From absence management to workforce trends, search by topic for the latest resources for the people profession and the world of work.
Explore evidence and practical resources such as checklists and flowharts to help you improve performance management.
Understand the basics of performance reviews and how to ensure the process adds value to the organisation
Understand how to build an effective approach to performance management, including the tools that can support it
Examines the history, principles and current practice around competence and competency frameworks
Introduces performance-related pay and issues linking employee pay and performance
Explore our resources for the latest trends and practical tools to help plan your approach to using Artifical Intelligence (AI) in the workplace.
AI is moving from experimentation to everyday infrastructure. For HR teams, that shift brings a practical question: how do we make productivity gains while protecting the conditions for good work — fairness, capability, sustainable performance and employee trust?
Listen to episodes from our CIPD Ireland Podcast Series on a range of topical workplace, HR and L&D issues
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AI is already reshaping how work is done, and organisations are looking for practical ways to support continual upskilling – not one-off training, but approaches that evolve alongside how AI is used in practice.
AI is exposing gaps in how HR and leadership skills are applied. The challenge is not acquiring new skills but using existing ones to manage workforce change effectively
Explore our resources for the latest trends and best practice approaches to learning and development.
Emma Jordaan, Founder and CEO of Dubai-based consultancy, Infinite Consulting, explores leadership’s role in embracing diversity to achieve the cultural unity needed to sustain organisational performance
As distractions multiply and cognitive load intensifies, even well-designed training can fail to translate into improved performance. So what really determines whether learning sticks? How can organisations create the conditions that enable learning to be applied, sustained and embedded in everyday work.
From structures to processes to people, organisations undergo frequent change, and in today’s context, often with increasing complexity. But what role can L&D play, better positioning them as operational partners of change?
Explore the latest people profession data and how your organisation compares
All the resources and trends to develop your skills and stay informed about Organisational development and design.
How a first aid charity in Wales adapted to improve employee experience and patient care
AI is moving from experimentation to everyday infrastructure. For HR teams, that shift brings a practical question: how do we make productivity gains while protecting the conditions for good work — fairness, capability, sustainable performance and employee trust?
Discover what PESTLE means, how it influences your organisation, plus a downloadable template
Learn about the SWOT framework, the process of a SWOT analysis, and its advantages and disadvantages
Explore the latest trends and resources to help you develop effective recruitment.
Facts on the recruitment and resourcing process; from defining the role to making the appointment
Explore hard-to-fill vacancy trends by industry with data analysis from the CIPD's Labour Market Outlook report. CIPD members can also download the data for use in your internal organisational benchmarking, discussions, and business cases.
Read our latest Labour Market Outlook report for analysis on employers’ recruitment, redundancy and pay intentions
Compare your organisation's workforce breakdown by sex against UK benchmarks, using the CIPD's expert analyses of the UK Annual Population Survey. CIPD members can also download the datasets to use in your internal presentations, discussions, and business cases.
Explore our resources for the latest trends and best practice approaches to reward.
Find out what's meant by fair pay, what pay information UK employers must disclose by law and the opportunities pay narratives bring.
Money worries can affect performance, absence, engagement and retention. So how can people professionals make financial wellbeing a strategic workplace priority?
Explore the CIPD's detailed analyses of 2025/2026 gender pay gap reporting in the UK and Northern Ireland, updated in May 2026. CIPD members can also download these datasets to benchmark and compare your organisation's performance against national data.
Stay up to date with the latest pay intentions among employers in the UK, with data analysis from the CIPD's Labour Market Outlook report. CIPD members can also download the data for use in your internal organisational benchmarking, discussions, and business cases.
All the latest thought leadership and resources to help you improve workforce wellbeing.
Maximise the benefits of flexible working, incorporating flexibility into people plans, strategy, and EVP
Practical guidance for managers on managing flexible working
Explores the benefits of flexible working, the types of arrangements commonly used and gives practical tips on implementing flexible working practices
Compare your workforce's socio-economic breakdown against UK benchmarks, using the CIPD's expert analyses of UK Labour Force data. CIPD members can also download the datasets to use in your internal presentations, discussions, and business cases.
All the latest thought leadership and resources to help you improve workforce wellbeing.
Money worries can affect performance, absence, engagement and retention. So how can people professionals make financial wellbeing a strategic workplace priority?
The cost-of-living and cost-of-doing-business crises have re-emerged with significant force, placing renewed pressure on employees and employers.
Listen to episodes from our CIPD Ireland Podcast Series on a range of topical workplace, HR and L&D issues
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Practical guidance to help employers support grieving employees
Explore our resources for the latest trends and best practice approaches to equal opportunities, diversity and managing inclusion.
Explore the CIPD's detailed analyses of 2025/2026 gender pay gap reporting in the UK and Northern Ireland, updated in May 2026. CIPD members can also download these datasets to benchmark and compare your organisation's performance against national data.
Compare your organisation's workforce breakdown by sex against UK benchmarks, using the CIPD's expert analyses of the UK Annual Population Survey. CIPD members can also download the datasets to use in your internal presentations, discussions, and business cases.
Compare ethnicity breakdowns in your organisation against UK benchmarks, using the CIPD's expert analyses of the UK Annual Population Survey. CIPD members can also download the datasets to use in your internal presentations, discussions, and business cases.
Compare age-related trends in your workforce against UK benchmarks, using the CIPD's expert analyses of the UK Annual Population Survey. CIPD members can also download the datasets to use in your internal presentations, discussions, and business cases.
