HR Grapevine: Danger: HR professionals feel 'out of their depth'
- Felicity Baker

- 1 day ago
- 1 min read
Jo was invited to contribute to this new HR Grapevine article, which examines troubling research showing that many HR professionals now feel “out of their depth” as their roles expand faster than organisations recognise.
With responsibilities widening and expectations rising, the article explores why HR is feeling the strain — and what this means for the profession today.
“HR is increasingly expected to be the expert in virtually everything. As responsibilities widen at pace, the rest of the business often assumes HR has deep expertise in every new area that lands on their laps — but that simply isn’t realistic. There’s been no let-up, and it’s reaching breaking point.”— Dr Jo Burrell, Cofounder, Ultimate Resilience
Read the full article here: https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2025-08-29-danger-hr-feel-professionals-feel-out-of-their-depth
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