The HR role

Understand how strategic human resource management works, and its relationship with business strategy, human capital management and business performance

A series of podcasts from CIPD and CEB which discuss the different types of career pathways

Episode 96: Examines the critical role of HR in developing business partnerships, focusing on the different models and issues HR should consider when developing their role.

Episode 98: Senior HR professionals from Rolls Royce and Shell discuss their experiences of setting up and sustaining successful business partnerships.

Explores the work identities of HR professionals and implications for principled decision-making

Produced in association with Workday, this report provides insight and expert commentary about HR’s current and future contribution to business performance

Informs the work on defining and testing a new set of principles that will help HR professionals make better decisions

This anthology of essays by 73 of the world’s leading HR voices addresses the critical issues facing business and talent professionals today

Reflections on the unique challenges and opportunities faced by HR professionals working in SMEs

Provides practical guidance on how to deliver excellent people management beyond the organisation, to support the success of business partnering arrangements

A collection of thought pieces from lead thinkers, academics, practitioners and consultants on the future of the HR function

Reports on the family and educational backgrounds of people in the HR profession, and how these impact their career progressions

The four foundations of business savvy, with an overview of what makes up business-savvy competence