HR leaders need to focus on three key areas in connecting business with HR strategy and driving commercial outcomes, according to Oracle. HR leaders need to focus on three key areas in connecting business with HR strategy and driving commercial outcomes, according to Oracle. MORE

Jack Berkowitz, VP Products & Data Science | Oracle. Kris Dunn, CHRO | Kinetix. Melissa Gee-Kee, Strategy Director to the CHRO & Global HR2HR Director | Unilever. Jack Berkowitz, VP Products & Data Science | Oracle. MORE

Pat Wadors, CHRO and SVP of the Global Talent Organization at LinkedIn brought her own sense of cool with an equally genuine and passionate story of belonging as the necessary third element of having a diverse and inclusive workplace. The game plan and story of TIAA’s HR transformation was shared by Skip Spriggs, EVP CHRO and Josh Shamansky, SVP, Chief Talent & Reward Officer. Expectations always rise on the second day of a high-quality conference; this year was no exception. MORE

I’ll be speaking at Bill Kutik’s HR Technology conference for the first time this year – so will hear the results of Lexy’s HR Systems survey there. But there’s are so many other sessions that I’m looking forward to as well. MORE

Jill Larsen , SVP of HR & Talent at Cisco Systems, and Cynthia Ring , CHRO at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, received Awards of Distinction for their accomplishments in the HR profession. and Phase Forward (acquired by Oracle). MORE

By taking a highly structured, analytical approach, and allowing no quarter for emotion, the CHRO and the HR function can demonstrate a business mindset and an ability to appropriately understand, evaluate and deliver on relevant business needs. By Christine Mellon. MORE

Guest Written by Andy Yen, Director of Product Marketing, Oracle HCM Cloud. This past October, I attended two of the most prominent technology conferences in the industry – Oracle Openworld and HR Technology. MORE

She has held HR consulting and corporate roles, including CHRO positions for Echostar in Denver, a 6,000+ employee global engineering firm, and Aepona, a startup software firm, successfully acquired by Intel. By Christine Mellon. MORE

In some cases, the pressure from internal stakeholders can take a toll—consider the hundreds of Oracle employees who petitioned their leadership this year to take a public stand on immigration policy. There’s been a surge in stories coming out of corporate America lately that run the gamut from awkward and regrettable to straight-up horrifying. MORE

For Joyce Westerdahl, CHRO at Oracle, the key is keeping her eye on the business. Lazenby: What drives Oracle’s talent management strategy? Westerdahl: Our main focus is to make Oracle a destination employer. By Aaron Lazenby. MORE

And here’s an interesting report from Oracle and MIT Technology Review. My friends at Oracle sent it to me, and I’m glad they did. Underwritten by Oracle.) Better to have some informed opinions before your CEO, CHRO, CFO, or CTO starts asking questions…. MORE