Heading into 2022: HR leaders share the biggest challenges

We calmly and boldly stepped into 2022 like grown adults who pretend to understand the meaning behind New Yorker cartoons without actually skimming through the comments. Now we're contemplating the road ahead, wondering what speed bumps and horrific traffic jams might await us around the bend. We researched a bit, to find the biggest HR challenges 2022 that human resources leaders might be expecting. Here’s an effort to help you?navigate ?this journey into the unknown.

8 Biggest HR challenges 2022

1. Prioritizing Employee Mental Health

All of us are aware about the multiple findings that indicate?employee mental health ?is worsening - triggered rates of depression, anxiety, stress and burnout as a result of the pandemic. This is creating problems at work and has prompted employers to take action.

"The past two years thrust mental health into the spotlight as a universal issue, with significant implications for individuals, teams, and entire organizations, which is why the conversation has expanded from HR benefits leaders to the boardroom," said Dr Joe Grasso, Ph.D., Senior Director of Workforce Mental Health at Lyra Health.

Employers should strategically align their leaders, culture initiatives, management practices, and resources to specifically support the mental health and well-being of their employees.

2. Winning the Talent War

“I expect to face two major challenges next year,” said?Annette Reavis , Chief People Officer at EnvoyOne. “One, hiring the right people as quickly as we can. Two, reintroducing the people team and explaining why our team’s core value is so important.”

The global?talent crisis ?is making it difficult for businesses to recruit qualified staff to fill open positions. HR leaders must design more effective talent evaluation tools to reduce the effects of the shortage and win the raging talent war. Skills tests and remote interviewing techniques may be used as part of this task, as these methods may help to speed up the?hiring process.

3.?Working towards ‘The Great Reengagement’

“Managing an office environment used to be something I thought about on rare occasions,” said Carla Yudhishthu, Chief People Officer at Mineral, “and now it’s top of my mind. That’s on top of dealing with things like ensuring employees feel connected to a bigger purpose at work and figuring out how to turn the?“Great Resignation” ?into the “Great Reengagement” for our company.”

Millions of people quit their jobs in 2021, with 11 million job openings in October, showed a recent Labor Department study.

Bernand Coleman, Chief Diversity Officer at Gusto, questions, “How do you keep everyone engaged, fulfilled, and happy? We are operating in such a dynamically changing and challenging environment that people are seeking and expecting more from companies and greater fulfillment from their roles. The?pandemic , this new way of working will require lots of pivots and adaptability to stay ahead of the curve.”

The task in front of HR is monumental, and I believe we’ll see the same challenges from 2021 heightened in 2022. - Carla Yudhishthu

4. Providing Great Employee Experiences..

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