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2013

  1. 2013 Executive Coaching Conference KeyNotes Report

    May 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    If companies truly want leverage their human capital to grow their organizations, they should consider coaching employees at all levels.

  2. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013)

    May 2013 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of strategic workforce planning.

  3. Globalization Revisited: Who Will Get the New Wave of Knowledge Process Jobs?

    April 2013 | Executive Action Report

    Offshoring is no longer the best or the only answer for management of knowledge process jobs, and many companies are investigating nearshore and onshore alternatives as the global competition for knowledge jobs intensifies.

  4. Workspace: Face-to-Face Fallacies

    April 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Alison Maitland looks critically at workplace strategies of Google and Yahoo!, calling them "retrograde attitudes from Internet giants."

  5. Looking before You Leap: SWP and Offshoring Location Decisions

    April 2013 | KnowlEdge Series Summaries

    HR executives and strategists can contribute to their company’s location strategy.

  6. 2012 Future Leaders Conference KeyNotes Report

    April 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

  7. On the Record with Dr. Loren Skeist

    April 2013 | Executive Action Report

    The Conference Board interviews the president of Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp., a mid-market industry leader in high-voltage design and manufacturing, about the 2013 results of The Conference Board CEO Challenge®.

  8. Happiness Premium: What Companies Should Know about Leveraging Happiness in the Workplace

    March 2013 | Executive Action Report

    A focus on employee happiness makes for a holistic approach to the idea of contentment in the workplace, and can greatly influence company performance overall.

  9. 2013 Talent Management Strategies Conference KeyNotes Report

    March 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Innovating Talent Solutions to Deliver Results

  10. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013)

    March 2013 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

  11. Riding the Reform Innovation Wave: Implications for Health Care Organizations and Their CHROs

    March 2013 | Executive Action Report

    As the health care sector undergoes enormous transformational change in all aspects of operations, chief human resources officers must embrace the change and communicate it to their workforce, as they make up more than half the sector's expenditures.

  12. 2012 Onboarding Leadership Conference KeyNotes Report

    March 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Facilitating Transition, Driving Performance and Engagement

  13. Integrating Corporate Wellness Initiatives within Human Capital Strategy

    February 2013 | Executive Action Report

    How can companies successfully work their wellness initiatives into their larger human capital strategy?

  14. Going Public on HR Data Privacy: Implications for Human Capital Analytics and Strategic Workforce Planning

    February 2013 | Executive Action Report

    Many HR organizations are skittish about collecting certain types of employee data, especially when they plan to integrate it across national borders.

  15. Building an Effective Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs Organization

    January 2013 | Council Perspectives

    PSRA has expanded from narrowly managing compliance to enabling the business to pursue new products and markets, driving the need for additional skills in the function.

  16. 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report

    January 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Paying for Performance Alignment

  17. Addressing the Talent Shortage in China and India: Leveraging Women in the Workforce

    January 2013 | Executive Action Report

    The dearth of high-skilled workers is a human capital challenge in India and China, where women are largely underutilized in the workforce. Leveraging women in these labor markets is essential to resolve this shortage and promote economic growth.

  18. Is It Up to Business to Solve the Toughest Problems?

    January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Companies, argues benefits consultant Jennifer Benz, need to shoulder some of the responsibility for workers' struggles with obesity and financial insecurity.

  19. Main Skill Your HR Chief Lacks

    January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Recruiting is exactly the kind of experience that every chief of HR needs to understand the stakes of doing HR wrong.

  20. Part-Time Executive

    January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Many top executives, particularly in Europe, are working less and accomplishing more.

  21. Pay Problem: It's not that we pay CEOs too much—it's that we pay everyone else too little.

    January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    High CEO pay still gets all the attention, but it's no longer a problem that demands immediate fixing. What companies need to address is how they compensate everyone else.

  22. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2013 Summary Report: Countering the Global Slowdown

    January 2013 | CEO Challenge®

    Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of business leaders by The Conference Board indicate a focus on internal challenges.

2012

  1. Executive Coaching Survey: 2012 Edition

    December 2012 | Research Report

    This report presents an in-depth look at both internal and external coaching practices.

  2. 2012 Succession Management Conference KeyNotes Report

    December 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Raising the Stakes: Anticipating and Removing Barriers to Building High-Quality Leadership Pipelines

  3. Achieving Pay for Performance

    December 2012 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the three dimensions of pay for performance, demonstrates how to measure them using historical pay data, and presents a simple pay plan that achieves perfect pay for performance using annual grants of performance shares.

