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

Harness AI to revolutionize HR

Deliver new HR solutions that accelerate workforce productivity while meeting cost targets.

Shape work for the human-machine era

Create an enterprise work strategy to meet the organization’s human/tech capability needs.

Mobilize leaders amidst perpetual uncertainty

Prepare leaders and managers to drive organization transformations as AI reshapes strategy.

Strengthen your enterprise influence

Lead your enterprise on strategic workforce planning, organizational design and redefining your culture.

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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

Instant HR Insights

Backed by over 25,000 annual client interactions and rigorous analysis, Gartner delivers 4,400+ research pieces and 1,800+ tools shaped by real-world challenges and proven solutions. With AskGartner, our AI-powered tool, you can surface contextual insights, summaries, and visuals instantly—helping CHROs make faster, smarter decisions with confidence and clarity.

  • 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 CEO, CFO and CIO partnership

Expert Guidance

Access 200+ HR experts and 2,500+ cross-functional experts across business, technology, and leadership domains. Our experts bring real-world experience and deep insight to help you refine strategy, evaluate vendors, and solve complex challenges—so you can make confident, data-driven decisions.

  • Expert inquiry calls to diagnose issues and define next steps

  • Document reviews for board presentations, strategic plans, and initiative outlines

  • Proposal reviews to identify cost savings and mitigate long-term risks

  • Diagnostics consultations to interpret benchmarking results and prioritize action

  • Team discussions to align executive teams around Gartner’s proven frameworks

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

Advanced Micro Devices
Technology and Telecom
25,000+ employees
Mark Pearson
Corporate VP of Talent

  • Addressed pain points throughout the organization’s redesign by leveraging a Gartner Executive Partnership and data-driven research

  • Successfully navigated explosive growth via several mergers and acquisitions

  • Created a highly resilient company culture capable of executing an aggressive strategy

Client

Springfield Clinic
Healthcare
3,000+ employees
Katie Bussing
Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Created more structure around Springfield Clinic’s EVP by leveraging a Gartner Executive Partnership

  • Improved leader’s ability to articulate differential EVP throughout the organization

  • Named in Newsweek’s Top 100 Places to Work

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 insights 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

Client

Artera Services
Construction
10,000+ employees
Michelle Dean
Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Developed an effective plan to transform the talent strategy by leveraging a Gartner Executive Partnership to facilitate effective team conversations

  • Secured buy-in from stakeholders and senior leadership on critical talent issues using Gartner insights and best practices

  • Led significant change in the CHRO role 

Drive stronger performance on your mission-critical priorities.