Top 5 HR Trends and Priorities for 2024

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    HR trends to expect in 2024

    What are the top priorities for HR in 2024? Gartner surveyed more than 500 HR leaders across 40 countries and all major industries to identify and assess the top HR trends, priorities and expected challenges for 2024. Leader and manager development tops the list, with organisational culture, HR technology, change management, career management and internal mobility following close behind.

    Download this Gartner Top Priorities report to dive deeper into the 2024 priorities for HR and benchmark your function against your peers. You will discover:

    • details on the five HR initiatives that leaders are prioritising in 2024;
    • what is driving these priorities and why action is so imperative for HR leaders; and
    • recommended next steps for each priority.

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    What is the Gartner HR trends and priorities report?

    This annual report is derived from the Gartner HR Priorities Survey, which polls chief human resources officers (CHROs) and HR leaders on common challenges and asks them to rank their top priorities for the year ahead. This report is designed to offer HR leadership teams a better understanding of emerging HR trends and insight into what their peers are focussing on in the year ahead to help drive strategy for the HR function.

    This year, Gartner received responses from more than 500 HR leaders across 40 countries and all major industries. Thirty-three per cent of participants were CHROs or heads of HR.

    Top HR trends and priorities FAQs

    With the prevailing economic uncertainties, cost pressures, exhausted workforce and changes in the way we work, the focus of HR professionals in the future will mostly centre around:

    • reinvigorating trust between employers and their leaders to optimise the adjustment to new working norms;
    • rethinking organisational culture to establish an efficient workflow fit for the new world of work;
    • investing in adopting and preparing for the impact of emerging HR technologies; and
    • rethinking external recruiting and internal career path approaches to attract and retain critical talent.

    Key changes in human resources over the years include:

    • increasingly “unsettled” employee-employer relationships due to a lack of trust;
    • persistent skills shortages;
    • rapidly emerging, transformative HR technologies; and
    • greater pressure to maintain operational efficiency despite radical changes in the way we work.

    The top 5 HR priorities for 2024 are: 

    1. leader and manager effectiveness; 
    2. organisational culture; 
    3. HR technology; 
    4. change management; and 
    5. career management and internal mobility. 

    HR leaders can use the latest HR trends to craft their strategic plans. They can also proactively set priorities for their functions and goals for themselves in alignment with their businesses.