What the Changing Definition of Agile Means for HR
Tomorrow's worker won't be satisfied with the realities professionals face today: long commutes, 40-hour weeks, battling for work-life balance. Workers crave workplace agility, well beyond remote work. The future of work will evolve as people craft their own priorities and schedules to better align with their personal commitments and career interests. Jim Link, CHRO of Randstad North America, can describe how and why this phenomenon is occurring and how the business world can prepare for it.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn why the workplace is becoming more agile and why “agile” means more than “remote.”
- Identify barriers that workers face in developing a more agile workstyle and learn about technology's role in improving processes for connecting the entire workforce.
- Discover specific steps and best practices for improving workplace agility, including how to integrate and include more agile workers in day-to-day operations, and strategies for HR teams to communicate and educate their workforce on more agile practices.
- Learn first-hand how employers who embrace this change can see positive business results, including employee retention and productivity, and impact to the bottom line.
Jim Link, SHRM-SCP
Jim Link is the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Society for Human Resource Management. With more than 315,000 members around the world, SHRM is the largest HR professional association in the world and the leading voice for matters related to workers and the workplace.
Jim’s career includes roles of increasing responsibility across a variety of industries and companies including General Electric, the Pillsbury Company, Porsche Cars, and Randstad. In his most recent role as CHRO for Randstad North America, he led a global team of 150 HR professionals who were instrumental in transforming the company into an award-winning, inclusive, and sustainable global leader.
Jim has served as a volunteer leader in several organizations including the SHRM Foundation Board, the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank Human Capital Advisory Board, and the Human Resources Leadership Forum.
Jim holds undergraduate and master’s degree from Murray State University. Born and raised on a working family farm in western Kentucky, he currently resides in Atlanta and Alexandria, VA.
Jim is an adjunct instructor in the Executive MBA program at the University of Poznan (Poland) School of Economics and Business and the University of Liège (Belgium) Asia-Pacific campus in Taipei, Taiwan.