CHRO office filled by PRL International Executive Recruiting The Most Undervalued Executive in Your Company Is Probably Your CHRO I asked a room full of CEOs and COOs a simple question two months ago. How many of you view HR as a strategic asset? The silence told me everything. Most senior leaders view HR as overhead. A necessary cost. The department that handles paperwork, manages complaints, and slows down decisions. After 30 years of retained executive search, I can tell y

Most CEOs treat the Chief Human Resources Officer search as a back-office hire. Fill the seat, check the box, move on. That thinking is costing companies more than they realize. A Yale School of Management study found that when companies hired a well-compensated, strategically placed CHRO, there was a measurable bump in stock price. Not a modest internal improvement. A market reaction. Investors noticed. The same research found that companies with strong HR leadership attract