Redefining HR

Companies that don’t put people first are cracking.

Nearly every economic, financial, political and business challenge companies face is currently about people. The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear: Companies that refuse to put their employees first will suffer the most. In response, modern HR must attune to people and organizational needs more than ever, while stepping away from a compliance-driven, transactional mind-set.

To make this transformation, HR leaders must develop a broad and deep knowledge of not only the myriad facets of their own field – diversity and inclusion, analytics, performance reviews, compensation, coaching, employee development, and more – but the wider business and societal trends that shape it.

Possess a deep knowledge of your company – and the industrial, sociopolitical and economic trends that guide it.

Today’s forward-thinking HR leaders – Chief People Officers (CPO) or Chief Human Resources Officers (CHRO) – understand the business, industry and sociopolitical trends that shape them. They partner with business leaders to push...