What Senior HR Leaders Need to Know: Perspectives from the United States, Canada, India, the Middle East and North Africa presents the results of research conducted among SHRM members and HR practitioners around the globe about the most important competencies that senior HR leaders need in order to be successful.

Additionally, the study asked how the competencies needed now will change in five years and whether these competencies could be cultivated. Across the countries and regions that participated in the research, strategic thinking and effective communication emerged as the top two competencies overall.

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