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Never have HR leaders had to handle so much change so fast. The current business environment confronts them endlessly with perplexing decisions and opportunities. Talent needs can change from quarter to quarter rapidly and the market for talent, in general, is hyper-competitive. In addition, digitization is in the core center of most organizations. As confirmed by Bersin by Deloitte report, when HR is in charge the organization is times more likely to succeed in its digital transformation journey. The CHRO, therefore, plays a critical role in such transformation in three ways.

The first is really working at aligning the leadership team and coaching both the CEO and the top team in providing the align message and leadership for the company and for the transformation.

The second is never wasting a good transformation: to use it as an accelerated boot camp for developing the future organization structure to align to the new realities, become agile and responsive to the ever-changing business environment.

And the third is, it always requires adjusting, refreshing, the culture of the company, which itself requires changing some behaviors at the front line, middle management and with the senior team.

Hence it is now obvious that these forces are reshaping the role of HR and putting pressure on the CHRO to focus on business strategy.

Business leaders demand HR to make, execute, and measure the success of workforce plans and decisions based on business outcomes.