By aligning people strategy with business strategy and adopting an employee-centric, tech-savvy approach, HR can transform into a strategic partner that drives organizational success. HR advisor and fractional CHRO Tracie Sponenberg shared her insights with us on shifting from an administrative mindset to a strategic one, focusing on the long-term employee experience and leveraging AI tools.

Highlights

[4:10 ] What a fractional CPO/CHRO is

[6:41 ] Transforming HR from administrative to strategic

[8:51 ] How Tracie changed the mindset toward HR for one of her clients

[14:38 ] A cool tool for mapping the employee journey

[15:34 ] The impact of AI on HR

[20:55 ] AI and the employee experience

[25:34 ] HR professional development

[34:16 ] Rethinking best practices

[36:52 ] Trending now: AI assistants, fractional executives, neurodiversity, DEIB

[41:19 ] The state of remote and flexible work

Guest Bio

Tracie Sponenberg, Founder, Tracie Sponenberg, LLC

Tracie Sponenberg is a global speaker on HR, leadership, technology, and business issues. Formerly the Chief People Officer for The Granite Group, she recently founded Tracie Sponenberg LLC, where she serves as a Fractional CPO and advisor for companies in the distribution and manufacturing industries. While Tracie used to describe herself as “working in HR,” she now describes herself as a “business leader specializing in people” following her transformation from paper-first to a people-first leader. She embraces the importance of learning about her clients’ business, technology, the critical nature of relationships, the importance of a growth mindset, speaking up, and learning to always put people before profits

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/traciesponenberg/

https://traciesponenberg.com/

https://www.pynhq.com/

https://www.troophr.com/

https://hackinghrlab.io/

https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/neurodiverse-friendly-workplace/

https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/strategic-human-resource-management/

https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/future-of-ai-in-hr/

Berta Aldrich’s best-selling book, Winning the Talent Shift, is available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119768713

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