Minneapolis CHRO Community
Executive Summit

Over the past year, C.H. Robinson has embarked on a transformative project to enhance its company purpose and culture. This innovative project engaged staff across all organizational levels. This group gained expertise in innovation, change management, storytelling, and influence. They built strong interpersonal relationships and used these skills to engage employees across the company as they identified the behaviors that define Robinson’s unique culture. Through this work, they enrolled a network of champions who are excited to model Robinson’s behavioral advantages and share stories to inspire others to do the same.

In this case study, you'll learn:

• Strategies for embedding culture into your organization
• Techniques to enroll employees into new shared beliefs and behaviors
• Insights to implement action learning projects for employee development

Leading an enterprise through change requires strategic change management to navigate challenges and improve business outcomes. Discover the secret to beating the transformation odds by applying HR best practices and leveraging a repeatable plan and methodology. Learn how to deliver success at our "Beat the Transformation Odds" break-out. Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and transform.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Foster a clear vision and strategy to ignite transformation 
• Implement repeatable process and a proven HR methodology
• Utilize and apply practical tools and solutions to guarantee scalability and consistency 

Amidst an extraordinary demand for skilled professionals, companies are facing significant challenges due to high turnover rates. According to a Gartner survey, more than half of job seekers prefer positions offering work-life balance, career advancement opportunities, and flexibility over roles with a 10% higher salary.

In this session, you will explore strategies for retaining talent, such as:

• Enhancing company culture to draw in suitable candidates
• Refreshing and communicating your Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
• Maintaining employee engagement through internal career development opportunities

The evolving complexities of the modern workforce are transforming business operations and redefining employee roles. Amidst this shift, CHROs must remain agile, balancing immediate business priorities with the cultivation of essential skills.

In this session, CHROs will explore:

• Reorganizing business structures for efficient workflows and resource allocation
• Leveraging emerging technologies for employee development
• Designing organizational frameworks for hybrid work environments

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings

CHROs will engage in focused discussions within industry-specific small groups to identify and address top priorities. This collaborative setting fosters the exchange of insights and strategies tailored to unique industry challenges, enabling leaders to drive organizational success.

Participants will benefit from:

• Peer experiences for innovative solutions
• Industry-tailored, actionable takeaways
• Cross-industry sharing of tested tactics

CEOs surveyed by Gartner say talent shortage is the top damaging factor for the enterprise. Despite that fact, only 15% of organizations reported practicing strategic workforce planning (SWP) last year. How can CHROs streamline SWP to align with current and future business needs while remaining adaptable to change?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Optimizing SWP processes while reducing complexities
• Adapting strategies to meet short and long-term goals
• Matching talent needs with enterprise aspirations

Recent executive orders have posed significant challenges to the DEI programs that CHROs have developed over the past several years. While it’s not yet clear how courts will interpret the orders, CHROs are tasked with reevaluating their DEI strategies without legal repercussions while also meeting employee demands for sustained access, leadership development, and a positive company culture.

In this workshop, CHROs will collaborate with peers to address:

• Balancing legal compliance and DEI governance with business objectives
• Evaluating the impact of DEI on leadership development and succession planning
• Understanding the needs of the workforce in a sensitive political climate

62% of CEOs reported growth as their number one priority for 2025 and they are increasingly turning to employee productivity to drive that growth. Unfortunately, many CHROs struggle to define productivity and to understand what they can do to boost it. Worse yet, they are at risk of succumbing to four “emerging productivity myths,” on topics ranging from AI to hybrid risk, that could potentially derail their plans.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Align HR strategy to the CEO’s growth objectives
• Prepare employees to harness the full productivity boosting potential of GenAI
• Ensure that talent strategies (e.g., performance management, culture) drives employee productivity

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.