Exclusive: The CIPD’s incoming CEO, President and Chair – together on The Merri-Cast
This week, we have a really special episode of The Merri-Cast podcast to bring to you.
Neil Carberry OBE is preparing to take the reins as CEO of the CIPD later this month, at a pivotal moment for HR. And before taking office, he joins me, Trevor Merriden on the show alongside CIPD President Rt Hon Chloe Smith and Chair Professor Chris Bones for an exclusive and powerful conversation about the future of the profession – and the direction the CIPD now needs to take.
And in this episode – “HR’s Moment of Truth: A Time to Lead” – they don’t shy away from the big questions.
Is HR doing enough to demonstrate its contribution to organisational performance? What needs to change if the profession is to remain relevant and influential? And, with AI, shifting demographics and economic uncertainty changing organisations around us, how can HR step forward and lead?
In this episode, we discuss:
• Why HR is at such a critical turning point – right here, right now
• Why productivity and performance must be central to the profession
• The role HR now need to play in leading organisations through AI and technological change
• Why HR needs to solve business as well as HR problems
• What CIPD membership should mean – to members and employers
• What Neil, Chloe and Chris believe needs to change at the CIPD
• The capabilities that HR professionals need to invest in now to prepare for their future
There is a real sense throughout this conversation that something big is changing.
The opportunity is there for HR to become more confident, more commercially focused and more central to organisational performance. But as Neil, Chloe and Chris make clear, taking that opportunity will require the profession and the CIPD itself to make some important choices.
This is a conversation anyone working in HR – or alongside it – definitely won’t want to miss.
🎧 Listen to the full episode HERE.