HR Practice Areas

Get the information you need to execute faster and move effectively--for over 20 human capital areas.

i4cp researches and supports over 20 practice areas, which we call Knowledge Centers. Each center contains research reports, white papers, how-to's, case studies, tools, and more to help you build a business case for change and make more effective business decisions.
Explore Our Knowledge Centers
Strategy
AI and HR Tech
AI and HR Tech
Access one of the largest libraries of AI in HR use cases, utilize AI toolkits and facilitator guides, and get the latest HR technology data, including unbiased buyer satisfaction ratings on HRIS, L&D systems, and more.
Future of Work
Future of Work
From return-to-office challenges to work models for better productivity, i4cp's Future of Work Knowledge Center is a powerful resource for thought-provoking ideas and data.
HRBP
HRBP
Using i4cp's proprietary HRBP Capability Model, we examine topics that are critical to HR business partners and the business units they serve.
People Analytics
People Analytics
People analytics have evolved dramatically over the last decade, and generative AI presents another wave of opportunity as well as challenges.
Strategic HR
Strategic HR
HR at high-performance organizations are closely aligned to the business strategy and changing market needs. We explore the practices of these leading companies to elevate HR capabilities.
Workforce Planning
Workforce Planning
Explores best practices on how to hone capabilities to be well positioned to capture the competitive advantage that only a high-performance workforce can deliver.
Culture
Corporate Culture
Corporate Culture
With our Culture Renovation® research at the core, we study various aspects of organizational culture and the steps needed to plan, build, and maintain a healthy culture.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As organizations face both external and internal pressure to retract their DE&I efforts, we work with our DE&I communities to identify leading ways to support the business case and better integrate into the business.
Employee Well-Being
Employee Well-Being
As burnout and heightened tensions in the workplace increase, we explore strategies and tactics high-performance organizations are taking to improve employee well-being, which is directly tied to retention and productivity.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions
Most M&As fail for a common reason: the cultures of the merging companies are misaligned or incompatible. Our research into organizational culture highlights how companies can do M&As better by bringing HR into the process much earlier.
Leadership
Coaching
Coaching
Provides examples of coaching and mentoring practices, their growing prevalence in the workplace and their connection to strategic business goals.
Collaboration
Collaboration
Under the guidance of Rob Cross, the "father of network science," we research precision collaboration, team performance, and cutting-edge practices in employee connectivity.
Leadership Development
Leadership Development
Strong leadership development is essential for sustaining organizational growth, navigating change, and building healthy cultures. And yet, many companies struggle to do leadership development effectively.
Succession Management
Succession Management
Explores the trend toward more systematic approaches to succession planning, which increasingly is linked to executive development and the overall business strategy.
Talent
Employee Experience
Employee Experience
With guidance from our Employee Experience Exchange, we explore the approaches of high-performance organizations and how they build and manage more robust EX strategies, leading to greater engagement, retention, and employee well-being.
Learning and Development
Learning and Development
Examines training and development trends and highlights best and next practices in L&D, especially as it relates to employee upskilling and AI workforce readiness.
Performance Management
Performance Management
i4cp research has consistently shown that building a strong performance feedback culture outweighs all other changes, from rating scales to technology. In partnership with our Performance Management Exchange, we continue to research modern approaches to performance management.
Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition
With the rise of generative AI and the need to tap into new talent pools, we work with our Talent Acquisition Board to highlight trends and next practices in TA.
Talent Management
Talent Management
We explore how high-performance organizations take an integrated approach to talent management, to break down silos and increase coordination between human capital functions and processes.
Total Rewards
Total Rewards
Guided by our Total Rewards Leader Board, we explore the compensation, benefits, and well-being approaches that have the greatest impact on employee attraction and retention.
Market
Agility & Change
Agility & Change
An organization's ability to respond to market events and opportunities depends heavily on their cultures and their employees' receptivity to change.
Creativity and Innovation
Creativity and Innovation
Explores how high-performance organizations enable a higher degree of innovation and experimentation, and the ways in which they are using creativity to achieve competitive advantage.
Employer Brand
Employer Brand
Building and maintaining a strong employer brand is more important than ever. We explore the intersection of culture, brand, and purpose to achieve greater results.
Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational Effectiveness
Optimizing and operationalizing resources to foster a productive culture is critical to any high-performance organization. We provide tools and research to help our members understand how to employ these approaches within their infrastructures.