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The evolution of the CHRO role in the last decade has been remarkable, experts agree, as HR leaders shifted from vying for a seat at the proverbial table to leading a function now considered a key driver of business outcomes. It was a transformation accelerated by the pandemic and continuing to shift with the influence of emerging technologies. For a leading nonprofit serving the CHRO community, this evolution ran parallel to the organization’s own transformation, which is now entering a new era.
The Washington, D.C.-based HR Policy Association announced this week that it has rebranded to the CHRO Association.
“Just as the role of the CHRO has evolved, the association got to a point where its name didn’t fully represent who we are and the role we play,” says Timothy Richmond, chair of the board of directors at the CHRO Association and former CHRO of AbbVie. “It became time to call ourselves what we are.”
A shifting environment for CHROs
The organization was founded in 1968 as the Labor Policy Association and had been known as HRPA since 2003, a shift that broadened its focus from public policy around labor relations issues to include healthcare and executive compensation, among other areas.
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