The buzz: 'Learning never exhausts the mind' -Leonardo da Vinci. Your company probably does some employee training, even if only to mandate they read the annual employee handbook update.

The buzz: Tick tock. Wake up, HR! It’s time for your Payroll function to shift from a transactional data entry commodity to a transformational mindset.

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The buzz: HR pop quiz. HR in the cloud is a business discussion, not a technology discussion.

The buzz: What’s cookin’? Successful organizations outperform the competition by better using data to inform workforce and business decisions. But despite these positive results, HR adoption of analytics is still the exception.

The buzz: Tick tock. HR is under pressure to deliver a more consumer-grade experience, especially in recruiting with its widening overlap between customer and job candidate.

The buzz: We're still talking about this? Companies are being scrutinized by the media, by customers, and by shareholders about whether they give their full workforce equal access to opportunities and rewards.

The buzz: Let’s talk. Dramatic workforce and business changes – multi-generations, gender inequity, developing economies, globalization – signal it’s time for the CHRO role to evolve.

The buzz: Buckle down. Good news: Public and private company CHROs [Chief Human Resources Officers] are increasingly in the enviable position of gaining access to the board.