Recent announcements from the retail and tech giants shine a light on the growing pressure for HR to prepare the pipeline for the chief executive position.
Without a strategic approach to reducing employee fear of AI, transformation projects can get knocked off course. Three CHROs share how they plan to tackle this pressing challenge next year.
"Other than out-of-pocket costs, I would wager that prior authorization review is the one thing consumers find most burdensome in our current health system," says Drew Altman, president and CEO of KFF.
The new year brings definitional changes that may create operational challenges, especially for companies with HRIS systems that can't easily adapt to regional variations in employee leave.
For enterprise organizations with more than 5,000 employees, cost has emerged as the number one barrier to AI implementation, jumping from 22% citing it as their primary concern to 44% this year.
As AI reshapes how work gets done, HR leaders have a rare opportunity to be a strategic org architect—if they embrace work design as a core discipline.
Upwork's new report shows businesses are turning to freelance talent in droves. Seventy-eight percent of companies plan to hire independent workers in the next three months, outpacing demand for full-time knowledge roles.
