Phelps 2020 Finance Trend Check

Here are the top 3 trends that should be influencing your decision on who to work with when choosing your next human capital partner. Whether you are embarking on a search, seeking new ways to harness change management strategies or identifying and working with emerging talent, we have deep expertise to ensure your goals are not just met, but exceeded. 

Trend #1

A greater emphasis on strategic leadership will fuel and accelerate decision-making.

Human Resource Implication:

Reshaping the operating model within financial domains will be required to bring this new decision-making to life.

Trend #2

Evidence-based decision making will grow in influence throughout organizations and will facilitate collaboration as finance partners with key divisions to implement strategies.

Human Resources Implication:

Financial leaders will need to proactively develop learning cultures that support evidence-based decision making. This will take time and effort on behalf of all team members.

Trend #3

Finance leaders will emerge more strongly as change agents and coaches, working alongside peers and colleagues to enhance processes, systems and ways of doing business. 

Human Resource Implication:

Creating much closer alignment and engagement with the business will be required in order to effectively lead in ambiguity and develop more resiliency in the organization.