*NEW 2025 Programme

Our 2025 programme builds the knowledge, capability and effectiveness of the HR function by providing access to new thinking and exploring how to apply this in practice.

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A Manifesto for Future-Ready HR

We are on a quest to improve organisation and individual performance through our research and expertise. This manifesto presents our views on the business context, the necessary organisation response and how the HR function can contribute to organisation performance.

A Manifesto for Future-Ready HR

AI: Implications and Applications

Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to seamlessly integrate AI into your HR workflows, to drive organisational growth and seize the competitive edge in the digital age.

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CRF in the Gulf Region

Join us for our Gulf region in-person networking events, and develop your HR skills with live, on demand or bespoke learning programmes

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Increasing the Effectiveness of HR

Corporate Research Forum’s (CRF) purpose is to increase the effectiveness of the HR function through developing the capability of HR professionals, in order to drive sustained organisational performance.

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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Build capability across the whole HR function enhancing effectiveness and business impact

300+ hours of learning delivered each year by globally renowned academics, experts and practitioners

Challenge your existing ways of working through research, insight and peer exchange

Share and learn from over 200 private and public sector member organisations including 40% of the FTSE 100

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  • Access to ALL online resources and webinars
  • Participation in digital communities
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  • Complimentary places on CRF Learning On Demand courses
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  • Access to ALL online resources and webinars
  • Participation in digital communities
  • Access to advisory support
  • Additional places on CRF Learning On Demand courses
  • Invitations to focussed networking and discussion sessions

Testimonials

I continue to be impressed by the way Corporate Research Forum links the best of leading academic input to the real organisation and people issues faced by businesses in today’s uncertain environment. Added to that, they are always a pleasure to work with.

Amy C. Edmondson, Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

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Harvard Business School

Each year, the array of CRF events offer evidence-based insights into optimising individual and organisational performance. With dynamic change becoming the new constant, the CRF team help their members to focus on the most relevant topics just before we need the insight.

Jeff Lindeman, Chief People, Culture and Capability Officer, WD40

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WD40

CRF events are the ones that we always make time to attend, because we know the investment will be worth it. The quality of content, presenters and attendees is consistently outstanding and manages to perfectly bridge broad, future-focused academic thinking with pragmatic, practitioner-led discussion.

Neil Morrison, Group HR Director, Severn Trent

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Severn Trent

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