People + Strategy Journal
Fall 2025: Mapping the C-Suite
The most effective C-suites are powered by leaders who collaborate seamlessly across boundaries. The Fall 2025 edition of the People + Strategy journal highlights the strategies CHROs use today to effectively strengthen connections with their CEO, CFO, CIO, and boards to drive influence, shape strategy, and transform the workplace.
Features
SHRM President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. breaks down what makes the CHRO-CEO relationship thrive, including what he views as “the 3 C’s” of CHRO success.
Explore how CHROs and CFOs form a powerful partnership, balancing people and financial strategy to drive organizational success in today’s complex landscape.
AI is blurring the lines between HR and IT, making collaboration between these two functions essential for aligning talent, technology, and business outcomes.
The former CEO of Nutrisystem outlines four key areas every CHRO should master to become an indispensable voice in the boardroom.
As part of the Fall 2025 edition, People + Strategy journal asked three accomplished HR executives how to build connection and credibility in the c-suite.
How the CHRO of a large health care organization helped unite people, culture, and systems during a major merger — and 5 lessons she learned along the way.
Lessons learned from this year's annual gathering of the SHRM Executive Network in Atlanta.
How HR leaders can create space for reflection and get the most out of their executive coaching experience.
In this Q&A, Kammerud discusses artificial intelligence, leadership blind spots, and what it takes to build a thriving workplace culture today.
Departments
A strong CEO–CHRO partnership drives culture, strategy, and performance. When these leaders are in sync, organizations thrive.
How CHROs can lead AI-driven transformation by focusing on people, culture, and continuous change.
In this Directors Roundtable, three veteran board members discuss how boards can evaluate team effectiveness and drive succession planning.
Learn insights to maximize recruitment from SHRM's new benchmarking report.
SHRM's senior labor economist Justin Ladner says AI-related job displacement will be more limited and nuanced than headlines suggest.
Insights from the leaders featured in recent episodes of the SHRM Executive Network's weekly People + Strategy Podcast.
A Q&A with Sabrina Ellis, executive VP and chief people officer at the National Basketball Association.
Chevron's former CHRO says command-and-control leadership is making a comeback, but balance is what builds lasting performance.
People + Strategy Podcast
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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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