| | NOVEMBER 2024MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM19Mariana Bedolla, Vice President Human Resources PepsiCo Beverages Canada, PepsiCoNAVIGATING THE SHIFTING HR LANDSCAPEIn an interview with Mariana Bedolla, Vice President Human Resources PepsiCo Beverages Canada, PepsiCo; she explores the various trends and challenges in the HR industry and the major predicaments that the HR leaders have to face when it comes to examining a balance between agility and burnout in an ever changing environment.1. What are some of the major challenges and trends that have been impacting the HR Industry lately?It's no secret that the last three years have extensively impacted the HR industry. During the depths of the pandemic, HR was thrust to the center of core business continuity and making major decisions that affected the entire workforce on how to deal with the pandemic in a way that enabled safety, empathy, and business continuity. Throughout the uncharted waters of the pandemic, the HR function navigated through a very competitive and, in some cases, scarce labour market.The Great Resignation, which I see more as the great shuffle, has led to a significant challenge in attracting the right talent at a higher rate than usual, which then impacts onboarding and culture as well as capability building, as companies have a larger number of new employees at all levels. As a result, there is a greater emphasis on standing up a strong Talent Acquisition function, best-in-class onboarding processes and core capabilities for both individual contributors and supervisors. In addition, the digital transformation, including AI, is rapidly bringing to the forefront the need to upskill and retrains our workforce to evolve with new and emerging digital tools and resources. 2. What keeps you up at night when it comes to some of the major predicaments in the HR Industry?The pace, at which we have had to come out of a pandemic into our new normal with rapidly changing trends and shifts within the industry, is what keeps me awake. Ensuring that our employees and our HR functions are able to keep up, while at the same time not burning out is an area I think a lot about. I am constantly thinking about what we need to do to set our teams up for success to keep pace within our continually evolving industry so that we win the marathon rather than burn out in the sprint. This really is about rethinking the work we do and consistently asking ourselves if this IS best possible way to achieve the results or do we need to rethink what and how we get work done.CXO InsightsMariana Bedolla
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