Low Effort, High Impact HR
People Matters|January 2019

Alight’s State of HR Transformation Study 2018-19 explores the quest for Low Effort, High Impact HR—an agile approach to transformation that is geared towards reducing the transactional burden on the HR function, and creating value through a focus on outcomes that matter to both businesses and talent

Low Effort, High Impact HR

Omnipresent technology and ever-frequent business model disruptions are shaping a new world of work, workforce and workplace. Talent aspirations too are evolving with shifting psychographics of purpose, consumer grade experience, and careers without walls. Organizational transformations to adapt to digital and new business models create the need for change and cultural shifts. The success of any transformation is pivoted on the goals and outcomes it is supposed to deliver. Increasingly, HR is at the center of driving this change, creating demand for HR transformation to support organizational agility.

This approach challenges the way we work and deliver HR services today and demands greater collaboration within and outside the HR function. Technology, both from the enterprise and individual experiences perspective will play a mission-critical role in enabling this. The second edition of Alight’s State of HR Transformation Study explores the quest for “Low Effort, High Impact HR” with insights and data gathered across 678 organizations in Asia Pacific. Low Effort, High Impact HR is an end state where the HR function minimizes the bandwidth taken up by transactional processes and administration. It is a state where HR delivers improved employee experience and better customer satisfaction which allows the HR function to focus on true business partnerships, facilitate changes, and drive better RoI on program investments.

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