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Canadian Management Centre is proud to offer these senior-level White Papers from the Human Resources Institute (HRI).
One of the world’s leading research institutes devoted to the practical and strategic management of people, HRI promotes strategic thinking regarding major issues affecting management of people today and the trends that are shaping the future.
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NEW - Coaching: A Global Study of Successful Practices
Many organizations are chronically concerned that they don’t have the right talent to succeed, and this is especially true in the area of leadership. They view leadership as among the top issues affecting their organizations both today and in the future, yet they’re often dissatisfied with everything from succession planning systems to leadership development programs.
The Future of Attracting, Retaining and Motivating Key Talent
There’s been plenty of sound and fury surrounding the so-called "war for talent," a term popularized by a 1998 McKinsey and Company report. What began mainly as a concern about the perceived scarcity of managerial talent seems to have expanded into general anxiety about recruiting and retaining skilled workers in general.
The Evolving HR Function: HR’s Structure, Delivery, Roles and Competencies are all moving to more Strategic Levels
"HR professionals are rethinking everything from HR’s structure to its delivery of services to the very competencies that is needs to survive and succeed"
The Perfect Storm: The Future of Retention and Engagement
"...the war for talent is not a short term phenomenon but the beginning of a true long-term change in the [labour] force"
The Future Silver or Gray: Scenarios for an Aging Society
"The most important single new certainty - if only because there is no precedent for it in all of history - is the collapsing birthrate in the developed world."
The Evolution of Business Ethics
"There is natural tension inherent in the term "business ethics"...Conflicts of interest are crucial to understanding the issues driving business ethics"
21st Century Drama: The Baby Boomlet Cometh
"Raised in a high-tech, information-saturated world, many of these young adults know how to tap into an unlimited knowledge base. They have at their fingertips the equivalent intelligence of every Nobel Prize winner rolled into one. They are just-in-time experts in nearly any subject."
Through The Lens Of Complexity Theory : Concepts For Managing Change
"Managing Change is among the most crucial people-management issues of our age."
Measuring Organizational Effectiveness
"In the late 1970s and early 1980s, many firms were struggling with the combined impact of high interest rates, growing international competition and shrinking productivity, which led to the demand for greater accountability in all functions of the company."
HRI Leadership Survey
In July, 2005 Canadian Management Centre, along with our world wide affiliates at The American Management Association International and the Human Resource Institute conducted a global leadership development survey with over 1,500 responses from executives and HR experts around the world. Now through Canadian Management Centre you can download the results and discover the findings regarding:
- the drivers of change that have an impact on leadership
- the elements of organizational culture most necessary for effective leadership development
- the leadership competencies most important today and in the next 10 years
Virtuous Cycles: Toward An Expanded Model Of Capital
"Today, the concept of capital reigns supreme. As a means of allocating resources, capitalism has been adopted by most of the world. In the rich United States, "capitalists" seem to be everywhere, from the average owners of mutual funds to the growing ranks of "angel investors" who pump seed capital into start-up companies."
Knowledge Management Implementation: HR Executives Speak Out
"The evolving KM field is of particular importance to today’s HR professional. The rapidly increasing global demand for the knowledge worker and the opposing decreasing labor supply are cause for both concern and action."
The Ethical Enterprise
"Throughout human history, there have always been ideas about right and wrong. To function, any culture needs to define proper and improper behaviors. There are rules and laws in any complex society, but underlying these is always a set of moral values."
The Quest For Innovation
"Innovation drives growth and opportunity in new markets, and breathes life into a mature industry. Executives at all levels have a responsibility to lead and stimulate innovative thinking across the entire enterprise. Stockholders, employees and customers count on executives to create a healthy, innovative work environment.
There may be an abundance of literature on the topic of innovation, and innovation may be at the top of the list among global executives, yet most organizations enjoy only moderate success in managing the innovation process. Why are so many organizations struggling to master such a critical aspect of their business strategy?"
Magnifying Customer Focus
A Study of Current Trends and Future Possibilities 2006-2016
"In today’s hyperkinetic global marketplace, it is easy to forget about the central importance of our customers. With the entire world as our sales region, there is a seemingly endless supply of new customers. Under such frenetic conditions, it’s tempting to treat them as a commodity. Someone will come along to replace the ones we lost, right? Among other facts this global study shows that 75% of respondents believe their company is “good” or “very good” at keeping promises to customers, but only 50% feel they create an emotional connection with their customers. Download the entire report for free today."
Agility and Resilience in the Face of Continuous Change - Global Study
We queried over 1,400 executives and managers to determine corporate response to external conditions and best practices at managing change at the individual, team and organizational levels. Designed to determine what is driving or hindering organizational change today and the elements of agile and resilient companies today, especially how higher-performing organizations view and manage change.
The Keys To Strategy Execution
The single greatest barrier to strategy execution is a lack of adequate resources. Not only does the proper allocation of resources increase a strategy’s chances of success, it’s a clear sign from leadership that the strategy is viewed as a high corporate priority. The Keys to Strategy Execution, a global study commissioned by Canadian Management Centre, along with our world wide affiliates at The American Management Association International and conducted by the Human Resource Institute, identifies the leading obstacles that hinder strategy execution and what companies can do to overcome them.
Creating a Sustainable Future
Businesses already know a thing or two about sustainability. Sometimes, just keeping the doors open can be a challenge. So, the modern concept of “sustainability” has a certain commonsense element to it. What might be a little less obvious to the average business leader, however, is that companies are part of a larger system, and the well-being of that system has a direct impact on the well-being of all the organizations in that system. This means expanding the organizational viewpoint beyond the short-term need for profits or qualified employees. Sustainability encompasses these, of course, but also the wider social and environmental systems, which can be described as “people,” “planet,” and “profits.” This report examines the history of the sustainability paradigm, the factors that are making the paradigm more compelling and the future outlook for sustainability.
How to Build a High-Performance Organization
There is no one single formula that leads to corporate success, but there are several common characteristics found among many successful organizations. “How to Build a High-Performance Organization,” a global study commissioned by CMC and conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity, reveals those critical building blocks. The organizations that share these traits are not guaranteed to be high performers, but they stand a far better chance of performing well than if they fail to adopt them.
The Future of Work 2015
"Even the best corporate strategists can’t be certain, but they can look at some of today’s social, technological and business trends and countertrends to see which way the proverbial winds are blowing."
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