The CIPD's commitment to a global profession is demonstrated through our enduring partnerships with other HR professional bodies across the globe
Just as our research aims to bring together people professionals from across the world to better understand the profession and from that understanding co-create a shared vision of the future, so our commitment to a global profession is demonstrated through our enduring partnerships with other professional bodies for HR across the globe.
In 1962, the CIPD (then the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM)), together with sister associations in France, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland, founded the European Association of People Management (EAPM). In 1976, to aid the development and improve the effectiveness of professional people management all over the world, the IPM Director General, Geoff Armstrong, led the EAPM to establish the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) with the Interamerican Federation of Personnel Administration (now FIDAGH) and the American Society for Personnel Administration (now SHRM).
The WFPMA, through its five continental associations, covers over 90 people management associations across the globe. Then, as now, the CIPD envisioned the management of the workforce as a profession, skilled and serious in the pursuit of safe and well-managed workplaces. This is served by a global network of associations, sharing good practice, knowledge, and the belief that the profession is central to the modern organisation..
In championing better work and working lives, the CIPD continues to work closely with our sister organisations, producing research and reports that reflect the experience of people professionals across a wide range of geographies:
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This report, produced in partnership with the WFPMA, SHRM and AHRI, provides valuable international insights into the state of the profession
Report
Drawing on collaborative research, our report explores the key trends influencing the future of work and how they will shape the people profession
Listen to episodes of HR People Pod, the CIPD’s fortnightly podcast providing expert insights from HR leaders discussing the topical issues impacting the world of work.
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Survey findings on employer and employee perspectives on trade union representation and relations, giving expert insight. The report makes recommendations on how to prepare for the key Employment Rights Bill reforms around trade union rights and strengthen employer and trade union partnership for mutual gain
Research in this report suggests that improving leadership and people management can help raise the motivation and productivity of the public sector workforce
The CIPD’s biennial report exploring health, wellbeing and absence management provides invaluable trend analysis and practice insight to help employers and people professionals develop and maintain supportive, productive workplaces
Read our latest Labour Market Outlook report for analysis on employers’ recruitment, redundancy and pay intentions