{"id":13575,"date":"2023-01-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/?p=13575"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:55:11","slug":"top-hr-trends-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/top-hr-trends-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Top trends in HR in 2023: 9 HR priorities and how tech can help"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/category\/people-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">People &amp; Leadership<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTop trends in HR in 2023: 9 HR priorities and how tech can help\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-01-11T10:00:00+00:00\">11 January, 2023<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Top trends in HR in 2023: 9 HR priorities and how tech can help\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/top-hr-trends-2023\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/author\/charlottepenny\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/charlotte-penny.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"Headshot of Charlotte Penny, looking directly at the camera\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Charlotte Penny<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">New year, new agenda?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">With the great resignation, the economic downturn and embedding hybrid working, HR had a lot of challenges on their plate in 2022, so can the sector expect a continued bumpy ride in 2023 \u2013 or is it the year HR can finally catch their breath?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We\u2019ve picked the brains of HR and People experts to help shine a light on nine HR challenges and priorities they felt HR can expect in 2023 and how technology can play a role in solving these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Here&#8217;s what we cover in this article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#hybrid\">1. Hybrid working and working from home is here to stay<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#embed\">2. Embed healthier company cultures that enable employees to be \u2018human at work\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#employee\">3. Employee wellbeing and mental health support continue to be a big concern<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#notification\">4. Notification overload: Balancing technology use and wellbeing is vital<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#elevate\">5. Elevate HR with emerging technologies to free up time<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#master\">6. Master digital trust in the workplace<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#create\">7. Create compelling, personalised and differentiated employee experiences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#double\">8. Double down on HR tech investment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#get\">9. Get more familiar and comfortable with people analytics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#looking\">Looking ahead in 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<a\n\t\tclass=\"button button--primary gate-9b785e67-28a4-4d3f-bd26-898968a630a5\"\n\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\tdata-button-location=\"content_area\"\n\t\thref=\"#gate-9b785e67-28a4-4d3f-bd26-898968a630a5\"\n\t>Download your free copy of The changing face of HR in 2024 and discover what\u2019s keeping HR leaders up at night<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hybrid\">1. Hybrid working and working from home is here to stay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Although hybrid working has become more commonplace, there\u2019s still some bedding in to be done in 2023 to ensure both employees and employers are satisfied with new ways of working. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-business-cloud\/people\/resources\/research-analyst-reports\/the-changing-face-of-hr-research-report\/\">Nearly one in five (17%) HR leaders<\/a> say hybrid working will be a priority for them over the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMost organisations are beginning to accept that employees are not going to return to a five-day week in the office,\u201d says Devyani Vaishampayan, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrtechpartnership.com\/\">The HR TECH Partnership<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cRethinking how people management needs to happen \u2013 such as onboarding, feedback, coaching, learning, and wellbeing &nbsp;\u2013 is going to be the single biggest challenge in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Susan LaMotte, CEO and Principal Strategist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exaqueo.com\/\">exaqueo<\/a>, agrees. She explains:\u201cEmployment is a relationship \u2013 and employees are clearly demonstrating they are not going back to the way things used to be. HR leaders will have to both accept, coach, and drive their organisations to shift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Gemma Dale, Senior Lecturer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ljmu.ac.uk\/\">Liverpool John Moores University<\/a>, believes we are still very much in a \u201ctest and learn phase\u201d of new ways of working and there is much to be done to embed these new working practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jon Ingham, Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/joningham.academy\/\">Strategic HR Academy<\/a>, adds that this where technology can really help: \u201cCurrent return to office strategies are generally not succeeding in reinstalling the same in person connections we used to experience, so technology needs to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"embed\">2. Embed healthier company cultures that enable employees to be \u2018human at work\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">With record numbers of people that quit their jobs during the great resignation in 2022, and top talent reassessing what they value most about their workplace, creating a healthy company culture is a top priority for HR and business leaders in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In fact, both HR and the C-suite rated keeping top talent as their number one priority in Sage\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-business-cloud\/people\/resources\/research-analyst-reports\/the-changing-face-of-hr-research-report\/\">Changing face of HR research report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe can create healthier cultures with transparency, autonomy, control, a sense of belonging, connectedness and authentically lived purpose and values,\u201d explains Jenn Lim, co-founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deliveringhappiness.com\/\">Delivering Happiness<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThese are not necessarily new trends, but they\u2019re happening in a new time and context.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Post-pandemic, there\u2019s been a fundamental shift in how people reprioritise their time and a focus on finding more meaning and value from the work they do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">According to Jenn, this means what HR does and how they do it has never been more \u201cscrutinised, expected and important\u201d.