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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April 13th 2005
Evaluating Human Capital and Human Resources: Reporting to Top Management on People Management Processes & Outcomes
Human capital represents a considerable proportion of the intangible value of an organisation, and the ownership of human capital is split between HR and line management. This report adopts a systematic and qualitative approach to evaluation, and recommends a logical, systematic, analytical and integrated approach to HR measurement and evaluation.
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June 26th 2019
CRFCast - HR Insights from the Corporate Research Forum: Leading Transformation with Kyle Nel
Discussing Kyle’s book, Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company’s Future, we discuss why so so few organisation transformation efforts are successful, and how we can increase the odds of achieving desired results. We explore some novel methods for stimulating and sustaining behaviour change, for example using brain scanners to measure customer reactions, or telling the story of the anticipated future state through science fiction.
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February 3rd 2017
How Can Evidence-Based Thinking Help Us Evaluate Performance?
In his presentation from CRF's workshop - Developing a Business Relevant HR Function - Phil Rosenzweig asks two very important questions for HR:
- Do we know high performance when we see it?
- What shapes our thinking about high performance?
Through media-based and experimental findings, Phil challenges the understanding behind evidence-based management and the 'bumps' along the way we should be aware of when making business decisions.
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February 3rd 2017
Business Relevant HR: Positioning, Prioritising, and Performing
In his presentation at Developing a Business Relevant HR Function workshop, Pat Wright proposed a new approach to 'business relevant HR'. What is the new model about? It's about positioning the HR function, prioritising the challenges HR works on based on the business need, and delivering actual value to the business.
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January 24th 2017
Executive Summary: High Impact HR - How do we create a more business-relevant function?
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.
CRF’s new research report considers the current state of the HR function, and looks at the role HR should play in helping develop and execute strategy, and how HR can become more business-relevant. This executive summary examines the key findings from the research.
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