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2025 HR Investments & Budget Insights for CHROs
CEOs are increasingly turning to CHROs to support growth
Amidst perpetual disruptions, rising business demands and budget constraints, CHROs are tasked with supporting growth within their organizations. Gartner data reveals that 65% of HR leaders anticipate flat or decreased budgets in 2025.
The 2025 CHRO Investments & Budget Benchmarks research provides data-driven insights to:
- Strategically reallocate HR budgets towards high-value areas
- Optimize HR spending by reducing, replacing, or refining budget for enhanced efficiency
- Focus on four key HR investment areas to accelerate growth
Linking HR Investment Trends to Support Growth
When leaders base investment decisions on solid, ROI-based business cases they can get the buy-in to move forward. Gartner gives CHROs & their leadership teams access to HR metrics, benchmarks, and decision tools to have fact-based data with peer-based benchmarks & at their fingertips.
Gartner has comprehensive research and advisory services to help:
- Diagnose current state with objective assessments, research and advice to help make informed decisions
- Develop plans with best practices and trends to formulate better strategies
- Execute and drive change with practical tools, templates and guides to help you get to good faster
The Gartner HR Budget and Efficiency Survey provides a dataset against which Gartner for HR Leaders clients can benchmark their investments through an interactive tool that provides personalized results against their peer group. (Gartner clients, visit HR Budget & Efficiency Benchmarks.)