2025 Global Human Capital Trends

The author team would like to extend deep gratitude to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital executive team, with special mention to Karen Pastakia, Kate Sweeney, and Nic Scoble-Williams for their visionary leadership and unwavering support, which has inspired and guided this report to fruition. We would also thank the following members of the executive committee for bringing their global perspectives to this year’s report: Jodi Baker Calamai, John Brownridge, Karen Cunningham, Amanda Flouch, Franz Gilbert, Kate Morican, Yasushi Muranaka, Sebastian Pfeifle, Dheeraj Sharma, Simona Spelman, Nathalie Vandaele, and Ramona Rong Yan.

The authors would also like to thank Harriet Edwards and Zara Bokhari for keeping the project on track with their expert program leadership; Kailyn Hornbeck, Sarah Hechtman, Kristine Priemer, Catherine Gergen, and Bridget Acosta for their leadership in managing the individual chapters in this report; and Mari Marcotte for their support and activation efforts.

This report could not have been written and published without the partnership of the Deloitte Insights team, led by Corrie Commisso. The author team extends special thanks to Preetha Devan for managing the production of the report, as well as the following members of the visual and design team for their artwork and data visualizations: Alexis Werbeck, Sonya Vasilieff, Natalie Pfaff, Molly Piersol, Harry Wedel, and Govindh Raj.

Furthermore, the authors express gratitude towards the survey team that was instrumental in the data collection and analysis for this project. They thank Shruti Kalaiselvan and Ananshi Chugh, who advised the survey and data analysis team; Priyanka Sahu and Vikas Arora, who led our global survey and data analysis efforts; Disha Nagpal, Aniket Abhijeet Kale, Rishab Kumar Agarwal, Vaibhav Jain, Simran Bakshi, and Vishal Gupta, who provided insightful analysis of the survey results; and Arushi Aggarwal, Shruti Garg, Sunaina Bangia, and Pooja Dalvi, who supported survey translations and survey response analysis.

The authors thank the Human Capital Research, Eminence, and Market Activation team for their contributions to this research effort: Brandon Barker, Nirupam Datta, Pete DeBellis, Matthew Deruntz, Julie Duda, Manshreya Grover, Michael Kemp, Denise Moulton, Santhosh Naidu, Supriya Punni, Charu Ratnu, Anchal Singh, Chelsey Taylor, Derek Taylor, Qiaoli Wang, and Parag Zalpuri.

Special acknowledgment goes to Elizabeth Faber, Erica Bank, Sonia Breeze, and Deloitte’s extended People & Purpose team for your invaluable contributions and steadfast support throughout the authoring process.

And last (but not least), the author team thanks the outstanding marketing and public relations team, led by Marissa Copeland, Tyra Cannady, and Jennifer Donegan, for their support and leadership in releasing the 2025 Global Human Capital Trends into the wild: Kyle Forrest, Christian Slike, and Charlean Parks.