  4. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012)

    November 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

  5. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Employee Engagement (Vol. 1, No. 3, 2012)

    November 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of employee engagement.

  6. 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report

    October 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Navigating the Management/Shareholder Partnership: Making Performance Really Matter

  7. State of Human Capital 2012: False Summit

    October 2012 | Research Report

    This report is the result of a joint research effort by The Conference Board and McKinsey & Company to highlight the most significant challenges facing human capital executives.

  8. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Your Colleague Smells Bad. And?

    October 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Laurie Ruettimann examines HR's role in defusing uncomfortable workplace situations.

  9. Talent Management Tomorrow: Seeing Around the Corner to Meet Strategic Business Needs

    September 2012 | Council Perspectives

    This report, the work of eight councils of The Conference Board worldwide in the area of talent management, assesses the current state of the function and then “peeks around the corner” to see what challenges lie ahead.

  10. CEO Challenge Reflections: Human Capital Practitioners Respond

    September 2012 | Executive Action Report

    This report compares the responses of human capital professionals to the human capital strategies cited by 370 CEOs that ranked human capital as one of their top three challenges in The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012.

  11. Board Asia Newsletter

    September 2012 | Periodical

    Quarter Three 2012

  12. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 2, No. 2, 2012)

    August 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

  13. U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report: 2012 Edition

    August 2012 | Research Report

    This report examines salary and compensation for the CEO and top executives of 2,411 publicly traded companies in the United States in 2011.

  14. Women’s Leadership Conference KeyNotes Report

    August 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Advancement Strategies—What We Have, and What We Need: Much of the potential of women’s talent is unrealized, and creating the conditions to unlock this potential remains a challenge.

  15. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Employee Engagement (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2012)

    July 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in employee engagement.

  16. 2012 Leadership Development Conference KeyNotes Report

    July 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    What's Next? Hardwiring Leadership Development to Future Business Needs

  17. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Jones vs. Anastasijevic

    July 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Laurie Ruettimann explains how people with difficult last names have a harder time getting hired and promoted.

  18. Board Asia Newsletter

    July 2012 | Periodical

    Quarter Two 2012

  19. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012)

    June 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

  20. Job Satisfaction: 2012 Edition

    June 2012 | Research Report

    Respondents to the 2011 version of The Conference Board Job Satisfaction Survey indicated higher levels of job satisfaction for the first time since the recession began in 2008.

  21. Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific, 2012–2013: Leadership Development and Succession Planning for the Global Leader

    June 2012 | Executive Action Report

    A closer look at the strategies effective companies use for leadership development and succession planning.

  22. 2012 Executive Coaching Conference KeyNotes Report

    June 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Cost-Effective and Business-Minded Approaches to Coaching

  23. Employee Health Care Conference KeyNotes Report

    June 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Embracing a New Era: The Spectrum of Opportunity

  24. Senior HR Executive Conference KeyNotes Report

    June 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    The Future of Work: Growth, Innovation, and People

  25. Incredible Disappearing Office: Making Telework Work

    May 2012 | Research Report

    Analyzing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and culling current research in the field, this study delves into teleworking in the United States to uncover current trends.

  26. Fostering Retirement and Financial Security in an Era of Individual Responsibility

    May 2012 | Executive Action Report

    Individuals must assume more responsibility for the adequate funding of their retirement years. Enlightened companies are providing their employees with tools to help.

  27. Flattened

    April 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    We ask too much of middle managers; they deserve acknowledgment, respect, and relief.

  28. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Criminal, Past

    April 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    TCB Review columnist Laurie Ruettimann observes that as many as a third of young workers have low-level criminal records—and she urges HR people to overlook those transgressions.

  29. Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific 2011-2013: Aligning Employee Learning and Development with Performance Management

    March 2012 | Executive Action Report

    A survey of human capital professionals in nine countries in Asia-Pacific identified learning and development and performance management as two of the most significant human capital challenges in the region. This report discusses how to address them.

  30. Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific 2011-2013: Strong Brands and Clear Career Paths Help Companies Run the Talent Race

    March 2012 | Executive Action Report

    Strong corporate branding and clear career paths for employees help companies to hire and keep talent in Asia-Pacific.

