Many HR execs are fed up. Here are 5 pieces of timely advice for people leaders who manage the moment.

The pandemic and subsequent challenges over where and how workers do their jobs has pushed some HR execs to their limits.Maskot/Getty Images

• The pressure of managing today's tumultuous workforce landscape is pushing HR pros to their limits.
• Top concerns include managing layoffs and return-to-work policies, and expanding abortion benefits.

For the people in charge of overseeing how and where many of us work, the last couple years have brought unprecedented challenges.

The era of pandemic shutdowns and born-overnight experiments in working from home have pushed some human-resources executives to their limits.

The reopening of offices and much of public life didn't do much to reduce workloads for many HR departments. They had to help craft and then implement contentious policies over remote, hybrid, and in-office work. HR teams also had to try to minimize worker attrition during The Great Resignation and then, in some cases, shift to cutting workers — all while trying to keep up employee morale.

Whether you're the chief human-resources officer of a Fortune 500 company or the HR admin at a startup, here are five pieces of timely advice for managing the moment.