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This issue covers: Connecting HR and business initiatives, CHROs’ top priorities for the rest of 2025, determining if a vacant role should be backfilled, three talent questions to ask about your team, and employee wellbeing.
- Speaking the CEO’s Language: Framing HR Initiatives in Hard Numbers Rather Than Narratives | People + Strategy Summer 2025 | Discusses how CHROs and their teams can frame their HR initiatives in hard numbers to secure executive buy-in and elevate their credibility.
- What Are CHROs’ Top 10 Priorities for the Rest of 2025? | The Conference Board | A 28-minute podcast highlights CHRO priorities for the rest of the year—ranging from succession, workforce planning, and internal mobility—to the growing importance of scenario planning.
- Not Every Position Vacancy Needs a Backfill: Eight Sample Questions to Guide Your Decision | Brian Heger | My one-page cheat sheet with targeted questions to help leaders make decisions on whether to backfill vacant roles, reducing the costly cycle of over-hiring and rehiring.
- How Would You Answer These Three Talent Questions About Each of Your Direct Reports? | Brian Heger | Three targeted questions leaders can use to surface critical talent decisions sooner, enabling timely talent decisions.
- Thriving Workplaces: How Employers Can Improve Productivity and Change Lives | World Economic Forum and McKinsey Health Institute | A 43-page report on employee wellbeing, including key metrics to help build a strong business case for well-being investments. Bonus resources shared.
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