  31. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2012: Risky Business—Focusing on Innovation and Talent in a Volatile World

    March 2012 | CEO Challenge®

    This year’s top challenges show a balance between concerns related to the macro business environment and company-specific challenges that are driven by management action and require a well-executed business strategy.

  32. 2012 Talent Management Strategies Conference KeyNotes Report

    March 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    New Tools and Approaches to Meet Future Talent Needs

  33. Prioritizing Your Corporate University’s Development

    February 2012 | Executive Action Report

    An effective corporate university program can provide a competitive advantage.

  34. Executive Remuneration across Europe: A Handbook of Design, Disclosure, and Enforcement Rules

    February 2012 | Book

    This comprehensive Handbook offers a detailed analysis of regulations in Europe regarding remuneration packages, and a comparison across national systems.

  35. 2011 Human Capital Metrics Conference KeyNotes Report

    February 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Using statistical, predictive analysis of its human capital is key to helping it create business strategy and make investment decisions.

  36. A Perfect Storm: Europe’s Looming Pension Crisis

    January 2012 | Executive Action Report

    Europe’s pension crisis stems from three trends: benefits that are no longer supported by employee contributions, the recent recession, and Europe’s aging population.

  37. 2011 Succession Management Conference KeyNotes Report

    January 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    The 2011 Succession Management Conference: Breaking Through Barriers to Achieve the True Potential of Succession Management

  38. A New Order: When revamping your corporate culture, the first rule is to have fewer rules

    January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    To remain competitive, companies need to make the shift from “manager knows best” to “manager provides the tools and objectives and leaves people to achieve the results.”

  39. American Pastoral

    January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    When companies needed more space, they moved to the suburbs, placing headquarters and R&D facilities in office parks and on lush campuses. But as Louise Mozingo explains, we’re all paying a price now.

  40. Help Is Here: Today’s senior executive needs more than an assistant. He needs a chief of staff.

    January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Increasingly, senior corporate executives understand the value in creating the position of chief of staff.

  41. Priorities vs. Time: How to regain control of your schedule—and your flow of information

    January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    No strategy will add hours to the workweek or the ability to work 24/7, and you can’t just offload half your key decisions to someone else. But the chances of success improve greatly with some rethinking of use of time and priorities.

  42. Unfair Business Practices

    January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Perks are extremely visible indicators of who gets and who doesn’t—and how you distribute them can change the entire corporate culture.

  43. “Zionist Jews Need to Be Run Out of This Country!” When an employee makes this remark outside of the office, what should a company do?

    January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    YouTube, cable news, and Internet message boards are making it easy for proudly ignorant people to go public with conspiracy theories and racist rants—and they are making life difficult for corporate HR reps who just want everyone to get along.

2011

  1. 2011 Executive Coaching Summit KeyNotes Report

    December 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

    The 2011 Executive Coaching Summit: The Presenters Are Legendary; The Lessons Are Leading-Edge

  2. 2011 Future Leaders Conference KeyNotes Report

    December 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

    The 2011 Future Leaders Conference: Rethinking How We Attract, Identify, and Develop High Potential and Next Generation Leadership Talent

  3. A Hero Lies in You: CEOs Talk about Heroes and Mentors

    November 2011 | Executive Action Report

    A series of interviews related to The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2011 makes clear what is highest on the minds of CEOs. Here, they talk about the leaders who have inspired them—and who have served as cautionary figures.

  4. Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2011)

    November 2011 | Human Capital in Review

    The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in talent management.

  5. Assessing Pay for Performance

    October 2011 | Director Notes

    This report explores five interpretations of the “pay for performance” concept, presents a practical way to measure it, and offers questions for directors to consider to assess and improve pay for performance at their company.

  6. CEO Challenge Reflections: Talent Matters

    October 2011 | Executive Action Report

    While CEOs rank talent as a critical challenge to business success, there is disagreement among human capital professionals when it comes to the strategies that best manage and develop this crucial link in the growth chain.

  7. Human Capital in Asia-Pacific, 2011-2013

    October 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Rapid growth in the Asia-Pacific region means that companies there are facing challenges in leadership development, talent acquisition, and retention.

  8. A Closer Look: Reassessing executives' value in a changing economy

    October 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    In this rocky economic landscape, those responsible for assessing and valuing C-suite talent are assessing candidates with fresh eyes.