<br><br>To create healthier company cultures, she advises that HR and People leaders need to establish new social contracts with their teams and people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLook for new and creative ways to listen and adapt so we can be more human at work,\u201d she says. \u201cThen ask how HR tech might support those changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">HR tech can support driving hybrid company cultures, but Jenn explains that to get the most out of it, it\u2019s important to make decisions around HR tech that are \u201caligned with your company\u2019s purpose, values, and behaviours\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Although the pandemic meant company culture took a bit of a back seat for a while, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-business-cloud\/people\/resources\/research-analyst-reports\/the-changing-face-of-hr-research-report\/\">56% of HR leaders<\/a> say they\u2019ll be leading the charge and making this a focus over next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"employee\">3. Employee wellbeing and mental health support continue to be a big concern<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">What\u2019s the single biggest challenge facing HR leaders right now? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sankalp Chaturvedi, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/business-school\/\">Imperial College Business School<\/a>, believes it\u2019s supporting employees\u2019 mental health and wellbeing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">With the economic downturn, this area is going to remain a key challenge for HR leaders in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sankalp says: \u201cEmployees, and people in general, have been exposed to constant extreme uncertainty from environmental pressures and geopolitical situations affecting their daily work-home lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;HR will need to upskill its employees and business leaders to identify mental health problems before they become unmanageable problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">April Marcot, Chief People Officer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcarthur.com.au\/\">McArthur<\/a>, predicts the focus for 2023 will be on physical, mental and emotional health of employees, \u201csupported by gamification and wearables\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">She adds: \u201cI look forward to seeing technology integrated into LMS [learning management system], HRIS [human resources information system] and recognition platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notification\">4. Notification overload: Balancing technology use and wellbeing is vital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Although digital transformation has brought about many benefits, Sankalp Chaturvedi points out that it has also triggered mental health problems for some employees, due to the \u201cturbulent and unforgiving environment\u201d created by intensive remote working and sole technology-based interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">But Jon Ingham believes technology can also be an enabler for generating more human-based connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He says: \u201cWe need to master asynchronous communication, and reduce the increased organisational drag resulting from ineffective use of current technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-business-cloud\/people\/resources\/research-analyst-reports\/the-changing-face-of-hr-research-report\/\">65% of HR leaders<\/a> say they will be playing a leading role in employee health and wellbeing over the next three years. Understanding where and how technology can support and complement employee wellbeing is going to be key to getting it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<a\n\t\tclass=\"button button--primary gate-9b785e67-28a4-4d3f-bd26-898968a630a5\"\n\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\tdata-button-location=\"content_area\"\n\t\thref=\"#gate-9b785e67-28a4-4d3f-bd26-898968a630a5\"\n\t>Download your free copy of The changing face of HR in 2024 and discover what\u2019s keeping HR leaders up at night<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"elevate\">5. Elevate HR with emerging technologies to free up time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A key challenge for HR leaders wanting to stay ahead in 2023 is how to use newer technologies such as augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) in their day-to-day HR practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Gemma Dale believes these new emerging technologies will have a significant impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">She says: \u201cMany aspects of the employment lifecycle like recruitment or the provision of learning and development could be transformed with these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">While they are not yet mainstream, she says HR should be looking ahead and identifying how these technologies can support new ways of working both in HR and the wider organisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Gemma adds: \u201cWe don\u2019t need to leave this to the IT teams. When introducing these technologies, we need to also implement them with due concern for fairness, diversity and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-business-cloud\/people\/resources\/research-analyst-reports\/the-changing-face-of-hr-research-report\/\">Fewer than half (47%) of HR leaders<\/a> are using AI today, our latest research found, so HR leaders have an opportunity in 2023 to lean on these emerging technologies more and free up time to focus on more strategic work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"master\">6. Master digital trust in the workplace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Digital trust is&nbsp;the confidence employees have in the ability of people, technology and processes to create a secure digital world while they are at work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And it\u2019s something that HR leaders and their organisations will need to master in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sankalp Chaturvedi says: \u201cWith less regulation in the digital industry, the need for a secure digital world wherein employees can trust the environment without being worried of the fraud is getting more and more important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Although digital trust is typically centred around companies proving to users that they can provide safety, privacy, security, reliability and data ethics with their online programs or devices, Perry Timms, founder and Chief Energy Officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/pthr.co.uk\/\">PTHR<\/a> (People &amp; Transformational HR), points out that monitoring employees\u2019 work performance using tech can also cause digital mistrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He says: \u201cHR needs to know how to resist \u2018spyware\u2019 in favour of more open and transparent ways to allocate, track and report on work