Profession for the Future
How can we champion better work and working lives, now and into the future?
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CIPD Voice
When it comes to ensuring that work is a force for good, our profession has an important role to play as the experts on people, work and change. That’s why we’re creating a new definition of what it means to be a people professional – setting out what we stand for in terms of the fundamental principles which represent better work and working lives.
A new Professional Standards Framework
Supporting, developing and inspiring people professionals
Professional principles
Our fundamental beliefs as a profession, representing who we are and what we stand for
The future of work is human
Be part of a diverse group of voices who are sparking fresh, exciting and radical ideas to make the future of work a better, and a more human place
The world of work
Here we highlight the topics that we believe the CIPD should have an impact and voice on in order to champion better work and working lives. Each topic is explored through research reports, guides, podcasts and factsheets.
Evidence-based practice
Understand why evidence-based practice is so important, the principles that underpin it, and how it can be followed
Job quality and value creation
Insights into fundamental aspects of working life, including how they can best be framed, measured and actioned
The future of voice
Exploring new ways of thinking about voice in the workplace
Talent
Resources to help businesses understand and manage talent, and to develop a talent management strategy
People data and analytics
Learn how to use data and research evidence to drive effective decision-making and performance
Behavioural science
Resources to help you understand how to apply behavioural science to HR and L&D in the workplace
Leadership
Explore our resources on leadership and ensure that everyone in your organisation is connected to - and driven by - a common goal
Change management and agility
Learn how to effectively manage organisational change in the workplace
Technology
Resources on how technology is leading changes in the world of work
Diversity and inclusion
Learn how to promote equal opportunities and manage diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Well-being
Resources exploring the main developments in the workplace health and well-being agenda over the past decade, focusing on the future priorities for the HR profession
Ethics and corporate responsibility
Providing information on ethical decision-making as well as perspectives on trust and fairness
People management fundamentals
The People Management fundamentals section supports you on every-day HR and L&D topics, providing information and guidance in the form of factsheets, guides, podcasts and reports on the HR role, through to organisation design, recruitment, performance and reward.
People management fundamentals
Your toolbox of resources and guidance to help you with day-to-day HR, people management and development tasks
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In a Nutshell
Your regular overview of current research, inspiring insights and cutting-edge ideas in bite-size chunks for CIPD members
EBSCO Discovery Service: Business publications and journals
This is a member-only resource providing full-text access to over 200 leading HR, L&D and management journals, including Harvard Business Review, HR Magazine and Talent Development, as well as access to company profiles and country reports
HR and L&D archive database
This is member-only resource providing access to our specialist database, containing books, reports and journal articles as well as an archive of CIPD research and surveys dating from 1999
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