  9. Are You Too Young—or Too Old—to Be a CEO?

    October 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    When looking for a new top executive, the assumption that direct prior experience in a comparable role is a prerequisite to success is just that—an assumption. It’s natural to first look for the obvious candidate, but evidence shows no advantage.

  10. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: When Equality Doesn't Abolish Unfairness

    October 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    In the absence of major change to the U.S. employer-based health-insurance system, companies should work to optimize a broken system by offering benefits to partnered couples and dependents regardless of state laws or gender.

  11. No More Year in Paris?

    October 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    In today's corporate world, the traditional long-term international assignment is irrelevant.

  12. Workspace: 9 to 5 is so last century

    October 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Alison Maitland argues that today's flexible work arrangements should not be mere employee perks.

  13. Volunteering- A New Training and Transition Tool

    September 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Challenging times call for companies of all sizes to be more creative about how they do business, and how they inspire and motivate their employees.

  14. On the Record with Stephanie Hickman Boyse

    August 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Following The Conference Board CEO Challenge survey, a number of CEOs volunteered to go “on the record” with The Conference Board to share their thoughts and challenges in more depth. This is a Q&A with the CEO of Michigan-based Brazeway.

  15. Employee Engagement in a VUCA World: A Review of Current Research and Its Implications

    July 2011 | Research Report

    This report combines analysis of some of the most important employee engagement research of today and puts it into perspective for members.

  16. What About the Rest of Us? Beyond CEO pay

    July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    When it comes to pay, CEO pay gets the lion's share of attention. How we pay all the other corporate executives says much more about issues of compensation.

  17. Workspace: Unconscious Biases

    July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Alison Maitland asks: How do you get senior executives to address the impact of their unconscious biases?

  18. It’s about Trust and Training: Examining Your Organization’s Internal Coaching Practice

    June 2011 | Executive Action Report

    This report discusses ways in which an internal coaching program can provide a cost-effective approach for developing talent, as well as the potential obstacles to success posed by issues of training and trust.

  19. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2012

    June 2011 | Research Report

    The latest edition of The Conference Board survey of U.S. salary increase budgets found that these budgets will have a median increase of 3.00 percent in 2011.

  20. Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 1, No. 1 2011)

    June 2011 | Human Capital in Review

    This quarterly publication includes short summaries of important talent management research and articles for the busy human capital executive.

  21. Sleepless in Delhi: What Keeps Indian HR Executives Awake at Night?

    June 2011 | Executive Action Report

    India presents unique business challenges, challenges that a number of human resource executives in India were happy to discuss with The Conference Board.

  22. It's Not Just Your Children's Facebook Anymore

    May 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Companies that use social media to improve knowledge transfer will see employees benefit from more informed thinking, better ideas, and big steps forward in innovation.

  23. HR in Asia: Priorities in Compensation and Benefits

    April 2011 | Council Perspectives

    Global, standardized compensation and benefit programs help companies achieve consistency and convenience. But companies must strike a balance by delivering programs that are also responsive to the varying needs of their far-flung business units.

  24. 27 at Heart: Why Gen Yers shouldn’t write off their boomer co-workers.

    April 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Gen Yers need to get used to the idea of working with a whole lot of people who could be their parents or even grandparents.

  25. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Looking for Leaders

    April 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Not enough HR professionals or senior executives are challenging the status quo by asking whether there really is a skills gap and a leadership deficiency in the global workforce.

  26. Worst Part of the Job

    April 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    No one wants to fire people. That's why managers do it so badly.

2010

  1. 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report

    November 2010 | Research Report

    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

  2. 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report

    November 2010 | Key Findings

    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

  3. Time to Step Up: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Talent Management

    November 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This report looks at the opportunities and challenges facing the future of talent management and addresses four basic concerns that go the heart of the talent management function's future.

  4. A Strategic Approach to Growing Talent for Succession

    November 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This report describes the fundamentals of a successful GTFS (growing talent for succession) culture, and the basic questions companies must ask as they initiate a GTFS plan.

  5. Growing Talent for Succession

    October 2010 | Research Report

    This report is a playbook that explains how every business can lay the foundation for a growing talent (GT) plan.

  6. Treating Contingent Workers as a Strategic Resource

    September 2010 | Executive Action Report

    While the use of temporary help of all kinds has increased, many companies do not have a centralized framework to make the most cost-efficient and strategic use of this new workforce.

