Browsing: Employee Engagement and Experience

Slowly shifting global work trends, already in play before the transformative year of 2020, accelerated at an unprecedented rate due to COVID-19, with talent management models at the forefront of this change. Post- COVID, almost 48% of employees will continue to work remotely, and just under 50% of organizations in the U.S. plan to create blended teams of full-time employees with trusted independent professionals.

According to the Future Forum research, 72 percent of employees said they never want to go back to the traditional way of working and expect a hybrid-remote office model going forward.

Did you know that 95% of managers are dissatisfied with formal performance reviews, and 55% of employees say annual reviews don’t improve their performance? Because this inefficient process is hated by employees and managers alike, HR leaders today are urgently looking for a better solution.

This guide outlines how four organizations streamlined their HR processes with digital document workflows through Adobe Sign. Customers include Airbus Group, California State University, Fullerton, Novozymes, and Academy of Art University.

From recruiting and hiring to onboarding and management, HR is the thread that connects people to your business. But clumsy, paper-based processes and disconnected workflows can make HR feel impersonal and out of touch.

The global workforce was already in a period of powerful transformation when COVID-19 hit. Starting in the early 2000s, global hyper-connectivity, changing technologies, AI and machine learning, and social trends disrupted traditional models of work.

It’s never been easier for companies to recruit top-tier talent on a global scale, thanks to remote working apps, platforms, and social media. However, employees are now embracing lifestyle over work – with many migrating to other jobs to find new opportunities that better align with their values and priorities.

For new managers who are building or inheriting teams in today’s turbo-charged, digitally-enabled business environment, things are far more complicated than they were thirty years ago. They are also far more interesting, far more productive, and far more creative. But that doesn’t make managing a modern global team easy. Far from it. Yet with the challenges come extraordinary joys.

Are You Adding International team members? If a global hire is on the horizon, now is the time to study up on what you need to know. From creating a compliant employment contract, to providing competitive benefits, to managing cross-culturally, this is the guidebook to help you get started.