Welcome to the Corporate Research Forum

The Corporate Research Forum is a corporate members' only organisation dedicated to enhancing organisational effectiveness. 

Working with our 100+ international members we engage and collaborate with industry thought leaders from all over the world to build an innovative rolling programme of research and learning events which represents the latest thinking in:

  • organisational and people performance
  • developing capability
  • enabling change
  • leadership and talent management
  • measurement and evaluation
  • organisation design.

We are proud that our Events Programme is different to the norm. We challenge conventions and established wisdom by sharing evidence-based research from CRF and other experts. Our events aim to help participants develop robust solutions to issues, and are structured to provide interest and interaction.

Find out more about CRF Membership

If you would like to learn more about the benefits of CRF membership for you and your organisation please visit our Members and Membership section.  

Engagement and the job - a CRF perspective

One of the fundamental reasons for wanting to go to work is that what you do is inherently interesting. If it isn’t, there will be little motivation to stay. If it’s just economic necessity that keeps employees hanging on, they’re certainly not motivated to go the extra mile.

How well are you ‘engaging’ employees?. Read the full article online now.

2010 Programme

Our 2010 Events programme takes 'Performance' as its theme. Visit our Events Calendar for full details and registration or download a PDF version.

2010_CRF_Programme.pdf

What's new in CRF

Updates to the Knowledge Base

In response to member feedback our Knowledge Base now displays search results in chronological order, with the most recent document displayed first.

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An improved Manage Accounts facility for Key Users

We have improved the Manage Accounts functionality for Key Users to simplify event attendance management and reporting.

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Missed an Event?

Have you missed an event? Use our Previous Events facility to see what happened and catch up on the outputs.

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Knowledge at your finger tips

Visit our online Knowledge Base to search for our research reports, post-meeting reviews and surveys.

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Our Members Opinions

Our relationship with CRF is proving to be extremely valuable, enabling us to participate in thought-provoking workshops on current and emerging challenges in HR.”

Donna Halkyard, Manager Diversity, Europe, Ford Motor Company.

"I have been attending the CRF events for a number of years now because they are rich in content, relevant and thought-provoking. Not only are the speakers of the highest standard but the attendees are invariably top-class HR professionals which makes for a simulating event."

Tim Miller, HR Director, Standard Chartered Bank

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A thought provoking programme of events

"The workshop delivered by Amin Rajan on "Tomorrow's World of Work" was very thought provoking - particularly his views on HR strategy of doing what is right (Aristotle) and business strategy of seeing things as they are (Machiavelli)."

Sati Khakh, Head of Organisation Development, CAA

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