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People + Strategy Journal

Spring 2025: Charting a Bold Course

Economic, technological, and social changes mean the workplace of tomorrow will look very different than it does today. What does your organization need to do to prepare?

The Spring 2025 edition of the People + Strategy journal highlights how organizations are preparing to future-proof their workplaces by redesigning roles, realigning cultures, and rethinking work for a new era.

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Future-Ready HR

How CHROs Are Reinventing Their HR Functions to Balance Tech, Talent, and Transformation

Beyond Degrees: A Skills-First Mindset

How Organizations Are Expanding Their Talent Pools by Strategically Prioritizing Candidates’ Skills Rather than Credentials

Org Chart Overhaul

7 Steps to Future-Proof Your Organizational Structure for Tomorrow’s Challenges

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Outside the 9-Box: A Holistic Approach to Talent Evaluation

The 9-box grid has been a staple of talent assessment for decades. Bain & Company's global head of talent says it's time to retire the matrix in favor of a more balanced, modern approach.

How CHROs Are Upskilling for 2025 and Beyond

As part of the Spring 2025 edition, People + Strategy journal asked three HR executives how they're upskilling their workforce to ensure long-term competitiveness.

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Evolve to Solve Workplace Inclusion

How great companies are adapting their inclusion and diversity programs to build workplaces where everyone can succeed.

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The Cure for Automation Anxiety

How Leaders Can Use Psychology-Based Strategies to Overcome Employees’ Resistance to AI

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Talent 2025: Key Takeaways on the Future of Hiring, Retention, and the Employee Experience

The SHRM Talent 2025 conference welcomed more than 3,000 HR leaders to Nashville’s Music City Center to discover and discuss forward-thinking recruiting and retention strategies in this era of change.

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In First Person: Donna Morris, CPO of Walmart

Managing the Largest Private Workforce in the US: Walmart’s CPO on Facing a ‘Fork in the Road’ for HR

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Build a Workforce That’s Resilient, Agile, and Future-Ready

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP President and CEO, SHRM, emphasizes the urgent need for organizations to adapt to evolving workforce trends by investing in reskilling, expanding inclusive hiring practices, and reevaluating benefits to stay competitive in a rapidly changing future.

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Fast Work vs. Slow Work: How Leaders Can Leverage AI to Maximize Human Potential

Discover how AI is reshaping human productivity and why organizations that align people, purpose, and technology will lead the future of work.

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Is Your Board Focused on the Future or the Past?

In this edition of the Directors Roundtable, three experienced board members discuss tomorrow’s workforce trends as well as how boards and C-suites can work together to navigate what’s ahead.

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The 2025 CHRO Agenda: Priorities and Challenges to Prepare for Tomorrow's Workforce

As strategic leaders, CHROs play a central role in aligning human capital strategies with broader organizational goals. SHRM’s new CHRO Priorities and Perspectives report examines the key strategic goals of CHROs in 2025, the range of challenges they face, and their visions for the future of work.

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Automation Displacement in the US Workforce: Who’s at Risk?

This article explores SHRM's groundbreaking research into the impact of automation and related technologies, such as generative AI, on the U.S. workforce.

People + Strategy Podcast Perspectives: Spring 2025

Insights from leaders featured in recent episodes of the weekly People + Strategy podcast from the SHRM Executive Network.

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Executive Perspective: Jyoti Chopra

A Q&A with Jyoti Chopra about her extraordinary career path, from her beginnings at the United Nations to her current role as chief people, inclusion, and sustainability officer at MGM Resorts International.

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Moving On, Staying Connected

Former Chevron CHRO Rhonda Morris shares personal and professional insights on navigating change, fostering connections, and finding growth in the unfamiliar.

People + Strategy Podcast

The People + Strategy podcast features thought leaders in HR and insights from the world of work.

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A twice-monthly e-newsletter, the EN:Brief empowers you to navigate the evolving world of work with insights on leadership, including acquisition, compliance, DE&I, hybrid work, culture, and more. Trust the EN:BRIEF to be your guide towards HR success.

Here is a snapshot of the leader focused topics you can expect:

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About the Journal

People + Strategy is a highly respected quarterly journal that delivers the most current theory, research and practice in strategic human resource management. It consistently ranks among the top benefits in surveys among the SHRM Executive Network members. The publication focuses on HR best practices that help executives consistently improve HR performance and drive organizational development and effectiveness.

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