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The board's new mandate to CIOs and CHROs.
Based on research with more than 2,000 HR leaders, IT leaders, and employees.
- Learn why workforce readiness has become the board's new mandate for CIOs and CHROs
- Close the workforce intelligence gap undermining workforce investments and productivity targets
- Explore the CIO-CHRO leadership model separating workforce-ready organizations from everyone else
Why business adaptability demands a new approach to workforce readiness.
HR and IT broadly agree that workforce planning alignment needs to improve
94% agree that a more continuous and adaptive approach to workforce planning is essential.
Organizations have a workforce intelligence problem, not a workforce data problem
85% of organizations lack a consolidated view of their workforce, relying on three or more disconnected sources for workforce data.
Poor workforce intelligence is already creating business consequences
The top consequences of disconnected workforce data were unaddressed skill gaps (50%), delayed workforce decisions (44%), and missed productivity targets (41%).
When CHROs and CIOs lead workforce readiness together, organizations adapt faster.
Greater decision-making confidence
Employees were 67% more likely to feel equipped to make decisions at the speed organizations require.
Quicker decision-making
Organizations were 2X as likely to say they have what they need to make workforce decisions quickly.
Faster workforce action
Organizations took workforce actions 13% faster than before CHROs and CIOs started working together.
More change-ready employees
Employees were 3X more likely to say they were better prepared for change than 12 months ago.
“The organizations making progress are the ones that stop treating workforce readiness as separate HR and IT problems.”
Guna Jayaraman
Chief AI Officer, Cornerstone
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