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Report Growing Pressures Forcing Employees Inward

Employees across all industries are investing in their path forward with their current employer, while still steeking greater stability, according to  Mercer’s 2026 Inside Employees’ Minds Report.

By Gregory C. Hoff

2026 CHRO Survey Key Findings

Cjeu on Collective Bargaining and Public Contracts

By Tom Hayes

EWCS Two Words Intentional Negligent Are Critical

By Tom Hayes

UK Employment Rights Act Pop up Unions

By Tom Hayes

Ireland Trade Union Recognition

By Tom Hayes

EU Sanctions Chinese and Iranian Hackers

By Derek Mooney

From Policy to Practice: Navigating Workforce Priorities Under the Trump Administration

CHRO Association’s Ani Huang and Chatrane Birbal cut through the noise to give members a clear-eyed outlook on what's actually changing (and what isn't)  on the U.S. policy front through year-end.

By Megan Wolf

What “Human Thriving” Means in the Workplace

What does it actually mean to "thrive"? The 2026 CHRO Summit concluded with journalist and author Hoda Kotb joined by Monique Herena, CHRO of American Express and Nickle Lamoreaux, CHRO of IBM in a discussion to peel back the layers of leadership, resilience, and the often-ignored gap between being "busy" and being "intentional." 

By Wenchao Dong

Early Lessons from CHROs Leading AI Adoption

Led by Jacqui Canney, Chief People Officer at ServiceNow, HR leaders compared early experiences using artificial intelligence in HR operations. The conversation focused on experiments, successes, and key learnings as adoption accelerates.

World Class Hrbps Insights from Cahrs and Real World Practice

Kevin Cox moderated a discussion of the changing role of the HR business partner and where the future lies, including how organizations have restructured their HRBP model to meet modern business demands.

Caregiving as a Workforce Imperative: Closing the Awareness and Access Gap

Amanda Poole, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb, opened the conversation with a simple but powerful reminder: “AI cannot care.” While technology continues to reshape the workplace, the impact of caregiving on the workforce remains an essential—and deeply human—dimension the workforce experiences that impacts engagement, retention and productivity. 

By Chatrane Birbal

Leadership in a Restless World: Geopolitics, Governance, and Resilience

The Summit’s final day kicked off with an expert’s guide to leadership in an increasingly complex external environment, as retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis discussed the current geopolitical environment and how leaders can connect the dots between events and their companies’ interests, and remain resilient while navigating their organizations through the uncertainty.

By Gregory C. Hoff

Leading the Hybrid Human-AI Workforce

Professor Ethan Mollick’s fireside chat with Parker Mitchell captivated the audience with his insights on how leaders should think about – and act upon – AI’s impact on work, the workforce, and organizational design.  

By Megan Wolf

Developing the AI-Enabled Workplace

In the first of the Summit’s four breakout sessions on AI, Rebecca Hinds, Head of the Work AI Institute, and Ryan Craig, CHRO, Elevance Health, led attendees on a journey through developing workforce capabilities, skills, and learning for an AI-enabled workplace.

By Gregory C. Hoff

Measuring What Matters: The Real ROI of Enterprise AI

Georgeann Couchara of Danaher and Ernest Ng of Workday spoke with the Association’s Ani Huang to tackle the question many teams are quietly avoiding: how do you actually measure the return on AI investment?  

By Megan Wolf

Inside Implementation: How Enterprise HR Leaders are Deploying AI at Scale

Stephanie Lundquist of Cargill led this breakout session featuring CHROs discussing lessons learned from AI implementation inside global organizations, including identifying priority use cases, navigating change management, governance, and facilitating workforce buy-in.

By Gregory C. Hoff

The CEO–CHRO Partnership: A Fireside Chat with Optum CEO Patrick Conway and Chief People Officer Kristi Hummel

The Summit kicked off with an opening session focused on the importance of strategic alignment between the CEO and CHRO, as Optum CEO Dr. Patrick Conway was joined by Chief People Officer Kristi Hummel in an illuminating discussion on leadership.

By Chatrane Birbal

SEC Chair Calls for Minimum Effective Dose of Disclosure

The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) had its first meeting of the year - and reducing unnecessary proxy disclosure was first on the agenda.

By Ani Huang

Five Ways AI Is Rewriting Shareholder Engagement

For decades, shareholder engagement was a craft refined meeting by meeting, quarter by quarter, relationship by relationship. AI is turning that playbook into a continuous, personalized, data-validated negotiation where investors’ algorithms measurements matter more than what your CEO says.

By Megan Wolf

The Case for AI Native Proxy Voting

Every year, institutional investors cast millions of votes on behalf of everyday investors through proxy voting. Most don’t do it themselves.

By Megan Wolf

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By Tom Hayes

Argentina Labor Reform Advances in Congress

Argentina’s Congress has now approved a labor reform backed by President Javier Milei - a success for the government’s second attempt to modernize the country’s rigid labor framework. While earlier proposals suggested broader structural change,the new one is narrower and focuses more heavily on reducing hiring costs and encouraging formal employment.

By Wenchao Dong