"Leaders juggle a lot of demands and priorities. However, most CEOs tell me they're highly attentive to company culture, change management, and workforce transformation in the age of AI -all areas that their chief human resources officers (CHROs) or chief people officers (CPOs) are tackling, too, notes Jennifer Wilson, cohead of the global Human Resources Officer practice at leadership advisory firm Heidrick & Struggles."
""The only other seat besides CEO that has a cross-enterprise view is the chief human resources officer," Wilson says. "The best CHROs these days are weighing in and shaping strategy around big corporate issues." Yet CHROs are rarely tapped for the CEO role. Heidrick & Struggles's data shows that only 16 CEOs at America's 1,000 largest companies by revenue have previous HR experience."
Leaders balance many demands while prioritizing company culture, change management, and workforce transformation amid AI adoption. Chief human resources officers and chief people officers address those same priorities across the enterprise. The CHRO role provides a cross-enterprise view comparable to the CEO and increasingly influences broad corporate strategy. Despite that strategic contribution, only a small number of CEOs at the largest U.S. companies have prior HR experience. Some current CEOs held HR positions during their career paths, and a few moved directly from senior HR roles into top executive leadership.
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