CAHRS Top 10 August 2025
CAHRS Company Showcase
Aligning HR Technology with HR Strategy at Workday
CAHRS
CAHRS Partner Company Workday recently set out to redefine its talent philosophy to identify consistent, equitable, and scalable talent practices that would drive employee performance, learning, and career advancement. These changes affected decisions about how to best utilize their own HR technology platform to fuel these changes. This video includes insights about how Workday optimized talent and technology, including decisions made about how to best leverage its own platform.Dive deeper into this subject by reviewing the “Talent Philosophy Meets Technology for High Performance at Workday”
Case Study.- Multigenerational Workforces
How to Effectively Manage Them
The HR Director
Multi-generational workforce, spanning Baby Boomers to Gen Z, brings complementary strengths such as digital fluency, institutional memory, innovation, and broad perspectives. Tailoring communication channels to generational preferences is recommended, along with fostering both traditional and reverse mentoring. Flexible policies that accommodate diverse life stages and targeted recognition programs help integrate employees into a unified, high-performing culture.
- Hybrid Work
It Still Isn’t Working
Harvard Business Review
Over the past year, many organizations have urged full-time return to the office, citing studies linking remote and hybrid setups to declines in performance, collaboration, social connection, and company culture. However, most businesses can't simply expand office space or reverse these trends due to cost, geographic dispersion, or fear of alienating irreplaceable talent. Companies committed to hybrid models need to proactively redesign systems, interactions, onboarding, mentoring, and cultural norms.
- New Overtime and Tip Deduction
How Will They Affect Employers?
HR Executive
The newly enacted federal spending bill introduces above-the-line deductions for both tips and overtime income, allowing eligible workers to exclude up to $25,000 in tips and $12,500 in overtime pay from their 2025–2028 federal income tax liability. Only certain workers in traditionally tipped occupations and those eligible under the Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime qualify, and deductions phase out at higher income levels. Employers are also expected to adapt payroll practices, manage potential overtime abuse, and reassess tip‑pooling policies.
- A Merger Boom
An HR Headache
There is a surge in merger and acquisition activity with more than half expecting increased dealmaking in the near term. HR departments often are brought in late, leaving them struggling to integrate talent, reconcile compensation and benefits, and align hiring practices across merging organizations. As a result, CHROs face immense pressure to drive organizational alignment, culture integration, and policy harmonization post-merger.
- Beyond the Org Chart
Michael O’Hare on Leading with Purpose
EgonZehnder
This reflection from long-time, now-retired CAHRS Advisory Board member looks at how the Chief Human Resources Officer position is evolving, and where it’s headed. Ultimately, looking at the best interests of the organization and the employees will ensure effective HR leadership. At the same time; however, the CHRO must adhere to demands of various stakeholders – no easy task. Keeping up with the fast pace of technology requires both financial and business acumen.
- Unfinished Work
Fear and Uncertainty Could be the Root Cause
HR Brew
The current climate of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) is causing significant stress among employees, which in turn contributes to unfinished work and lowered productivity. Organizations must equip managers with intentionality and empathy to help employees better manage uncertainty and maintain productivity. HR has a critical role in fostering supportive leadership and creating environments that reduce stress, helping workers navigate ongoing uncertainty more effectively.
- Enhancing Fairness
Utilizing Workplace Equity Software
HR Analytics Trends
Organizations are leveraging equity-focused HR tools to systematically identify and correct compensation disparities related to gender, race, and other demographics. These technologies enable continuous monitoring (not just annual reviews); root-cause analytics; and integration across compensation components like salary, bonuses, and equity, fostering pay transparency and regulatory compliance. Regular use of these solutions builds employee trust, reduces legal risk, and supports equitable pay practices over time.
- The HR Landscape
A Comprehensive Look
McKinsey
HR needs to evolve by adopting long-term workforce planning aligned with future skills and addressing ongoing challenges in talent acquisition amid easing labor markets. Integrating employee development functions such as performance management, learning, and succession planning ultimately drive organizational success. This report also stresses improving employee experience through data-driven, personalized approaches to reduce dissatisfaction and disengagement.
- C-Suite Roles
Effective Strategies for Executive Leadership Readiness
ILR School
This brief explores the most effective strategies to accelerate C-suite readiness, drawing from industry research, company case studies, and recognized best practices. Organizations must move beyond traditional training and focus on a development strategy that is intentional, personalized, and embedded in the business. Successful approaches include building self-awareness, identifying leadership gaps, and aligning individual development with enterprise strategy.