| | JULY 20224The perception of humans as resources has undergone sea changes over the past couple of years alone. Even though not radical, the expectations of organizations and their people from each other have undergone significant transformations, giving way to Chief People Officers (CPOs). Essentially, a CPO manages the strategy and processes related to building and retaining an exceptional team of professionals. Akin to the transformation of roles of other CXOs, organizations today expect more from their CPOs. This includes direct contributions to the growth via multiple avenues, helping employees settle into the new normal, and even equipping the organization for a pandemic-like scenario in the future. A recent Gartner poll shows that around 48 percent of employees will likely work at least part of the time remotely after COVID-19 versus 30 percent before the pandemic. This brings its own set of challenges to the CPOs. While the HR department remains fundamentally responsible for the workforce's performance, productivity, and efficiency, CPOs will have the bigger job of comprehending the challenges the employees face, including what they are struggling with inside and outside of work. This implies that employees will need support, including enhanced sick leave, financial assistance, adjusted hours of operation, and child care provisions. In the long run, CPOs will also need to pilot the transition from an efficiency-driven to a resilience-driven organization.As the operational models of organizations further evolve, it will increase the complexity of size and organizational management, which, in turn, will create challenges for CPOs. They will need to diversify their skills, acquire new ones, and leverage the technology more to navigate these challenges. Sujith VasudevanManaging Editoreditor@ceoinsightsindia.comChange in Expectations In-House Editorial Vol 04 · Issue 5 - 1 · July, 2022 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Sujith Vasudevan Manager - DesignPrabhu Dutta A.R.N RayNoidaRohit Raghubanshi Garima Anandadvertise@ceoinsightsindia.comEditorial queries editor@ceoinsightsindia.comTo subscribeVisit www.ceoinsightsindia.com/subscribe/ or send emailto subscription@ceoinsightsindia.comCover price is Rs.150 per issue.Editor Alok ChaturvediPrinted and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of InfoConnect Web Technolo-gies India Pvt. Ltd., and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2022 InfoConnect Web Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher. Design Girish M Rajesh R BVP - Sales & Marketing Amrit SinghCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Editorial Keerthana Kantharaj Sthitaprajnya Panigrahi Roopalatha H Tanuja Akkanavar Shirly Pabisha T
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