As boards delve more deeply into talent challenges than ever, we asked Mirian Graddick-Weir, Merck’s former CHRO and a current board member at Yum! Brands and Booking Holdings, for the inside track on oversight of human capital strategy. She shares some tips—and some hard-won wisdom.
Competition for strong leaders is fierce, and a search process that is slow, unpredictable and laborious may turn off your best prospects. Here’s how not to do that.
More and more companies see DEI as a priority. But to get it right, organizations need to go beyond surface efforts.
Women were earning an average 6 percent less at Dailymotion. It took about two years and a lot of focus, but Karine Aubry, chief people officer, outlines how the company addressed the disparity.
The subject of abortion is about as divisive a topic as exists in our society and some heated debate is likely to follow. Some advice for navigating fraught waters.
The five essential skills will help you attract, retain and engage talent spanning across the different generations—because we all want, more or less, the same things.
No company can credibly declare itself apolitical these days. The trick is to navigate the waters with intention, ownership and a set of skills that are unique to the moment.
Building a world-class culture is the best recruitment strategy—and that means paying as much attention to current staff as you do to filling any openings, says Andrew Botwin of Strategy People Culture Consulting.
Former CEO of Jamba Juice James D. White and DEI consultant Krista White argue that human resource leaders are pivotal to creating anti-racist companies.
To attack bias in hiring, make sure your process attracts the broadest candidate pool possible—and start by looking inward.