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. Is Age Really Just a Number? Investigating Approaches to Employee Engagement

    July 2010 | Research Report

    Regardless of whether there are too few people or too few jobs, one thing doesn’t change: the need to recruit and retain talent that distinguishes an organization.

  10. Is Age Really Just a Number? Investigating Approaches to Employee Engagement

    July 2010 | Key Findings

    Regardless of whether there are too few people or too few jobs, one thing doesn’t change: the need to recruit and retain talent that distinguishes an organization.

  11. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2011

    July 2010 | Research Report

    U.S. salary increase budgets remain historically low—for the second straight year the median increase is 2.5 percent.

  12. 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

  13. 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

2009

  1. 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report

    December 2009 | Research Report

    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

  2. 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report

    December 2009 | Key Findings

    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

  3. Impact of Workforce Reductions on Layoff “Survivors”

    November 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This Executive Action features data on how layoffs were conducted, what support is being offered to employees who are leaving and who are staying, and some write-in comments on how respondents’ roles and companies are changing.

  4. Working at the Intersection of Human Resources, Ethics, and Compliance - The Need for Collaboration

    October 2009 | Research Report

    The publication pursues cultural and organizational issues that may limit this collaboration, human resources' potential leadership role, and ways of introducing metrics into the equation.

  5. Ill-Prepared U.S. Workforce

    August 2009 | Research Report

    This report raises several questions concerning the overall effectiveness of workforce readiness training programs.

  6. Ill-Prepared U.S. Workforce

    August 2009 | Key Findings

    This report raises several questions concerning the overall effectiveness of workforce readiness training programs.

  7. Will You Want to Hire Your Own Kids? (Will Anybody Else?)

    August 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Workforce entrants are caught between an educational system that teaches and measures one set of skills and a rapidly evolving workplace that demands another. But who will close the gap?

  8. Relieving Pressures to Eliminate Jobs

    July 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Smaller companies are finding ways to "redeploy" employees rather than lay them off. Three models for surviving recessions without losing your investment in human capital.

  9. Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite

    June 2009 | Key Findings

    This report distills findings and interpretations from the 2007/2008 Offshoring Research Network (ORN) survey.

  10. Changing Attitudes to Work – What Should HR Do?

    March 2009 | Council Perspectives

    Participants at The Conference Board’s European Human Resources Council Summit issue a set of management recommendations to deal with changing work attitudes.

2008

  1. Salary Increase Budgets 2009: Financial Crisis Edition

    December 2008 | Executive Action Report

    The continuing negative economic growth forecasted well into 2009 is having an impact on compensation decisions in real-time.

  2. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2008

    December 2008 | Key Findings

    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

  3. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008

    December 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

  4. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Risk Management and Executive Compensation

    December 2008 | Executive Action Report

    This report highlights "pressure points" for boards to consider, including practical actions that can be followed to help ensure directors fully meet their fiduciary responsibilities toward shareholders.

  5. Can They Take It? What Happens When Older Employees Work Overtime

    November 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Overtime is a key to profitability for many employers, and a boost to the paychecks of their employees. But is there a concomitant cost when, as is often the case, senior employees work extra hours?

  6. Huddled Masses? Why Helping Immigrants Helps Companies

    September 2008 | Council Perspectives

    Immigration is a hot-button issue. When it comes to corporate philanthropy, the target should be immigrant integration. The payoff to both business and society can be handsome.

  7. Salary Increase Budgets Holding Steady for 2009

    August 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Companies are responding to a sluggish economy by remaining disciplined on labor costs. Salary increase budgets for 2008 are below 4 percent and seem destined to remain near that level in 2009.

  8. Bridging the Gaps: How to Transfer Knowledge in Today's Multigenerational Workplace

    July 2008 | Research Report

    This report/guide discusses the dynamics of knowledge transfer and explains how to apply any of 15 methods for facilitating the flow of information and insight from those who have it to those who need it.

  9. Women's Leadership: Revitalizing Women’s Initiatives

    July 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Key indicators of gender in the workplace suggest that women's advancement in corporate America has plateaued or even slipped over the past few years. Still, many companies remain committed to initiatives designed to support women in the workplace.

  10. On the Record with J. Doug Pruitt

    July 2008 | Executive Action Report

    The CEO of Sundt Construction, Tempe, Arizona, explains the importance of managing change, fostering innovation and the need for diversity and multi-generational knowledge sharing in today's competitive business environment.

