Gartner for CHROs

Tackle your most critical priorities with trusted insights, tailored guidance, and execution tools backed by 25,000+ annual CHRO conversations, 200+ HR experts and dozens of quantitative studies. 

Guided by a former CHRO, our flexible partnership evolves with your changing needs from annual planning, workforce initiatives, transformation to disruptions.

We help you move faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver measurable impact.

How we support your priorities

Transform HR Through AI

Reinvent HR for the AI era by building an “Always on” transformation capability to guide the evolution of work.

Shape work for the human-machine era

Redesign people strategies and workflows to integrate AI into work while meeting evolving enterprise needs.

Mobilize leaders for growth amid uncertainty

Prepare leaders and managers to navigate change and drive growth as AI reshapes work and strategy.

Strengthen culture to power performance

Evolve culture to align employees and sustain performance amid AI-driven change.

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What’s included in a Gartner for CHRO membership

CHRO Executive Partners

Trusted by 500+ CHROs globally, CHRO Executive Partners are former CHROs with decades of experience who provide personalized, strategic guidance. They help you accelerate impact, lead transformation, and navigate complex challenges with confidence—acting as a sounding board and advisor.

  • Safe sounding board to discuss ideas and challenges

  • Pressure-test priorities and plans to challenge your thinking

  • Facilitated strategy meetings with your HR leadership team

  • Support for board-level communications and executive alignment

  • Peer connections to benchmark and learn from other CHROs

Expert guidance to help you tackle your most critical priorities

Gartner for CHROs helps you prioritize time and resources on what matters most. Our insights, guidance, and tools focus on Mission-Critical Priorities (MCPs)—the imperatives that drive results for your business and stakeholders.

We focus on the highest impact priorities for CHROs—from unlocking value with AI to optimizing costs and leading change— decisions that drive impact. With step-by-step guidance and clear Journey Steps, Gartner helps you move confidently from strategy to execution.

Actionable Insights for your everyday organizational needs

Gartner for CHROs also equips you to tackle Perennial Priorities by connecting enterprise strategy to the functional decisions that drive performance.

Backed by over 500,000 client discussions and 23,000 vendor conversations and 200,000 AI queries, Gartner gives you access to more C level strategies, tools, and best practices than any other source.

  • AskGartner AI for instant, contextual answers and summaries
  • Case studies showcasing peer-tested strategies and measurable outcomes
  • Magic Quadrants and Market Guides for smarter tech decisions
  • Enterprise leadership insights to enhance C-suite collaboration

Must-Attend Events

From webinars and local briefings to immersive conferences, Gartner events help CHROs stay ahead of the curve, connect with peers, and gain actionable insights to drive strategic impact. Our premier CHRO event, Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™, draws 8,000+ HR leaders annually for exclusive programming, world-class speakers and networking.

Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ conference

Peer Connections

Gartner’s peer platforms offer always-on access to senior HR leaders. These platforms complement Gartner’s expert guidance by giving you direct access to the lived experiences of your peers — helping you validate decisions, uncover new approaches, and stay ahead of the curve.

  • Gartner Peer Community: Connect with 100K+ executives through live discussions, polls, and Q&A

  • Gartner Peer Insights: Explore 575,000+ verified technology reviews across 570+ markets and 22,000+ products to make smarter HR tech decisions.

Workflow and Benchmark Tools

Assess your current HR performance and benchmark against peers to uncover opportunities, then accelerate execution with workflow tools like BuySmart™ and Accelerators—giving you guided plans, vendor support, and proven frameworks and templates to move faster.

How CHROs benefit:

Strengthen Enterprise Influence

Elevate your role with board-ready communications, strategic alignment, and personalized guidance that increases HR’s visibility and impact across the business.

Mitigate Strategic and Operational Risk

Gain real-time visibility into evolving HR practices, lessons learned, and peer-tested approaches to avoid missteps and strengthen execution.

Extend Your Strategic Capacity

Partner with a dedicated Executive Partner and access 200+ HR experts to support your priorities year-round—without adding headcount.

Reduce Decision Time

Tap into expert inquiry and curated insights to make faster, more confident decisions on HR strategy, technology, and transformation.

Find Cost Savings

Uncover risks and cost savings in your HR technology contracts and rationalize your HR technology stack.

Secure Budget and Resources

Use Gartner benchmarks and diagnostics to justify investment in key HR initiatives, staffing, and technology with data tailored to your organization.

Prioritize and Allocate Resources

Leverage diagnostics like HR Score and access HR benchmarks in DataHub to evaluate your current state, identify gaps, and benchmark against peer organizations.

Accelerate Execution on Priorities

Use workflow tools like Accelerators and BuySmart™ to move faster from strategy to execution with guided plans, templates, and vendor support.

How Gartner clients have achieved success

Client

Patagonia
Retail
1,000+ employees
Theresita Richard
Chief People and Culture Officer

  • Established credibility as a New To Role CHRO by leveraging a Gartner Executive Partnership to identify the tools and resources that helped generate a quick impact 
  • Successfully created a three-year roadmap with alignment from senior leadership and stakeholders

  • Defined a new operating model for the function of people, culture and justice

Client

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
Food & Beverage
10,000+ employees
Gianetta Jones
Sr. Vice President and Chief People Officer

  • Successfully developed a unified HR vision

  • Improved cross-functional alignment and identified opportunities to use AI to automate routine tasks

  • Accelerated decision-making and saved time in enhancing HR's ability to drive business value

Client

H&E Rentals
Industrial
3,000+ employees
Jamie Allen
Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Outlined HR's indespensable position in H&E's aggressive growth strategy to the C-suite

  • Established the HR function as a key, trusted partner to the C-suite

  • Was named one of the best HR leaders in the H&E history by the C-suite

Client

EY
Professional Services
300,000+ employees
Dan Black
Global Leader, Talent Strategy & Organizational Effectiveness

  • Successfully defined a fully structured, meaningful talent strategy using Gartner research and tools 

  • Elevated HR’s voice in C-suite conversations

  • Secured buy-in from the C-suite and board by leveraging Gartner data to identify how decisions would affect the business

Drive stronger performance on your mission-critical priorities.