Digital HR Leaders with David Green The New CHRO-CEO Partnership: Leading With Insight and Humanity
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Dec 2, 2025 Katarina Berg, an experienced CHRO with leadership roles at Spotify and On, discusses the evolving CHRO-CEO partnership in today's dynamic business landscape. She emphasizes the importance of boldness and human-centered HR strategies, especially in the AI era. Throughout the conversation, Katarina shares insights on her first 100 days at On, the need to prioritize learning and culture, and the crucial role of people analytics. She advocates for intentional leadership and aligning AI with business goals to enhance workplace performance.
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Prioritize Business Proximity Early
- Spend your first 100 days as close to the business as possible to learn what you don't yet know.
- Plug knowledge gaps about people and operations before prescribing solutions.
CHROs Translate Data Into Cultural Action
- The CHRO-CEO relationship is now more strategic and closer than ever, but many HR leaders still struggle to sit at the table.
- HR combines people expertise with culture to translate AI-driven data into meaningful action for leaders.
Choose Your CEO As A Deliberate Decision
- Deliberately choose a CEO or boss whose values and vision you complement before accepting the role.
- Build a partnership that allows healthy debate and evidence-based persuasion, not blind agreement.
