SHRM President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., with the WFPMA leadership in Chicago. From left, Bob Morton, Peter Wilson, Leyla Nascimento and Jorge Jauregui.
I am excited to welcome some of the greatest HR leaders in the world to Chicago this week for the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) biannual World Congress. SHRM is honored to be hosting over 1,300 representatives from 80 national HR associations—the “SHRMs” of the rest of the world—from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
Founded in 1976, WFPMA supports the development of HR professionals and the advancement of HR best practices all over the world. All together, its institutional members represent over 600,000 HR professionals and many millions more workers across the globe. SHRM acts as the Secretariat to the WFPMA, as well as to our regional organization, the North American Human Resource Management Association, of which I am proud to be a Board member.
In talking to my counterparts from every continent, I am more convinced than ever that HR issues and challenges are universal. We may be at different mileposts on our journey, but our destination is the same. We all want to build inclusive workforces where talent is preeminent, and people come first in an increasingly automated world.
Everywhere on our planet, organizations struggle with the ability to move talent to where it is needed and with managing diverse workforces with a dizzying array of cultures and customs. That’s the beauty of the World Congress—sharing the challenges and solutions with people who can really understand, even if they speak different languages.
I want to congratulate Leyla Nascimento, president of ABRH-Nacional, Brazil’s largest HR association, who will serve as WFPMA President for 2018-2020. Leyla is the first female president in WFPMA 42-year history. I also want to thank outgoing WFPMA President Peter Wilson, Chair of the Australian Human Resource Institute, for his 12 years of service to the WFPMA Board.
I know that when our globe trotters leave Chicago this week, they will be inspired and reenergized, with new networks and new knowledge. Even if they take just one new, innovative idea back with them, it can have a monumental impact on thousands of workplaces and millions of people in their countries. That’s the power of a global connection and a profession with worldwide relevance.
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management. With over 300,000 members in 165 countries, SHRM is the largest HR professional association in the world, impacting the lives of 115 million workers every day.
As a global leader on the future of employment, culture and leadership, Mr. Taylor is a sought-after voice on all matters affecting work, workers and the workplace. He is frequently asked to testify before Congress on critical workforce issues and authors the weekly USA Today column, "Ask HR."
Mr. Taylor's career spans over 20 years as a lawyer, human resources executive and CEO in both the not-for-profit and for-profit space. He has held senior and chief executive roles at IAC/Interactive Corp, Viacom's Paramount Pictures and Blockbuster Entertainment Group, McGuireWoods LLC, and Compass Group USA. Most recently, Mr. Taylor was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
He is a member of the White House American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and chairs the President's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He serves on the boards of the University of Miami, Jobs for America's Graduates, the American Red Cross and Guild Education.
In 2020, Mr. Taylor was named one of Savoy magazine’s “Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America” and later that year received the Distinguished Executive of the Year Award from the Academy of Management.
He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Illinois and Washington, D.C., and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.
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