Statistically significant sector differences were found
between privately owned for-profit companies and
government organizations in their views of managing the
loss of key workers and their skill sets due to retirement
as a top challenge (13% versus 36%, respectively; see
Table 19 in the appendix). And although HR professionals
showed a diversity of views, there was generally stronger
agreement among the HR respondents than among the
non-HR C-suite executives on what their greatest human
capital challenges were (these findings are examined in
more detail in “Non-HR C-suite Executives’ Views of the
HR Function”).