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[ 8 ] HRO TODAY MAGAZINE | JUNE 2014 CHRO Awards Guiding HR's Transformation Over the past generation, the people heading up HR in many organizations have become key strategic partners to their respective CEOs, entrusted to lead diverse workforce initiatives to improve talent acquisition and retention, spur business growth, enhance sustainability practices and cultivate a workforce culture that differentiates the organization. These CHROs are transforming HR in an era where vital skill sets are increasingly difficult to come by and hold, when global outsourcing decisions have never been more complex and challenging, and when the economic environment has demanded greater cost-effectiveness, particularly with respect to finding a balance between retained labor and outsourcing. Workforce innovation is now a strategic imperative at many enterprises, and it is the CHRO who is in charge of achieving and nurturing it. SharedXpertise CEO Elliot Clark honored the 13 finalists and four winners of the annual CHRO of year awards. The 2014 HRO Today Awards winners are innovating their way to strategic partnerships. By Russ Banham More than 100 executives in the HR industry networked and dined at the first annual HRO Today Awards Gala.