent processes, 8. Redesign work, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Implement automation
Education: 1. Rethink our compensation practices, 2. Design skills-based talent processes, 3. Redesign work, 4. Enhance employee experience, 5. Invest in re/upskilling, 6. Deliver on total well-being, 7. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 8. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 9. Develop human-centric decision making, 10. Evolve our flexible working culture
Energy: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Design skills-based talent processes, 3. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Improve strategic workforce planning, 6. Invest in re/upskilling, 7. Deliver on total well-being, 8. Implement automation, 9. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 10. Redesign work
Financial services: 1. Design skills-based talent processes, 2. Enhance employee experience, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Deliver on total well-being, 6. Invest in re/upskilling, 7. Evolve our flexible working culture, 8. Redesign work, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Improve Total Rewards strategies
Health: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Deliver on total well-being, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Design skills-based talent processes, 6. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 7. Reimagine our employer brand, 8. Invest in re/upskilling, 9. Redesign work, 10. Ensure diverse groups are represented
Insurance: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve strategic workforce planning, 3. Implement automation, 4. Design skills-based talent processes, 5. Evolve our flexible working culture, 6. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 7. Rethink our compensation practices, 8. Deliver on total well-being, 9. Invest in re/upskilling, 10. Deliver on ESG commitments
Life Sciences: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Design skills-based talent processes, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 6. Deliver on total well-being, 7. Redesign work, 8. Invest in re/upskilling, 9. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 10. Evolve our flexible working culture
Logistics: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 3. Invest in re/upskilling, 4. Design skills-based talent processes, 5. Deliver on total well-being, 6. Redesign work, 7. Rethink our compensation practices, 8. Improve strategic workforce planning, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Implement automation
Manufacturing: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve strategic workforce planning, 3. Design skills-based talent processes, 4. Invest in re/upskilling, 5. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 6. Rethink our compensation practices, 7. Ensure diverse groups are represented, 8. Implement automation, 9. Deliver on total well-being, 10. Reimagine our employer brand
Professional Services: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Invest in re/upskilling, 6. Deliver on total well-being, 7. Design skills-based talent processes, 8. Redesign work, 9. Evolve our flexible working culture, 10. Deliver on ESG commitments
Retail: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Rethink our compensation practices, 3. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 4. Improve strategic workforce planning, 5. Redesign work, 6. Design skills-based talent processes, 7. Deliver on total well-being, 8. Invest in re/upskilling, 9. Reimagine our employer brand, 10. Evolve our flexible working culture
Technology: 1. Enhance employee experience, 2. Improve Total Rewards strategies, 3. Improve strategic workforce planning, 4. Rethink our compensation practices, 5. Design skills-based talent processes, 6. Deliver on total well-being, 7. Reimagine our employer brand, 8. Invest in re/upskilling, 9. Evolve our flexible working culture, 10. Ensure diverse groups are represented
Benchmark your organization
Relatable organizations are focused on five key areas: resetting for stakeholder relevance, building adaptive capability in their people and processes, figuring out how to work in partnership and tackle inequalities, driving outcomes on employee health and total well-being, incentivizing employability, and harnessing energy for the collective good.
How is your organization forging new ways of partnering that are relatable, sustainable and attuned to the ways people want to work?
Benchmark your actions against the findings from this year’s study.