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Chief People Officer was one of the top ten fastest-growing job titles over the past five years, according to LinkedIn research as reported on by HR magazine last year. A changing workforce and the need for increased learning and development opportunities for employees are two developments to which the increase has been attributed. More widescale… Continue reading Why more organizations are hiring CPOs
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‘Bringing in a higher powered, more strategic Chief People Officer is one of the most transforming things a CEO could do’
This month, Patrick Hynes, the global leader for Spencer Stuart’s leadership advisory services and Deborah Warburton, who leads Spencer Stuart’s human resources practice, discuss the growth in prominence of Chief People Officers… How can a high-profile Chief People Officer or similar role improve upon how HR matters were managed within organisations previously? Patrick: Well, I… Continue reading ‘Bringing in a higher powered, more strategic Chief People Officer is one of the most transforming things a CEO could do’
The evolving role of the Chief People Officer
Micah Alpern, Senior Managing Director within Teneo‘s people advisory team, writes how Chief People Officers ought to drive employee experience and higher performance with the backing of data. As companies determine what the future of work looks like, battle a tight talent market and adjust to increasing economic pressures, the Chief People Officer’s (CPO) role continues to evolve. The CPO… Continue reading The evolving role of the Chief People Officer
Assessing senior leadership teams
A new survey by PwC has revealed the apprehension many chief executives feel about the future of their organizations. Factors such as rising inflation, skills shortages, and changing customer attitudes are encouraging leaders to focus on reinventing their business to face these challenges. The survey asked how the over 4,000 CEOs who responded to the… Continue reading Assessing senior leadership teams
‘The people who are the ultimate arbiters of a team’s results are those who are utilising that product or service’
This month, Jim Link, chief human resources officer for the Society for Human Resources Management, discusses which tools – digital and offline – to utilise in assessing senior leadership teams… If you were asked whether a team was high-performing or not, how would you know? There are several ways you would identify that. At SHRM, we use a… Continue reading ‘The people who are the ultimate arbiters of a team’s results are those who are utilising that product or service’
Instilling purpose in a senior team
Senior Client Partners for Korn Ferry Janet Feldman, who co-developed the firm’s Chief Executive Institute, and Michel Buffet, who works in the Leadership Development practice, write how CEOs should confront the need to change their work and that of their top team. PwC’s annual survey of more than 4,000 global CEOs, on full display at Davos, asked whether they think their company… Continue reading Instilling purpose in a senior team
Why effective team-to-team cooperation could be the best Christmas gift
It is estimated Santa Claus will deliver presents to about 240 million homes on Christmas Eve, presenting a tighter timescale and more ambitious target than the rest of us will face all year. In 2018, the University of Leicester calculated that Father Christmas will need to travel at 0.5 per cent the speed of light to make his deliveries… Continue reading Why effective team-to-team cooperation could be the best Christmas gift
‘Enhancing team-to-team cooperation is a first step to becoming a more agile, flexible, and responsive organisation’
This month, Kate Sweeney, who leads Deloitte’s Future of Work initiative in the UK, discusses how the best businesses build collaboration into their work practices and how that culture is led from the top… How vital is it for organisations to encourage team-to-team cooperation? Team-to-team cooperation and collaboration is critical to enable organisations to achieve… Continue reading ‘Enhancing team-to-team cooperation is a first step to becoming a more agile, flexible, and responsive organisation’
Does teamwork make the dream work?
Mollie Lombardi, Senior Research Analyst for i4cp, outlines work recently conducted by the institute which found high-performing organisations prioritise team engagement… In all the change and upheaval of the past few years, organisations big and small have hailed their employees for coming together to get thing done. Most leaders know that teams are important to… Continue reading Does teamwork make the dream work?
‘Employees are now top of the stakeholder wheel’
Ann Francke, chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, spoke to The Loop this month about how Musk’s takeover went up against modern workforce trends and lost. The CMI has recently released a report, The Everyone Economy, which found business resilience now depends on utilising all the talent and perspectives of your workforce. Is Musk’s… Continue reading ‘Employees are now top of the stakeholder wheel’
