Research & Resources
Our research is an invaluable source of latest thinking and guidance in key areas of learning, performance management, organisation development, talent and people strategy.
Articles
November 15th 2019
Better Conversations: Why They Matter And How To Have Them - booking form
- Tags
- Communication
- Difficult Conversations
October 11th 2019
Mercer - Agility in Action
At Mercer’s masterclass, delegates learned about how organisations have increased their agility to improve speed, nimbleness and adaptability in order to create a competitive advantage. Delegates were encouraged to answer questions such as how agile is your organisation? How agile do you need to be? And, how can you increase your own personal agility?
- Tags
- Agility
- Productivity
March 15th 2019
The Lateral Organisation: A Solution for Managing Complexity
This document provides a brief overview of the types of lateral capabilities needed to help organisations adapt and react to changes in the business environment. It also explores agility and scale, two core fundamentals in organisations, and how to balance these.
- Tags
- Emerging Markets
- Managing
- Organisation Development
- Reorganisation
- Restructuring
January 9th 2019
HRD Discussion Paper: Organisational Risk
How aware are your HR leaders and their team of your company’s business risks? Almost every example of business misfortune can be reframed as a case of mishandled risk. This paper looks at foreseeable business risks and poses a question - what role does the human element play in mitigating risks?
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- Bullying and Harassment
- Corporate Governance
- Crisis Management
- Employee Voice
- Leading Teams
- Managing Organisations
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Motivating People
- Risk
- Security & Privacy
- Transformation
December 12th 2018
End of Year Review - 2018
In 2018, 1,750 HR professionals attended CRF-led events, with over 300 hours of learning delivered. Over 350 senior HR and business leaders joined us in Lisbon for our 10th International Conference and 500 participants attended CRF Learning programmes. Download our 2018 summary to find out more about our key deliverables from the past 12 months.
- Tags
- Career Planning
- Developing Employees
- Research & Development
December 3rd 2018
Progress - Issue 6 (Full Edition)
The sixth edition of of our e-magazine - Progress - takes a look at the number of topics including the future of work, building high-performing teams, the value of HR analytics and the skills required to succeed in a top HR role. In each issue of Progress we focus on three areas important for every HR professional - your organisation, your role and your career.
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- Analytics
- Business Models
- Demographics
- Disruptive Innovation
- Forecasting
- Generational Issues
- Gig Economy
- Global Strategy
- Leadership
- Leading Teams
- Learning and Development
- Machine Learning
- Performance Management
- Strategic Reward
- Wellbeing
December 3rd 2018
Progress - Issue 6: Humility in learning
Within this sixth edition of our e-magazine - Progress - Michael Wade, Professor of Innovation & Strategy at IMD Business School discusses the role of humility in modern leadership.
- Tags
- Career Planning
- Developing Employees
- Executive Compensation
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Learning and Development
- Research & Development
- Strategic Reward
December 3rd 2018
Progress - Issue 6: How to prepare for the future of work
Withing this sixth edition of oue e-magazine - Progress - Mike Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Strategic Management Department at IESE Business School takes a look at past predictions around the future of work and highlights some possible scenarios that could play out in the future.
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- Business Models
- Decision Making
- Demographics
- Forecasting
- Generational Issues
- Gig Economy
- Global Strategy
- Strategic Reward
- Wellbeing
December 3rd 2018
Progress - Issue 6: What makes an effective, high-performing team?
Within this sixth edition of our e-magazine - Progress - Ina Toegel, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at IMD Business School explores the seven common characteristics of high-performing teams.
- Tags
- Leadership
- Leading Teams
- Performance Management
December 3rd 2018
Progress - Issue 6: Amongst other things, people analytics demonstrates HR's value for top management
Within the sixth edition of our e-magazine - Progress - Dave Milner, Founder of HRCurator explores why it is important for HR professionals to demonstrate the strategic value of HR activities and how HR analytics can help with this.
- Tags
- Analytics
- Decision Making
- Delegation
- Leading Teams
- Machine Learning
- Managing People
- Strategic Reward
