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Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky is the co-founder and the Chief Content Officer of Wowledge, where he leads the development and oversight of all site content. He has over 40 years of experience in human resources as a senior leader of corporate HR functions, a consultant to leading F500 and global firms, and an executive coach to C-suite executives and high-potential leaders. With deep expertise in HR strategy, integrated talent management practices, and HR and people analytics, he has worked with large corporate clients, government agencies, and start-up, emerging, and turnaround companies.

He holds an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Psychology from Virginia Tech. He has held certifications from SHRM, HRCI, ICF, and the Coaches Training Institute.

Charles pens a weekly blog post for Wowledge members on the latest thinking and concepts across the spectrum of HR and Talent functions, capabilities, trends, and challenges as they relate to businesses of different sizes, geographic scales, industry segments, and levels of maturity.

Creating an HR Business Case: Key Components and Strategy

Creating an HR Business Case: Key Components and Strategy

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 11/02/2025 1:21pm 15 minute read

Insights

Culture in Startups and Scaleups: A Framework for Sustainable Growth

Culture in Startups and Scaleups: A Framework for Sustainable Growth

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 10/26/2025 4:46pm 17 minute read

Insights

Upgrading the HR Generalist Role for Maximum Impact

Upgrading the HR Generalist Role for Maximum Impact

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 10/19/2025 7:35pm 16 minute read

Insights

Best Practices for Planning and Conducting a Layoff

Best Practices for Planning and Conducting a Layoff

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 10/12/2025 4:51pm 16 minute read

Insights

Building HR Data Literacy and Analytic Capabilities

Building HR Data Literacy and Analytic Capabilities

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 10/05/2025 3:14pm 17 minute read

Insights

Becoming a Trusted HR Partner: Skills, Strategies, and Impact

Becoming a Trusted HR Partner: Skills, Strategies, and Impact

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 09/28/2025 1:47pm 16 minute read

Insights

Conducting Leadership Transitions for Long-Term Success

Conducting Leadership Transitions for Long-Term Success

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 09/21/2025 1:33pm 16 minute read

Insights

Creating an Effective Employee Onboarding for SMBs

Creating an Effective Employee Onboarding for SMBs

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 09/14/2025 2:05pm 18 minute read

Insights

A Guide to
Crafting Responsive Strategic HR Initiatives

A Guide to
Crafting Responsive Strategic HR Initiatives

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 09/07/2025 9:19pm 14 minute read

Insights

Newly Hired Layoff Victims' Onboarding and Enculturation

Newly Hired Layoff Victims' Onboarding and Enculturation

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 11/18/2025 5:38pm 14 minute read

Insights

Self-directed Teams. Do We Really Need Managers?

Self-directed Teams. Do We Really Need Managers?

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 11/17/2025 5:10pm 16 minute read

Insights

It’s All About Skills-based HR

It’s All About Skills-based HR

Charles Goretsky

Charles Goretsky 11/15/2025 11:22am 16 minute read

Insights