being done in a fair and useful way to balance workloads and predict resource allocation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He suggests that HR leaders should \u201cpush back on monitoring work and people\u2019s performance, in favour of more open and transparent ways to show workflow, workload and subsequent performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAnalysing where people huddle, who they link with and why, helps HR understand the dynamic of supportive colleagues,\u201d explains Perry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create\">7. Create compelling, personalised and differentiated employee experiences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Employee experience isn\u2019t going away. In fact, it\u2019s even more important in the new climate of work. 83% of HR leaders agreed employee experiences will become even more of a focus for HR, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/human-resources\/hr-agility\/\">our research found<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">However, creating employee experiences that work isn\u2019t enough. The challenge for HR will be creating a \u201ccompelling, differentiated employee experience\u201d in 2023, says Emma Bridger, founder and Managing Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplelab.co.uk\/\">People Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">She says: <strong>\u201c<\/strong>To attract and retain the best talent now means genuinely knowing and understanding your people at a level we have never known before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt is only by doing this that we can design and deliver employee experiences which differentiate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cStart by understanding what you mean by employee experience in your organisation and which teams and departments can control or influence it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">With so much work on HR\u2019s plate, getting employee experiences right means making sure they\u2019re specific and targeted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Emma says: \u201cDon\u2019t try to boil the ocean, get clear on your priorities. Then invest time and energy in really getting to know your people and ensure any solutions you develop are grounded in insights, not assumptions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Emma advises to look for \u201cHR tech that consolidates employee data from a range of lifecycle touchpoints\u201d as well as tech that can help HR and People teams both understand their people through data and facilitate the end-to-end employee experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<a\n\t\tclass=\"button button--primary gate-9b785e67-28a4-4d3f-bd26-898968a630a5\"\n\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\tdata-button-location=\"content_area\"\n\t\thref=\"#gate-9b785e67-28a4-4d3f-bd26-898968a630a5\"\n\t>Download your free copy of The changing face of HR in 2024 and discover what\u2019s keeping HR leaders up at night<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"double\">8. Double down on HR tech investment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Over the past three years, investment in HR tech has accelerated \u2013 largely driven by the pandemic. But over the next 12 months, the challenge for HR will be around execution and driving adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Ben Brooks, founder and CEO at <a href=\"https:\/\/pilot.coach\/\">PILOT<\/a>, predicts this will include proving that investments made in new programmes and HR tech are paying off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He says: \u201cI predict far more rigor and inspection into the actual impact and ROI [return on investment] of enterprise technology tools in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He says to meet this challenge will require HR leaders to achieve \u201cnew levels of programme management capability, consistency, leverage of data and analytics, and overall command and influence within their organisation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Ben adds HR leaders should \u201cattend conferences, vendor events, virtual events, and network with other HR pros to trade notes on platforms, adoption strategies and more\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He concludes: \u201cNo longer can HR say \u2018IT will figure out the technology\u2019. HR must fill the void and become the advocate at the executive table around the user experience of enterprise technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jenn Lim agrees: \u201cWhat\u2019s most important for HR is how people interact [with the tech]. [They need to be] the gatekeeper on making decisions for the tech that\u2019s best for their people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"get\">9. Get more familiar and comfortable with people analytics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-business-cloud\/people\/resources\/research-analyst-reports\/the-changing-face-of-hr-research-report\/\">Just 59% of HR leaders<\/a> say they\u2019re adopting people analytics in their organisations today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">So while HR analytics is not new, in 2023, HR leaders need to become more comfortable with how they use the data and be less prescriptive, and more predictive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Julie Hodges, Professor of Organisational Change at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/business\/\">Durham University Business School<\/a>, says the development of analytics is disrupting HR, particularly predictive analytics, which anticipate behavioural patterns before they occur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Therefore, HR leaders need to be \u201ccomfortable with this type of data, be able to derive insights from it, and translate them into interventions to enable optimisation of the workforce\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Julie says they need to take \u201ca hypothesis-driven approach by working with the leadership team to use data to answer critical organisational issues and questions, [then adopt] an evidence-based mindset so that good practices are subject to rigorous evaluation of validity and relevance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">She adds: \u201cThese capabilities will enable HR leaders to use and manipulate complex data to provide compelling evidence and critical business insights that will form the basis of new workforce strategies and solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"looking\">Looking ahead in 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">There you have it \u2013 those are the top priorities the experts say HR will likely face in 2023 and how technology can help you tackle them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">However, it\u2019s important to remember that while challenges can seem daunting and feel uncomfortable, they\u2019re an opportunity for positive change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In that spirit, we\u2019ll leave you with these parting words from April Marcot: \u201c[When faced with a challenge] be flexible and be more curious. 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