Talent Edge Weekly – Issue 341

Newsletter Workforce Trends

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This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers:  Performance management, Chief HR Officer role, accelerating talent initiatives, evaluating AI-based employment tools, and the impact of AI on jobs and how to prepare.

  • The Year Is Moving Fast: Three Cheat Sheets to Strengthen Performance and Goal Execution Through Year-End | Brian Heger | I share three of my cheat sheets to help leaders prevent goal creep, address ways of working that may undermine execution, and realign resources to drive results.

  • Chief People Officer Pathways Report | EtonBridge Partners | A new 28-page report analyzing nearly 15,000 global CPO appointments between 2023 and 2025 highlights how the pathway to the top HR role is shifting.

  • Moving Talent Initiatives Forward: A Business Case and Implementation Plan for Action | Brian Heger | I share two of my slides using workforce planning as an example to show how pairing a clear business case with a practical phased implementation plan can help move talent work into action.

  • How to Evaluate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Employment Tools from Vendors | CHRO Association and SIOP Foundation | A new guide offering HR practitioners questions to evaluate AI-based employment tools from vendors, covering everything from validity and legal defensibility to data privacy.

  • AI Will Reshape More Jobs Than It Replaces | BCG Henderson Institute | A new 21-page report examining how AI will reshape jobs using a 6-category framework, with implications for talent strategy.

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