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HR executives are tasked with the increasingly challenging job of filling the ranks of the C-suite—and that includes the future leadership of their own function. The next generation of HR leaders is going to be—and needs to be—distinctly different than today’s, experts say, a reality current executives must consider as they strategize for long-term sustainability.
As winners of this year’s HR’s Rising Stars competition, Prerna Ajmera, general manager, HR digital strategy & innovation, at Microsoft, and Gabrielle Rodman, global senior talent projects & programs lead at Dell Technologies, have unique insights on the next class of HR leaders. Ajmera and Rodman recently shared what will define this future bench of talent—and how HR can take advantage of these differentiators to shape success.
3 realities about future HR leaders An AI-native generation
The HR talent that will be entering organizations in the coming years aren’t just equipped to use AI—they will be AI natives, Ajmera notes.
“They’re going to bring to the table a very different way of working,” she says. That creates “huge potential” for the future of HR leadership, she says.
Ajmera points to Microsoft’s research on the emergence of the “Frontier Firm”—the organization that will eventually have a hybrid
