Minneapolis CHRO Executive Summit

Over the past year, C.H. Robinson has embarked on a transformative project to enhance its company purpose and culture. This innovative project engaged staff across all organizational levels. This group gained expertise in innovation, change management, storytelling, and influence. They built strong interpersonal relationships and used these skills to engage employees across the company as they identified the behaviors that define Robinson’s unique culture. Through this work, they enrolled a network of champions who are excited to model Robinson’s behavioral advantages and share stories to inspire others to do the same.

In this case study, you'll learn:

• Strategies for embedding culture into your organization
• Techniques to enroll employees into new shared beliefs and behaviors
• Insights to implement action learning projects for employee development

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Amidst an extraordinary demand for skilled professionals, companies are facing significant challenges due to high turnover rates. According to a Gartner survey, more than half of job seekers prefer positions offering work-life balance, career advancement opportunities, and flexibility over roles with a 10% higher salary.

In this session, you will explore strategies for retaining talent, such as:

• Enhancing company culture to draw in suitable candidates
• Refreshing and communicating your Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
• Maintaining employee engagement through internal career development opportunities

The evolving complexities of the modern workforce are transforming business operations and redefining employee roles. Amidst this shift, CHROs must remain agile, balancing immediate business priorities with the cultivation of essential skills.

In this session, CHROs will explore:

• Reorganizing business structures for efficient workflows and resource allocation
• Leveraging emerging technologies for employee development
• Designing organizational frameworks for hybrid work environments

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

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CEOs surveyed by Gartner say talent shortage is the top damaging factor for the enterprise. Despite that fact, only 15% of organizations reported practicing strategic workforce planning (SWP) last year. How can CHROs streamline SWP to align with current and future business needs while remaining adaptable to change?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Optimizing SWP processes while reducing complexities
• Adapting strategies to meet short and long-term goals
• Matching talent needs with enterprise aspirations

According to Gartner, only 11% of learning and development staff believe their employees have the skills needed to succeed in future roles. Yet many organizations are cutting back on learning investments for 2025, tasking CHROs to do more with less.

Join this session to discuss how to:

• Deliver critical skills initiatives while under pressure to curtail costs
• Tap into technology to support employee development
• Measure and convey the value of learning and development programs

62% of CEOs reported growth as their number one priority for 2025 and they are increasingly turning to employee productivity to drive that growth. Unfortunately, many CHROs struggle to define productivity and to understand what they can do to boost it. Worse yet, they are at risk of succumbing to four “emerging productivity myths,” on topics ranging from AI to hybrid risk, that could potentially derail their plans.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Align HR strategy to the CEO’s growth objectives
• Prepare employees to harness the full productivity boosting potential of GenAI
• Ensure that talent strategies (e.g., performance management, culture) drives employee productivity

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.