The ‘Secret Sauce’ to Great HR Leadership?
CAHRS Advisory Board Member CHRO has Some Tips
Human Resource Executive's "The 'Secret Sauce' to Great HR Leadership? This CHRO has an Idea" features insights from CAHRS Advisory Board member and Eaton Executive Vice President & CHRO Ernest Marshall.
Marshall, one of the recently inducted National Academy of Human Resources Fellows, says his commitment to a calm approach to leadership was built in part by early-career circumstances.
He spent more than 20 years with GE, including as vice president of HR for nearly five years, before joining Eaton in 2018. Marshall, who holds a law degree and an MBA in marketing and HR from Indiana University Bloomington, says his early foray into HR included significant involvement in national labor negotiations, alongside critical work on integrations and acquisitions.
Those experiences provided the insight that “any problem can be figured out,” knowledge that proved pivotal as he navigated through global crises like Sept. 11, the 2003 SARS epidemic, the Great Recession and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic.