Here is an abridged version of issue 241 - The Best of May of Talent Edge Weekly. The abridged version:

• only includes links and brief descriptions of the 16 sources covered

• does not include my in-depth review

• does not include many of the bonus links in the full version

• is for those who just want easy access to the 16 resources.

You can access the full version of issue 241 HERE at any time!

Brian

I. TALENT AND WORKPLACE PRACTICES

Critical roles, succession planning, talent review, AI in the workplace, performance management, skills-based hiring, internal mobility, and “the meeting after the meeting.”

• Critical Role Identification and Risk-Evaluation Template | Brian Heger | My template to help identify critical roles, estimate related risks, and inform talent planning.

• Strategies to Improve Succession in A High-Disruption Environment | Gartner | Shares ideas for building robust succession and leadership pipelines amid disruption. Includes an example from Bridgestone.

• Does Your Talent Review Process Need a Review of Its Own? | Brian Heger | My one-page editable worksheet to help practitioners evaluate opportunities to improve the impact of talent reviews.

• AI at Work Is Here. Now Comes the Hard Part | Microsoft and LinkedIn | A new 38-page report that shares insights about the growing integration of AI in the workplace and its implications for organizations.

• Template for Evaluating AI in HR Use Cases Based on Impact and Feasibility | Brian Heger | My new template to help HR teams identify and prioritize potential AI in HR use cases.

• Performance Management that Puts People First | McKinsey | Offers ideas for designing four key components of an organization’s PM: goal setting, performance reviews, ongoing development, and rewards.

• What Companies Get Wrong About Skills-Based Hiring | Harvard Business Review | Shares research findings on whether the removal of academic degree requirements from job postings leads to the hiring of more candidates without degrees.

• Experience the Difference: Why Employers Are Relaxing Some Tenure Requirements | Economic Research by Indeed | A new analysis on the decline in the number of job postings requiring a certain number of years of experience.

• 8 Resources on Enabling Internal Mobility in Organizations | Brian Heger | My curated one page PDF with resources on internal mobility— from case studies to research on the benefits of IM.

• Hard Truths About the Meeting After the Meeting | MIT Sloan Management Review | Shares 5 strategies for minimizing the need for the “meeting after the meeting”—when several participants informally gather to make sense of the meeting they just attended.

II. RETURN TO OFFICE

Updates on RTO mandates, data-driven hybrid work policies, and a study on the impact of RTO on employee turnover.

• Return to Office Cheat Sheet on Organizations Announcing RTO Updates | Brian Heger | My updated summary sheet on how 14 organizations are modifying their RTO guidance.

• Using Data to Design Your Hybrid Work Policies | Harvard Business Review | Shares findings from Ernst & Young’s (EY U.S.) data-driven approach to hybrid work, comparing the performance and well-being of its hybrid employees to their fully in-person and remote worker counterparts.

• Return to Office and the Tenure Distribution | University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and Ipsos | Covers results from a study on the impact of RTO on employee turnover, particularly senior-level employees.

III. HR EFFECTIVENESS AND CHRO

HR transformation, CHRO trends report, and a sample of CHROs hired in the past 60 days.

• HR Transformation: Common Pitfalls and Tried and True Tips | The RBL Group | Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood share four common pitfalls in HR transformation and provide tips on overcoming them.

• CHRO Trends Report 2024 | The Talent Strategy Group | Shares the top 10 trends in the Fortune 200 Chief HR and Chief People Officer roles.

• 7 Chief HR Officers that Were Hired or Promoted in the Last 60 Days | Brian Heger | I share summaries of seven Chief HR Officers who were appointed to a new CHRO role in April and May 2024.