Closing the CEO-CHRO Gap

In our new report, The CEO-CHRO Partnership, SHRM and the Chief Executive Group surveyed 243 CEOs and 406 CHROs and found CEOs two biggest business priorities for 2021 were talent availability and recruiting (56 percent) and retention and upskilling (58.4 percent). The research also found disparities in how CEOs and CHROs prioritize inclusion, equity and diversity; wages and compensation practices; organizational reinvention and innovation; and leadership transition. CEOs and CHROs working in close strategic partnership is still emergent, although a growing number of CEOs and boards are handing more responsibility to CHROs and expecting them to provide insight and counsel in key areas such as talent, leadership development and workforce capabilities.