2025 Workplace Trends Report

7 People Strategies that will Drive (or Derail) Business Growth

In 2025, HR leaders face more pressure than ever—to prove impact, move fast, and do more with less. Budgets are tighter. Expectations are rising. And the demand for strategic leadership has never been greater.

This year’s Workplace Trends Report unpacks seven trends shaping the future of work—and how HR can lead with greater influence, smarter priorities, and stronger business outcomes.

Get powerful insights on what's next for HR leaders.

📊 7 key trends shaping the workplace in 2025: From shifting employee expectations to evolving leadership behaviors, uncover the macro movements defining 2025.

💡 Fresh data + deep insights: Based on original Quantum Workplace research and industry / analyst research and curated perspectives from HR leaders across industries.

🎬 Actionable takeaways for HR: Practical strategies to align culture, processes, and programs with future-focused, business-focused priorities.

Meet the Authors

This report is shaped by the people who live and breathe workplace culture every day. Our authors and reviewers include forward-thinking HR leaders and other workplace experts who bring a data-driven lens to the most pressing challenges facing today’s workplaces.

They helped ensure insights reflect the realities on the ground of HR in 2025, pressure-testing trends surfacing practical implications, and grounding our recommendations in lived experience.

Together, this group brings research and reality into sharper focus—so you can turn insight into action with confidence.