March 14th 2017
Webinar: Optimising HR's Business Contribution
In today's rapidly changing business environment, it's more important than ever for HR to be commercial, close to the business, and clearly aligned to business strategy. However, the reality for many organisations is that HR is often disconnected from business priorities, and HR's contribution to critical strategic and commercial objectives is not always clear.
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March 19th 2019
International Conference: Speed, Productivity & Agility - Essentials for Tomorrow's Disruptive Business Environment - Programme
What will differentiate the successful organisations of tomorrow and how should they be preparing to get a head start? This brochure explores the content of CRF's 11th International Conference, taking place at Hotel Sofia, Barcelona. By taking a multi-faceted view of the drivers of organisation performance, the conference will challenge attendees to be radical and imaginative in developing strategies to execute the personal and organisational transformations essential for business continuity.
If you weren't able to secure a place, we’ll provide a digital retrospective of all topics discussed after the conference on our website.
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February 21st 2019
Post Meeting Review Notes - Trusted Advisor: HR Business Partnering, Relationship Building & Influencing
These Post Meeting Review Notes summarise the outcomes and key messages from CRF's latest event, Trusted Advisor. They include an exploration of what it takes to build trust and the variables of trustworthiness and, also delve into limitations and constraints around the topic. At the end of the notes, there is a feedback form for members who attended the event to complete and send back to CRF, as we very much value your opinions.
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June 9th 2017
Political Skills in Organizations
This paper from the Journal of Management was kindly shared by our speaker, Oliver James. It defines characteristics and dimensions of political skills in organizations, as well as the effects of political skills on self and others.
Political skills in organizations is not a new topic, but research in this area doesn’t seem to have moved on much in several decades. In this paper, a conceptualization of political skills in organisations is proposed, which considers the effects on both self and others. Examining the required social competencies, along with cognitive, affective and behavioral manifestations, this paper explores elements that have a direct effect on outcomes in this area.
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July 14th 2016
Progress - Issue 4: Good and effective leadership
Within this fourth edition of our e-magazine - Progress – Andy Newall, Group HR Director at Imperial Brands, provides his recommendations on what constitutes effective leadership.
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July 14th 2014
Progress - Issue 2: Repressed Narcissism and The Values of High-performing Teams
Within this second edition of our e-magazine - Progress - Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London discusses the area of repressed narcissism and the values of high-performing teams.
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