Getting the Most Out of International Assignments
Yes, we're still on a global economic roller coaster (who said the world is flat?), with good and bad news from the U.S., Europe and Asia causing markets to shoot up and down weekly or even daily. But, at the end of the ride, it still looks like we'll all be doing much more rather than less global...
We Need to Talk
We need to talk. Can there be any more gut-tightening phrase in our language? Just ask anyone who’s married. Or in any sort of relationship, personal or professional. Any employee summoned to his supervisor’s office with that phrase probably shows up simply because there’s no handy...
i4cp Launches First Market Research Panel Dedicated to High-Performance Organizations
The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) announced today that it has officially launched WorkforceSurveys.com, the first market research panel dedicated to the best and next human capital practices of high-performance organizations. Human capital and HR professionals are invited to join the...
People & Strategy Call for Articles
i4cp is partnering with the newly rebranded HRPS for a special edition of their acclaimed People & Strategy quarterly journal. To make this a truly impactful issue, we are tapping our best resources - our vibrant practitioner network - for article submissions. Mark Vickers, i4cp's VP of Research,...
Inclusion Improves Workforce Productivity and Engagement, but Success Isn't Measured
A majority of companies have employee inclusion strategies in place to engage with ever-diversifying workforces, but many have yet to figure out a way to measure the success of such programs, according to the latest study released today by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). Nearly half...
Inclusion Measurement - Tracking the Intangible
Diversity and inclusion are, in some ways, like peanut butter and jelly. They're not the same but are often combined, making up a whole that's more than the sum of its parts. So when i4cp - on behalf of its members-only Diversity Accelerator group - decided to look at inclusion metrics, we first had...
Beyond Efficiency: The Keys to Future HR Success
Maybe you're proud of the sheer productivity of your HR department. Your ratio of HR pros to employees is lower than the industry average, most transactional HR activities are delivered via self-service, and you have a finely tuned shared-services center. Generally speaking, your HR function is a...
High-Performance Organizations View Interns as Long-term Investments
An often cited rationale for hiring interns is the prospect of having someone around to handle the grunt work no one else wants to do. But these days, many companies have more strategic goals in mind for their internship programs. The latest study from the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)...
Four Key Practices for Developing Global Leaders
I never thought I'd see this day. One of my colleagues is taking the week off to - get this - watch the World Cup. Now, if you live in Europe or Asia, this is expected behavior, but I live in the U.S., where the World Cup has historically been about as popular as a case of the croup. This got me...
Most Companies Don't Use Data When Making Decisions About People
Most business decisions are based on data, whether it be sales forecasts, financial results or manufacturing efficiency. Yet, most companies aren't looking at data to help make informed decisions about the workforce - or if they are, the focus is more often on lagging indicators (what's happened in...
