Organizations are consciously looking at resilience and agility, especially in this age of uncertainty. Now is the time to ensure you have the right human capital processes and leadership in place. Establishing strong human capital requires a robust workforce planning, talent acquisition, and succession planning strategy and process. With this preparation, organizations are able to remain competitive through organizational shifts and restructures.
Chief people officers (CPO), chief human resource officers (CHRO), and other key diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) and human resource leadership positions play significant roles in creating organizational resiliency.
Corporations can improve the tone of their culture and cultivate a work environment that maintains morale through periods of change by hiring the right CPO or CHRO. CPOs help foster transparency, trust and fairness, which contributes to a positive corporate culture, improved employee engagement, well-being and retention over the long-term. CPOs facilitate an organizational structure that’s centered around people, the value they generate for the organization, and ways to effectively increase the value to its full capacity. They think strategically about people, culture and enterprise value to ultimately elevate corporate culture by motivating employees to stay with the organization and produce quality work.
It is important to prioritize hiring a CPO with the right talent acquisition goals and strategies who can then bring in the right recruiters to acquire top talent. This helps to further the organization’s growth and align internal culture with the organization’s external mission and objectives. Having a diverse group of self-motivated recruiters who know what to look for on a resume, understand the importance of a diverse culture and transparent communication, and whose core values align with the organization’s, will establish an inclusive work environment that is better prepared for periods of change.
It is also important to note that all C-level roles are equally crucial for an organization’s success. To build trust and create a fair work environment, the CPO or CHRO should enjoy equal input as other chief executives in an organization and should be compensated the same.
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Sources
Fertik, Michael. “We Just Hired a Chief People Officer (Why You Should, Too).” LinkedIn, LinkedIn, 13 Aug. 2018, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140113152732-11281694-we-just-hired-a-chief-people-officer-why-you-should-too/.
Mehta, Stephanie. “Marc Lore of Jet.com and Diapers.com Has a Few Things to Say about HR.” Fast Company, Fast Company, 30 Apr. 2021, https://www.fastcompany.com/90630599/marc-lore-of-jet-com-and-diapers-com-has-a-few-things-to-say-about-hr.
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