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Corporate Responsibility: A UK and US Research Review
Spotlight - Succession Planning and Performance Management
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Welcome to Insala’s InfoLink newsletter! Our goal is to supply you with the most relevant, useful and free research and article content related to the human resources issues you tackle every day. With Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rivalling your other top human resources priorities, we’ve provided some recent research on CSR that may assist you as you work to develop CSR opportunities within your own organisation.

Also worth noting is the upcoming Cicerco Forum conference titled Designing you Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy for the New Companies Act will be held on January 17th. The Cavendish Conference Centre in Central London will be the venue with some of the most senior corporate responsibility practitioners in the UK on hand to provide insights in meeting new requirements.

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The Insala Research Team

Featured Articles

Corporate Responsibility: U.K. Research Review – How does the U.K. fare against the U.S.? Growing concerns about climate change, rapid industrialisation, consumer product safety, data privacy, pension sustainability, and the impact of outsourcing and offshoring have heightened awareness of “corporate responsibility.” This focus, along with recent legislation, has prompted companies across the U.K. to step up their commitment to socially responsible behaviour. More

Corporate Responsibility: U.S. Research Review – How does the U.S. fare against Europe? Corporate Responsibility is a sweeping trend effecting organizations around the globe. Spawning from increased public awareness of such global issues as climate change, consumer product safety and rapid industrialization, Corporate Responsibility is becoming a mainstream concept, recognized by most Americans. But how are U.S companies doing compared to their Europe counterparts? More

Spotlight
Succession Planning Tools: Current Technology Trends Succession planning has evolved, securing a prominent position in the hierarchy of human capital management. Once a singular strategy for CEO replacement, succession management is now mainstream. Increasing numbers of corporations are cascading succession planning throughout their entire organization, embedding it into their corporate strategy. And those at the top of the curve, are embracing technology to achieve their goals. Read more on trends in succession planning technology.

Performance Management Research Review of Best Practices It is widely accepted that performance management has been a key component of human capital solutions for decades. With increasing use of technology, organizations around the world are embracing change, improving their human capital by deploying robust talent management software solutions. Read on for recent research on best practices in performance management.
News
Insala Works to Shape HR Agenda for UK Corporate Responsibility. Cicero Forum conference on 17th January 2008.
Speaker Phillip Roark, Insala President and CEO, who will share strategies on corporate social responsibility relating to the New Companies Act.

Insala Named to Software Magazine’s 25th Annual Software 500 for Second Consecutive Year
The New Insala Brand Promise In everything we do, Insala chooses to focus on a new Brand Promise communicated to our customers and our partners - “It’s about your people. It’s about your business.” For our employees - “It’s about our people. It’s about our business.”

Webcasts

Next Webcast
Decoding Generational Differences: How can we get back to work? W. Stanton Smith, National Director, Next Generation Initiatives, Deloitte & Touche LLP, will discuss among other themes, dilemmas and opportunities we face as business leaders and deciphering the generation code to promote communication and advance what all generations have to offer from his new book “Decoding Generational Differences: Fact, fiction ... or should we just get back to work?”.
Register for free (normally $129 USD) click here

When: 11th February 2008 / 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT

Past Webcasts
Talent Multiplication: Developing Leadership Capability Bob Thomas, Executive Director of Accenture's Institute for High Performance, will discuss multiplying talent as a distinctive organizational capability to develop a lasting source of competitive advantage. click here

What's In It For Us? How high performing leaders develop high performing talent How can organizations increase the velocity with which they grow talent to ensure a solid talent bench for the future? This webcast provides answers to this critical question. To view this past webcast click here