With people analytics and data-driven workforce planning both ever-evolving, HR and business leaders must continuously be fearless in their pursuit of innovation and change within their organizations. HR has a responsibility to put the tools and strategies in place that will help the company do good things. Your CHRO is your most effective champion. Talent has the same challenges as other HR functions. MORE

You need the right People Analytics Leader in order to build an effective and strategic people analytics function. In the coming weeks, we’ll also release job descriptions for CHRO and HRBPs. I’ve even seen some go on to become the CHRO! Change Management and Enablement. MORE

In this article I share 4 pieces of research I hope will assist you in using the most effective HR job titles: HR Job Titles Hierarchy — An pyramid of the basic org chart of HR teams. Examples of the job titles used in the 6 tiers/levels of those HR titles. HR Temp. MORE

What does this mean for HR, and how will the changing nature of work impact the employee experience? Parker, who is responsible for leading Disney’s overall human resources strategy, global talent acquisition, leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and many other initiatives for the company’s 199,000 employees around the world, has transformed the HR function, and its impact across the company. How will work continue to be disrupted in the years ahead? MORE

People have a lot of opinions about HR, many of them negative. In fact, Peter Campelli addressed this issue in a recent article, “ Why We Love to Hate HR and What We Can Do About It.” Now we hear CHRO’s talk about engaging with employees just as they would engage with their customers. MORE

There are few, if any, corporate functions that discuss changing their name as frequently as does human resources. Even those functions that decide to undergo this transformative process usually do so for just a subset of their team. We’ve done this dance within HR as well. MORE

It follows, then, that the roles and responsibilities of senior HR leaders are incredibly important. . Indeed, an apt description of the senior HR role comes from Christine Hayward , executive director at global executive search organization IIC Partners. MORE

They also suggest that the deepening reliance on enterprise data will incent talent analytics teams to create an ecosystem of partners outside of HR, whose data will enable these teams to provide holistic guidance to the business. MORE

As you are probably aware from some of our other articles, we love to showcase lists of HR influencers for our readers to follow, such as our quarterly HR Gurus feature and 89+ HR Analytics Influencers post. This is largely because we believe it’s a great resource for business owners (and others working within the HR function) to gather ideas from the insights and articles they share, enabling followers to improve their own business practices. Build Talent. MORE

Firms continuously refine their strategy to find ways of unlocking growth opportunities, and that’s why they’re rethinking their HR functions. There is a growing trend of PE firms hiring senior-level HR talent like Chief Talent Officers, CHROs, and others. MORE

Influence in HR technology comes from many places, takes many forms and continues to evolve over time. When the HRE /HR Tech Conference team met over to work on this Influencers list , we knew it would be important to consider all aspects of influence. HR Technology Conference ®. MORE