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This CHRO says slow and steady is the way to RTO

HR Brew

The CHRO at Booking Holdings, parent company of travel sites Booking.com, Priceline.com, and Kayak, told HR Brew that he’s taken a slow and steady approach to RTO for his over 20,000 employees. One of the big conversations is, I can be as productive at home as I can be in the office. But what do you mean by productivity?

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How to Be a Transparent Leader (With Examples)

UKG

New products and services. Example: An employee suggests to the CHRO that “summer Fridays” would be great for morale. But the CHRO knows that the CEO won’t consider it because of a big client project currently in negotiations. Instead, the CHRO recommends and gets approval for “WFH Fridays.” Regularly share knowledge.

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Become a better CHRO by improving in these two areas 

HRExecutive

Many of these discussions also center on i4cp’s research, from the intersection of AI and its implications on HR , to productivity enhancements , innovative organizational design and development, holistic wellbeing strategies, and the critical realm of diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Are we ready for CHRO readiness?

HRExecutive

Why is it that more than half of companies remain unable (or perhaps unwilling) to develop CHRO-ready successors? Should we be proud of infusing non-HR talent into CHRO roles, or troubled by it? Further, it is common—and many would say likely—that a change in CEO will yield a change in CHRO. Is 50% readiness good enough?

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Avantor’s CHRO on how culture, change management fueled the company through COVID

HRExecutive

The pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical company is the creator of more than 6 million products—including some that became instrumental for healthcare workers fighting the health crisis, such as medical-grade silicone and, later, components for vaccines. Read more Insights from a CHRO here.

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6 HR lessons from Microsoft’s CHRO

HRExecutive

She’s navigated a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, ensuring the company’s 175,000 employees are safe, healthy, productive and innovative. In this role as the CHRO, and generally in the HR function, it’s about the ability to make a difference in the lives of employees, and to try to make their experience better,” she says.

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Phenom’s CHRO and chief evangelist is both lifelong learner and teacher

HRExecutive

Jess Elmquist will be the first to acknowledge he stepped into the CHRO role from a nontraditional path—but, he says, innovation in the world of HR today needs to be everything but ordinary. Advertisement - As CHRO and chief evangelist of global HR tech company Phenom , advancing innovation is Elmquist’s primary goal.

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