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UKG Workforce Institute Welcomes City of Memphis CHRO Alex Smith to Its Advisory Board

UKG

Named an HRO Today magazine CHRO of the Year in 2020, Smith has been highly praised for positioning the City of Memphis as a 21st-century model for city governments. In her role at The Workforce Institute, Smith will provide firsthand perspectives from the CHRO of a city with more than one million residents.

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Why Synchrony puts employee coaching at the heart of its flexible work model

HRExecutive

. - Advertisement - In addition to connecting its more than 20,000 employees worldwide with coaching , Synchrony’s retooled HR strategy has also included eliminating annual performance reviews as HR prioritizes active listening, says DJ Casto, executive vice president and CHRO.

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An Interview with Diane Gherson, CHRO at IBM, on Driving Organizational Transformation

HR Digest

Today, as Diane Gherson, CHRO IBM, transforms global workforce outcomes through talent analytics and data, she is not afraid to put forward profoundly ambitious and path-breaking ideas. Companies often find it difficult to find common ground when it comes to incorporating AI with human relations.

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How culture and community are driving innovation at Cherokee Nation

HRExecutive

As the organization rapidly grows, its people team is leveraging the tribe’s deep culture and history to influence its modern company culture, including through benefits improvements and advancements around inclusion. Read more Insights from a CHRO here. HRE : How would you define the company culture at Cherokee Nation?

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Is the HR Accountable for Mass Layoffs?

Keka HR Blog

And profits for the company. The happy faces. This has resulted in companies handing over the pink slips to thousands. Sucher and Shalene Gupta of Harvard Business School. Sandra believes that all too frequently companies do bad layoffs, do layoffs for the wrong reason, or worse, do both. The reaching of targets.

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Episode 381: Benefits and Centers of Excellence With Lisa Woods From Walmart

Workology

This podcast is part of a Workology Podcast series that is focused on the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Human Resources Officer or CHRO. The CHRO podcast series on Workology is sponsored by the HR Benchmark Survey. million associates in the company related to their physical and emotional well-being.

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How to Fail at HR Analytics in 7 Easy Steps

Data Solutions International

So imagine my ambivalence when HR Magazine approached me with the idea of describing my greatest mistakes leading the build-out of a talent analytics initiative at ConAgra Foods, a Fortune 200 company. But despite the hype, the fact remains that very few Fortune 500 companies have dedicated HR analytics resources.