The Perfect Pair: How CHROs & People Analytics Leaders Drive Business Outcomes Together

The collaboration between Chief Human Resources Officers and Heads of People Analytics is becoming increasingly crucial in today's data-driven, AI business landscape. This partnership faces challenges such as aligning strategic vision with analytical capabilities and overcoming data silos. This can easily lead to missed opportunities and fragmented insights. However, when these roles work in harmony, they can unlock powerful solutions that drive informed decision-making, enhance employee experience, and optimize talent management. The impact of a stronger CHRO-People Analytics partnership extends beyond HR, influencing overall business performance, agility, and competitive advantage. Winning organizations know that talent outcomes are determined by the collective sum of everyday decisions made by front-line managers. These distributed decisions about people will add up to meaningful, high-impact change—but only if the dots are connected. Now is the time to work in tandem to better navigate workforce challenges, improve productivity, and achieve sustainable growth.

Discussion points

• Overcoming common barriers and aligning objectives with capabilities in the CHRO-People Analytics collaboration to build a cohesive, insight-driven HR function

• Best practices for translating analytical insights into strategic workforce decisions that directly impact business outcomes

• How to collectively drive a data-driven culture within your HR team to improve accuracy in reporting and analytics

• Implementing Real-Time Analytics: Gain insights on setting up real-time analytics dashboards for instant access to critical workforce metrics

Panelists

• Kenneth White, Director of People Analytics at the National Basketball Association (NBA)

• Pat Wadors, Chief People Officer at UKG

• Melissa Shore, Vice President, People Insights and M&A Integration at UKG

• RJ Milnor, Chief Human Resources Officer at Valuetainment

• (Moderator) Carla Williams, Senior Director, People Analytics Consulting at Visier

• (Event MC) Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the 6th Annual Global People Analytics Summit 2024. It brought together 40+ world-class speakers across 7 different panels who shared actionable insights, practical takeaways and how they are using People Analytics to transform the Future of Work.

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