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The stress of the holidays may be over, but there remains mounting pressure on today’s employees — both at home and at work. Throughout the world, people are feeling “unhappier and more stressed out than ever before,” according to the Gallup Global Emotions report. Recent data from Alight’s International Workforce and Wellbeing Mindset Study also found that 73 percent of employees in the United States and western Europe rate their current stress levels as either moderate or high.

As the future of work evolves, a strategic approach – one that connects HR outcomes to business results, powered by smart and personalized technology – is likely to help companies win the war for talent and gain a competitive advantage. To achieve long-term objectives HR needs to be a key player in the organization's strategic planning process. Over the last decade, the nature of HR has evolved to be a strategic function of the business. It was once largely an administrative function focused on day-to-day responsibilities such as employee recruiting and selection and managing employee benefits. Now, the role that HR plays in attracting, developing and engaging talent is pivotal to the success of the organization.

Companies around the world have long relied on Unconscious Bias Training as a cornerstone of their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, but research on its effectiveness is mixed at its most optimistic. The training often raises awareness of neural processing while failing to teach participants actionable strategies or holding them accountable for change. Lucy Taksa from Deakin University, contends that this approach ultimately holds companies to low standards and sets their DEI programs up to fail.

Look at any HR trends right now and the focus is on workplace culture. Or explicitly, having a culture that supports transformational change. Change has become the new normal, with organisations responding to advancing technology, intense competition, rising customer expectations and the need for new skills. Change requires people to flex, begin doing things in completely different ways. It can be tough mentally and emotionally.