By Zac Upchurch, Chief Operating Officer, Talent Strategy Group I am pleased to present our fifth edition of this Chief Human Resources Officer report that outlines the top ten trends in the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Chief People Officer (CPO) roles and introduces the Fortune 200...

It’s a simple but powerful truth: companies change faster than leaders do. Companies evolve as they respond to market opportunities, economic cycles, regulatory changes and assorted strategic challenges. Their evolutionary pace has accelerated as globalization brings more competitors and technology disrupts traditional service models. Leaders . . ....

It’s unfortunately still fashionable to sell companies bias training to help their leaders reduce bias in performance management. While the intentions of these efforts are admirable, the research is clear that anti-bias training rarely has a lasting effect. Science shows that it doesn’t provoke a long-term change in...

It’s surprising that so many organizations – even the larger and more sophisticated ones – still lack a well-designed talent strategy. By well designed, we mean a strategy that tightly flows from the business strategy, is clear about the talent team’s three or four big promises/deliverables, spans at least three years, and is specific enough to explain the activities and investment needed. Here how to do that.