All About HR - #2.24 - The Evolving CHRO Role: Skills, Impact & Clichés

What does a CHRO need to do to be successful? 💪

Welcome to another exciting episode of All About HR! This is the series for HR Professionals and business leaders who want to future-proof their organization and learn about the latest trends & insights from industry experts, CHROs, and thought leaders. 🚀

How do you build a strong partnership between a CHRO and a CFO? 🤝 In this episode of All About HR season 2, we sit down with Narelle Burke — CHRO at Kantar APAC Insights — to discuss how partnering with the CFO and CEO helps CHROs become better business leaders 💫

Narelle is an experienced CHRO and is responsible for developing and executing a strategic human capital plan at Kantar. She is known for her work in organizational leadership, transformation, and change.

In this video, we’ll discuss:

👉 The most important partnerships for CHROs
👉 Crucial skills for CHROs
👉 Executive development for CHROs

0:00 -The importance of a strong CHRO - CFO partnership
00:44 - Introduction
2:18 - Why a strong relationship with the CFO contributes to the success of the CHRO
5:08 - How the CHRO - CFO partnership plays out in the organization’s decision making
8:07 - Establishing a strong partnership with the CFO (as a CHRO)
10:06 - What doesn’t work in a CHRO - CFO partnership
10:44 - Crucial skills for CHROs (believe in the role that you play!)
13:00 - Why HR isn’t the ‘soft’ side of the business
14:32 - Helping leaders & managers16:08 - Executive development for CHROs: start with being a great business leader
17:42 - Make sure you have a handle on the most important needs at that time
19:02 - Good CHROs read widely and see across the business
20:30 - Narelle’s biggest lesson when she first moved into a CHRO role
22:49 - CHROs moving into other C-suite roles: will this attract different talent to HR?
26:46 - The biggest cliché about HR is that it does the ‘soft stuff’
27:03 - Epic fail
29:56 - Epic win (listening tip!)

Watch the full episode to learn how CHROs can develop their skills to become great business leaders 🚀

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