Every year, thousands of HR leaders gather at SHRM's annual conference with a common aspiration: Earn greater influence. Become more strategic. Get a seat at the executive table. But after reviewing this year's conference agenda, a key What if the reason HR isn't consistently invited into enterprise strategy conversations isn't because CEOs undervalue HR?

The revolving door of executive sales leadership is spinning faster than most companies realize. CROs and VPs of Sales are burning out, being replaced, or walking away, not because they’ve lost their edge, but because the systems they’re asked to run are fundamentally misaligned with how growth actually happens today.In short, leadership churn is often the symptom. The underlying cause is a misfit between what leaders are accountable for and the systems they’ve inherited.