Human Capital Publications

Diversity & Inclusion

Mind the Gap: Overcoming Organisational Barriers to Develop Inclusive Leaders
August 2010 | Council Perspectives

This report looks at the challenges Diversity and Inclusion (D&I),Talent Management, and Leadership Development professionals face in creating a corporate culture that embraces D&I as a core leadership trait, one that permeates functions and business unit
Fitting the Work to the Worker: Recruiting, Engaging, and Retaining Employees with Disabilities
August 2010 | Executive Action Report

This year is the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. What are the barriers to and benefits of hiring and retaining people with disabilities?

Evidence-Based Human Resources
November 2009 | Key Findings

Do people equal profit, and if so, how can companies prove it? Evidence-based human resources (EBHR) provides practitioners with the means to answer these questions.
Evidence-Based Human Resources: A Practitioner's Guide
June 2009 | Research Report

This guide to Evidence-Based Human Resources provides practitioners with real live examples from early adopters of this innovative approach to human capital management.

SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 1 Q2, 2010)
August 2010 | Periodical

The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article
Financial Services Offshoring: Moving Toward Fewer Captives and Global Cost Competitiveness
March 2010 | Executive Action Report

Financial services companies show greater interest than other sectors in contracting with large international providers and becoming more cost competitive by moving operations to lower labor cost locations

Goals and Incentives for a New Day
August 2010 | Executive Action Report

With resources scarce and the future uncertain, small and midsize companies are taking advantage of the business lull in 2010 to reset their goals and incentive-reward systems.
Setting Strategy for Pensions in the U.S. — Tough Choices and No Easy Answers
July 2010 | Executive Action Report

This report, based on discussions at The Conference Board Retirement Roundtable “Sharing Responsibility for Assuring Long-Term Retirement Security” looks at the factors influencing benefit decisions, examines the challenge of making individual responsibil

The 2010 Executive Coaching Survey
March 2010 | Research Report

This survey by The Conference Board Council on Executive Coaching focuses on external coaching practices as well as the growing use of internal coaching
Clearing Paths for Critical Foreign Talent to Work in the United States
December 2009 | Executive Action Report

The future growth of many smaller businesses may depend upon recruiting highly skilled foreign workers for key jobs. That means becoming better acquainted with the complexities of the immigration code.