FAQs for organisations

The Profession Map sets the values, knowledge and behaviours for all people professionals. It also provides a clear view on what good HR capability looks like across a team, function or organisation. It does this by helping people professionals, of all specialisms, to make good decisions for their context.

We provide guidance on how you can use the Profession Map to develop your team, design people roles or review your people function. 

If you have any questions, please contact your account manager or email clientdevelopmentenquiry@cipd.co.uk.

We recognise that the people profession includes a wide range of generalists and specialists, all of whom make a valuable contribution to their organisations, clients, peers and the profession as a whole.

The Profession Map sets the standards for both generalists and specialists. There are core knowledge areas and core behaviours that all people professionals should understand and use, and that generalists need to focus on. And there are areas of specialist knowledge that define expertise in specialist people professional roles. Generalists can also use these if they want to deepen their expertise in a particular area.

Yes. The Profession Map sets the international benchmark for the whole people profession. It enables you to take a fresh, critical look at people teams and functions within your organisation. And it encourages you to ask the difficult but vital questions:

• How good are we?
• Are we doing enough?

Asking these questions helps you discover more robust, precise and insightful ways to assess and build capability across your organisation. The Profession Map helps you deliver a more skilled, fulfilled and motivated workforce by providing a clear framework to support values-based decision-making.

The Employer Solutions team would be delighted to learn more about your organisation and your people function. 

And we can answer any questions you have about how the Profession Map can build the effectiveness of your people teams.

Please contact your account manager or email clientdevelopmentenquiry@cipd.co.uk