REPORT | Laudio Insights & ASHHRA 

Reconnecting HR to the Frontline: How Leader Standard Work Translates People Strategy into Results

Frontline leaders carry the weight of your people strategy — but too often they’re buried under fragmented systems, manual processes, and administrative work that pulls focus away from their teams. This widening gap between HR intent and frontline execution is now one of the biggest barriers to engagement, retention, and culture. 

This new ASHHRA + Laudio Insights report explores how people leaders are rebuilding that connection by simplifying the operational work of leadership and enabling the behaviors that matter most. It highlights why Leader Standard Work is emerging as the foundation for consistent, human‑centered leadership — and how the right infrastructure can make it practical rather than additive for your organization. 

In this report you’ll find valuable data insights, executive perspectives from leading health systems, and clear priorities for reconnecting HR to the frontline such as:  

• • Align the C‑suite and HR around Leader Standard Work as a relationship engine

  • Save managers and HR time to focus on people, not processes

  • Reduce variation in leadership among frontline managers