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Latest brief

HR Leadership Signals 2026

Seven signals and ten focus areas from a closed-door day among senior HR leaders, with the notions it points to on a 12 and an 18 month horizon. Executive release, 18 pages.

NewHR and PeopleAfrica18 pages

The ten focus areas inside

  1. 01Understanding generational differences
  2. 02Dynamic succession planning
  3. 03Human and AI collaboration
  4. 04Transforming how work gets done
  5. 05Turning culture into cash
  6. 06From values to practice
  7. 07Biases in performance assessment
  8. 08Performance enablement
  9. 09Compensation as a strategic tool
  10. 10Change management and culture

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