HR professionals play a key role in developing leaders who can meet growing demands with limited resources. Leadership must also focus on engagement – ensuring people feel connected, motivated and able to make a meaningful contribution. 

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Analysis: avoiding risks and unlocking rewards around employee engagement

Jake Young, CIPD Senior Policy and Practice Adviser for Employee Experience, OD & L&D, examines the impact of employee engagement on key business outcomes and what employers can do to drive more positive engagement.

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CIPD Leadership conference - 4 December 2025

In today’s evolving business landscape, leadership development can’t be one-size-fits-all—organisations must adopt a flexible, growth-oriented mindset.

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Podcast: Employee engagement and the evolving psychological contract

The psychological contract might be invisible, but its impact is clear for all to see. This episode unpacks how these unwritten expectations are evolving and what impact does this have on employee engagement?

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Report: Role of HR in selecting and developing senior leaders

The CIPD spoke to senior members of HR teams through a focus group and a series of interviews, and also assessed recent literature to find out how HR can play a role in the selection and development of senior leaders.

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CIPD Trust: Aspiring HRD programme opens doors to senior HR roles

New research highlights how the CIPD Trust’s mentoring programme is opening doors to senior leadership for professionals from underrepresented backgrounds.

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Factsheet: Leadership in the workplace

This factsheet explores the concept of leadership, and different approaches to leadership development. It also discusses how to use a principle-based approach to develop leadership skills in people professionals.

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Good Work Index: line management impact and engagement

An annual benchmark of job quality in the UK, providing data and evidence-based insight on how to improve work and working lives.

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Report: HR practices in Ireland

The annual HR practices in Ireland survey helps you to keep your finger on the pulse of what’s happening in the profession.

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Podcast: Do leaders establish culture, or are they a product of it?

To what extent does leadership shape organisational culture and vice versa? This episode explores how leadership and culture are co-dependent and what organisations can and should do to cultivate the best of both.

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