The year ahead promises to keep organizations on their toes as continued economic uncertainty, public layoffs at major enterprises, RTO mandates and the increasing use of generative AI continue to disrupt the workplace. The ongoing complexity of work will make it harder for talent management leaders not only to motivate but retain their best talent.

While employee expectations and desires continue to shift, leading organizations are embracing the head of talent management role, a leader who is responsible for ensuring their organization is equipped to build the workforce of the future.

Here are the four most critical trends heads of talent management must address now:

Unsettled employee-employer relationship

HR leaders are grappling with a shaky employee-employer relationship. Anxiety, misalignment and mounting tension between organizations and their workforces are negatively affecting several key dimensions of how work gets done.

• The fight for flexibility: While return-to-office mandates are becoming more popular, employees often choose not to comply as they still value flexibility above all else. According to a Gartner survey of over 1,200 job candidates conducted in October, 56% of candidates chose greater flexibility in when or where they work as a key driver in choosing a job.

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