A new article by John Boudreau (CEO) on HR leadership lessons from non-traditional CHROs. CHRO’s who come from non-HR backgrounds discover that HR is the most impactful of all functions. Their experience holds important lessons for all HR leaders.
Research and Insights Archive
Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations
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We Need to Rethink How We’re Reskilling Workers for the Future
A new article by John Boudreau (CEO) on why we need to rethink how workers are reskilled for the future.
Podcast: Strategic People Analytics
Max Blumberg of Tucana People Analytics talks with Alec Levenson, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California. Alec discusses the subject of strategic analytics.
Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO
A new article by John Boudreau (CEO), Peter Navin, and David Creelman about why more executives should consider becoming a CHRO.
New Book: Reinventing Talent Management-Principles and Practices for the New World of Work
In this book, preeminent organizational scholar Edward Lawler identifies a comprehensive and integrated set of talent management practices that fit today’s rapidly evolving workplace.
Thinking Through How Automation Will Affect Your Workforce
A new article by John Boudreau (CEO) and Ravin Jesuthasan (Willis Towers Watson) about how to deal with automation.
2019 Europe Sponsor Meeting Presentations
Downloadable PowerPoint Presentations in PDF format from the 2017 Sponsor Meeting at the Portofino Hotel in Los Angeles.
Driving Storytelling and Action Through Data
A one hour webinar with Dr. Theresa M. Welbourne to learn how like-minded business leaders are working to transform how they use data to tell stories and drive action that leads to positive results.
How to Measure, Reward, and Foster a Culture of Innovation
In this webinar, Dr. Soren Kaplan, one of the world’s leading experts in disruptive innovation and innovation culture, reveals how the most innovative organizations carefully consider both what goes into the innovation process and what should come out of it.
How Can Strategic HR Keep Up With The Future of Work?
A new article by John Boudreau is available at Visier. The evolving work ecosystem demands that leaders consider applying new work arrangements, but are those arrangements associated with HR’s role as a strategic partner? A unique survey of U.S. HR leaders shows how HR’s strategic activities associate with using new work arrangements.
Analytics for Driving High Performance
In this webinar, Alec Levenson and Alexis Fink discuss some of the current challenges in the way that analytics are applied to HR and talent issues. The problem we face in organizations today is not a lack of analysis but oftentimes the opposite: too much analysis and data are thrown against the wall in the hopes that something will stick and make sense.
Workplace Fatigue is a Systems Problem
Alec Levenson (CEO) explains that workplace fatigue is traditionally treated almost exclusively as an individual issue, and it certainly is the case that individual differences lead some individuals to experience fatigue and, ultimately, to burn out more than others. Yet not enough attention has been paid to factors arising from work design and organization strategy.