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9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2024 and Beyond

Harvard Business

Gartner researchers have identified nine key trends, from new and creative employee benefits to the collapse of traditional career paths, that will impact work this year. Employers who successfully navigate these will retain top talent and secure a competitive advantage for themselves.

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Addressing Skills Gaps in the Labor Market

Harmonious Workplaces

Skills-based hiring has become one of the most cited trends in HR and organizational development. Business owners, do you have concerns about skills gaps in the labor market? Here, employers seek to use skills rather than education requirements for hiring purposes.

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Mental & Physical Health Support During a Career Crisis

Harmonious Workplaces

Among the decisions I needed to make which could have profound effects on my career and my family, I found myself torn between what I had prepared to do since I reentered graduate school — management consulting in organizational development and change management — and what I had done as a consultant and executive, MarCom (marketing communications).

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How to Keep Your Pulse on the People Side of Organizational Change

Organizational Talent Consulting

A leader alone can create the organizational inertia needed to change without followers, not even the CEO. I have two organizational change frameworks I frequently use when working with leaders to implement bold change. Kotter's eight-step change management model provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for change managers.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. Examples include social media usage and engagement, organizing survey results, and operational efficiency data trends. Culture mediates the knowledge and information-sharing capability.

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Your Consulting Niche vs Jack-of-All-Trades Myth

Successful Independent Consulting

I have never heard a client say, “We need someone to come in and do some organizational development.” After quickly listing all the information, look for trends. Your name should immediately come to mind when a certain situation or need is identified. What problems do you solve? What expertise did you provide?

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How to Identify and Accelerate the Right Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership development is best viewed as a system and not an event. You can accelerate talent development by rethinking your approach. Aligning the leader and organizational development readiness with high-quality coaching improves development outcomes. Henry Ford Development Readiness. Gurdjan, P.,