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In this podcast, Tamla Oates-Forney shares her experiences and insights gained from leading her workforce through the COVID-19 crisis: the importance of putting people first, maintaining a sense of calm, and openness and transparency.
What HR leaders are seeing as their biggest challenges right now, and some proven principles that can help.
In this podcast, Holly Kortright, Senior Vice President of People at Ellucian, discusses how the CHRO role has evolved to being a business leader first, helping drive business success, and the company’s approach to attracting and retaining the best digital talent.
Interviews with 20 leading CHROs in the energy industry highlight how senior human resources leaders are meeting new challenges and helping to create real business value in a disrupted industry.
This year’s summit brought together more than 1,500 HR and business leaders to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing organizations and their workforces: leading with purpose, changing culture, the role of technology, and employee well-being.
In this podcast, Paul Markovich and Mary O’Hara, CEO and CHRO, respectively, of Blue Shield of California, discuss how leading with integrity and authenticity are keys to inspiring a workforce to make a difference in helping to transform the healthcare system.
Corporate leaders are in a quandary: feeling stuck by the lack of significant D&I progress despite meaningful investment and uncertain what to do next. What’s needed? An innovative approach to getting unstuck and gaining traction, driven by hard business considerations that will accelerate corporate performance.
This year’s conference speakers discussed the interplay between humanity and technology, advising leaders to cultivate lifelong learning, establish a growth mind-set, and continue to develop their workforce to keep pace with emerging technology.
The role of the CHRO is changing fast. We offer five lessons from some of the world’s most digitally enabled human resources leaders.
This landmark report offers an overview of the case for inclusion of people with disabilities not only in the workforce but also in executive leadership roles. By recognizing the unique challenges faced by leaders with disabilities, organizations can build more comprehensive diversity policies to create an inclusive environment for all employees.
The demands of the CHRO role have changed drastically in the past five years. Today, the CHRO has become a next-generation chief transformation officer. What qualities do CHROs need to succeed?
Heidrick & Struggles’ Journey to the Top leadership forum in Shanghai, China, brought together female leaders from major international life sciences companies to explore the path to leadership for aspiring women.
Future-proofing business success involves maximizing the benefits of creative destruction and addressing five key challenges.
The view from the C-suite still looks nothing like the diverse world outside, so how can leaders address this?
In this podcast, AmCham Shanghai speaks to Heidrick & Struggles about how the landscape for senior executive talent in China has evolved—and where it may be heading next.
Here’s an exercise any team can go through to evaluate its level of support and challenge and get better.
A look at the CHRO experiences of two energy companies suggests that CHROs who take an analytical and strategic approach are most effective.
By starting with a clear-eyed view of where a company’s culture is, senior executives can better articulate what it could be—and spark the sorts of frank management conversations that help link culture to commercial business goals.
A Heidrick & Struggles survey collects the advice of more than 700 human resources officers and transitioning executives on how best to move into a new role.