SHRM is excited to welcome Jim Link as the Chief Human Resources Officer. Jim was previously CHRO for Randstad North America. During Jim’s tenure at Randstad, he has led a progressive human resources transformation toward an inclusive culture of service, transparency, intrapreneurship, and business value creation. He has redefined performance management, instilled instantaneous feedback and reward, and established innovation as a core business competency.
His teams are at the forefront of global human capital thought leadership with particular focus on generational capabilities, leadership for the digital age, and the incorporation of AI into employee work systems. Jim’s 30-year career includes roles of increasing responsibility and complexity while always focused on maximizing employee capability, linking employee success to business success, and building award- winning, equitable business cultures.
As a recognized thought leader in human capability and the future of work, Jim is sought-after commentator with the national and international press, features widely on the lecture and speaker circuit, and consults with leaders, companies, and boards of directors around the world on matters related to the workplace. Additionally, he is in his tenth year as an adjunct professor teaching Human Resources Strategy in the MBA program at the Poznan School of Economics in Poznan, Poland.
While serving on boards of advisors for several early-stage companies, Jim is a board member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation and a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Human Capital Advisory Council and is active with a number of charitable organizations in his community. He is certified as a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).