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HR today is at a crossroad. Once designed to be an administrative people management and payroll department, HR today has to be agile, business-integrated and strategic.

Given the advancements in technology and the modernising shift in workplace mindsets today, HR no longer takes the backseat in terms of critical work functions. In order to keep up with the rapidly changing pace of business, HR has to step up its game and reinvent its skills and capabilities in ensure alignment with the organisation's goals.

Here are some ways in which HR can reinvent itself to avoid status quo within the organisation.

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The HR department plays an important role within the organisation. Employee welfare, benefits, onboarding, social activities - all typically fall under the purview of the HR department. Of course, all these are executed by the HR professionals and executives themselves but without the strategic direction from top management, these HR initiatives and processes might not even take off.

Given that the workplace and employee needs are constantly changing, here are six things that you HR head should be doing right now to meet these evolving needs.

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This week, we attended the Accounting & Finance Show Hong Kong that brought 1,500 attendees from SMEs and accountancy practices in Hong Kong. We are happy to meet up with the people who came by our booth to share on our online payroll software solution. With the high digital consumer rates in Hong Kong, many businesses are aware of the technological advancements such as digitalisation or software applications that can help employees manage administrative repetitive tasks.
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With only eight working hours a day and a mountain of workload, most people would no doubt want to maximise their time in office.

However, how can one be truly productive at work when there are multiple "distractions" at work?

For starters, work constantly piles up every day. Once you have cleared a particular tasks, there will always be new tasks to work on. After all, that is the nature of work.

Then there is peer pressure. The pressure to appear busy and productive, as well as the pressure to take part in social activities and work lunches. However, if the company values face time over actually getting work done, employees will not have the incentive to be productive. Similarly, social activities and work lunches can leave employees drained from the social interactions, resulting in a less productive afternoon.

However, there are numerous ways to juggle multiple tasks while being highly productive as well.

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