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EEA YouTube Show With HR Guru Dave Ulrich—The State of Human Resources

This upcoming Enterprise Engagement Alliance YouTube show will address the latest trends and developments in human resources management for the coming year.  

What are the hot topics in human resources management going into 2025? This EEA Purpose Leadership and Stakeholder Management show on Jan. 27 at 10 am ET will feature Dave Ulrich Dave Rensis Likert Professor, Ross School of Business University of Michigan and Partner at The RBL Group human capital advisory firm. This global leader seeks to expand the legacy view of “human resources” to “human capability” with attention to talent, leadership, organization management, and the HR function, which he believes together are key levers to create value for all stakeholders. 
 
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He believes that the question facing human resources management today is: how to create stakeholder value through human capability?
 
While there appears to be more discussion related to value creation in human resources, Ulrich remains a relatively lonely voice in stressing the need for a strategic operating system approach to human resources as a source for stakeholder value creation, according to ESM's review of trends from leading human resources experts and organizations below.
 
Program host Bruce Bolger, Enterprise Engagement Alliance founder, will ask Ulrich why there is still very little focus on human capital analytics, the value created by human resources, corporate sustainability reporting, or strategic human resources operating systems.
 
With the help of AI, verified by humans, ESM conducted a quick review of what the human resources community is talking about heading into 2025. Here are the most frequently mentioned topics, almost all of them tactical rather than strategic. 
 

1. AI Integration: AI is transforming HR processes, enhancing recruitment, performance management, and predictive analytics.
2. Wellness and happiness: The HR community is abuzz with talk and research about the connection between happy employees and performance.
3. Employee Experience (EX): Focus on personalized, meaningful work experiences, including flexible policies and professional development.
4. Global Talent Pools: Companies are increasingly hiring remote, international employees to access diverse skills and reduce costs.
5. Skills-Based Hiring: Emphasis on hiring based on skills rather than traditional qualifications to tap into diverse talent pools.
6. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Prioritizing inclusive cultures where all employees feel valued and supported.
7. Addressing Skills Mismatch: Partnering with educational institutions and offering on-the-job training to bridge skills gaps. 

Expert Insights:
 

• Dave Ulrich: Focuses on a systematica approach to creating stakeholder value through human capability.
• DisruptHR: Emphasizes AI adoption, human-centric interactions, and tech-driven talent marketplaces.
• Hacking HR: Highlights human-centric leadership, strategy, and culture, AI integration, and employee well-being.
• Dr. Dieter Veldsman: Stresses the need for rapid upskilling, job redesign, and safe AI adoption.
• Josh Bersin: Identifies upcoming challenges such as economic uncertainties, AI impact, evolving employee experience, changing leadership dynamics, and HR transformation.