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6 HR lessons from Microsoft’s CHRO

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And she’s been named HRE’s 2021 HR Executive of the Year. Advertisement “[Over the past year-and-a-half, especially] I’ve had a profound appreciation for the role of HR. HR has such a deep purpose.” Related: This game developer CHRO has found a winning talent strategy Recognize the power of your leadership team, HR and peers.

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What Is Human Resources?

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As a department, it is responsible for managing HR activities from recruitment and onboarding, compensation and benefits, learning and development, performance management, and employee relations to separation or retirement. Continue reading Strategic Human Resource Management: The Basics What does HR do?

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This bank CHRO is pioneering a ‘people-first culture’

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When Barbara Kennedy arrived at Phoenix-based Western Alliance Bank to serve as executive vice president and chief human resources officer in the spring of 2018, the bank’s HR function was admittedly behind the times. Advertisement The need to modernize an antiquated HR function didn’t faze Kennedy in the least.

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If you don’t have a Chief Human Resources Officer you’re behind the curve

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There’s another C-suite role in town — the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). The HR department is responsible for hiring, managing employee benefits , ensuring labor law compliance, and a myriad of other responsibilities. Without HR, it would be difficult for a company to thrive. Employee experience.

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This CHRO approaches health and wellness with a legal mindset

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Less than one year later, she started climbing the HR ladder at Northwell, and a few years later, HRE named her one of the 2013 HR’s Rising Stars (nominations are now open for this year’s contest— click HERE for more information ). Maxine Carrington. I had that Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg bug.

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How this HR exec built the function from the ground up

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Key HR Challenges: Building an HR function from the ground up for the organization, which had little in the way of HR when McGovern arrived. Partnership lies at the heart of everything she does and has been an integral component of HR’s numerous accomplishments under her leadership. Related: Insights from a CHRO.

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Why resilience should be one of HR’s top priorities

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That means the power is going to shift to talent more and more and more to choose where they want to work. So, the HR function will have to be very tightly tuned into what kind of work conditions make people feel not just productive but also healthy. HRE: What’s the latest on your work on developing the HR Net Promoter Score?