This recent report from the CIPD, sets out the key trends that will have an impact on the future world of work and how these will shape the profession and the roles and capabilities of people professionals.
The CIPD note that the people profession found itself at the centre of the crisis and showed a remarkable commitment to ‘putting people first’. We’re also proud that, amid the crisis, the profession stepped up to the challenge of supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. As a professional body, we have a clear role to play in stamping out racism in the profession and at work more broadly. We’ve made progress on the diversity and inclusion agenda, and we’ve provided our members with a range of resources to tackle racism in the workplace, but we know we need to do more. We’ve committed publicly to tackling racism in three ways: calling for policy reform (for example on ethnicity pay reporting); providing support and guidance for organisations to act; and supporting black and ethnic minority people to join our profession and progress within it. And as an employer, we’ve got an action plan in place to close our ethnicity pay gap and achieve greater representation of black and ethnic minority employees in senior roles.
Responsible business is at the heart of good work, and we’re committed to walking the talk. We use the Large Charity Governance Code to guide our governance practices and board effectiveness, as well as looking at what we can learn from practice in other sectors. An independent evaluation this year rated our board as strong, recognising in particular our commitment to effective corporate governance and the gender and ethnic diversity of our board. We’ll continue to build on this in our board membership and working practices.