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CHRO to CEO: Former Dunkin’ leader on making the move

HRExecutive

For C-suite veteran Nigel Travis, the path to the CEO office was atypical—because it ran directly through the HR function. While his transformation from CHRO to CEO was an outlier several decades ago, it is a more natural move today, experts say, as HR leaders increasingly play a strategic business role.

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10 HR Leaders Anyone in Talent Management Should Follow on LinkedIn

Eightfold

Jacqueline Welch , SVP, CHRO and chief diversity officer at Freddie Mac, is described as having a leadership style that’s centered around authenticity and pragmatism. She has more than two decades of experience in HR and people management, with a focus on aligning leadership goals with organizational output and building a resilient workforce.

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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. EY is known for its focus on innovation.

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When an Acquisition Goes Awry It's Usually Because of Culture (i4cp login required)

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When the acquisition was consummated in 2005, both Sprint and Nextel had similar market capitalizations of around $30 billion. P&G and Gillette: Getting the best of both Conversely, when Procter & Gamble announced in January 2005 that it would buy Gillette Co. Some refer to it as one of the worst acquisitions in U.S.

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HR’s Not Dead, It’s Just Changing Names

HRExecutive

Now, some articles of this ilk have written off HR as a largely useless, bureaucratic function that has no real potential as a “strategic partner” and needs to just go away. Cisco’s Francine Katsouda, for instance, recently saw her title change from CHRO to chief people officer. Anne Byerlein at Yum!

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3 Key Layers of a Future-Ready Employee Experience

Analytics in HR

Because a lot of that has emerged from the vision of CSR that I’ve had the privilege to work with, where they can see that in past examinations, we’ve all kind of brought new tools digitized HR, we have most progressive HR functions and have also embarked on a data analytics journey. It is very critical.