  11. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2007

    June 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report reflects the changes in director compensation reporting required by the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules of 2006.

  12. Weights & Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity — Key Findings

    May 2008 | Key Findings

    This report shines a spotlight on obesity, and offers some solutions, and the potential rewards and risks of taking action.

  13. HR Challenge: Staffing Up to Expand Overseas

    April 2008 | Executive Action Report

    You don't have to be a huge company to establish a presence in foreign markets. You do need to develop global leaders and learn how to recruit local talent.

  14. 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report - Key Findings

    April 2008 | Key Findings

    This piece summarizes the Top Executive Compensation Report - an annual report which provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2006.

  15. HIV/AIDS in the Workplace

    April 2008 | Research Report

    This is a follow-up to The Conference Board's first report on the corporate response to HIV/AIDS published in 1997.

  16. Weights & Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity

    April 2008 | Research Report

    This report shines a spotlight on obesity, and offers some solutions, and the potential rewards and risks of taking action.

  17. 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report

    April 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2006.

  18. Allure of Private Equity and Its Impact on Performance Pay in Publicly Held Companies

    March 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, privateequity packages may not help public sector companies win the war for talent.

  19. Can Continuing Changes in Pension Management Provide a Secure Retirement?

    January 2008 | Executive Action Report

    With 77 million baby boomers headed for retirement, it's no surprise that nearly every facet of pension plan structure and financial management is being reevaluated.

  20. Compensation & Benefits: A Global View

    January 2008 | Executive Action Report

    What are the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing talent when it's a sellers' market, virtually anywhere in the world?

  21. Compensation & Benefits: A Global View

    January 2008 | Council Perspectives

    What are the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing talent when it’s a sellers’ market, virtually anywhere in the world?

2007

  1. Mid-Market CEO Challenge: 2007 Edition

    December 2007 | CEO Challenge®

    This survey based report provides an overview of the challenges currently faced by CEOs in the mid-market sector.

  2. 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings

    December 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The Conference Board 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings indicates that CEOs of the largest companies hold a substantial amount of company stock.

  3. Gray Skies, Silver Linings: How Companies Are Forecasting, Managing, and Recruiting a Mature Workforce

    December 2007 | Research Report

    Executives in need of frank, bottom-line answers to the questions raised by boomer retirements will find them in this report.

  4. Gray Skies, Silver Linings: How Companies Are Forecasting, Managing, and Recruiting a Mature Workforce

    December 2007 | Key Findings

    Executives in need of frank, bottom-line answers to the questions raised by boomer retirements will find them in this report.

  5. Changing Role of the COO
    Is the Chief Operating Officer Headed for Transformation or Extinction?

    October 2007 | Research Report

    Although some studies suggest that the COO position is being eliminated, this new study reveals, instead, that the role is evolving, based on a company's situation.

  6. Unlocking Speed and Agility

    September 2007 | Executive Action Report

    If mid-market companies want to remain strong competitors and avoid complacency, they need to rediscover the speed and agility they had as start-ups.

  7. Consumer-Driven Healthcare:
    Current Practices, Future Upgrades

    March 2007 | Research Report

    Based on presentations at The Conference Board Consumer-Driven Healthcare Working Group, a review of existing literature, and interviews with employers and health plans, this report summarizes what is currently known about consumer-driven healthcare.

  8. How to Make Executive Coaching Work for Your Company and Executives

    February 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The field of executive coaching continues to evolve today, but in general, successful coaching agreements are based on a high degree of professional integrity on the coach's part, and a coachee willing to embark on the "coaching journey".

  9. Designing the High-Performance Compensation Plan That Works

    January 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The latest article of the Mid-Market Trends series shows how smaller and midsize companies are revising their incentive plans, extending them to more employees, and attempting to tie them more closely to strategic objectives.

2006

  1. Faith at Work: What Does It Mean to Be a “Faith-Friendly” Company?

    November 2006 | Council Perspectives

    Though in its early stages, the "faith-at-work movement" is demanding serious attention from employers. How companies frame their response will determine if the issue becomes a legal minefield or a source of competitive advantage.

  2. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2006

    October 2006 | Research Report

    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2006 in 402 companies in three major industry sectors.

  3. 2006 Top Executive Compensation Report

    October 2006 | Research Report

    This annual report provides an analysis of the compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 3,075 publicly traded firms in 14 major industry categories in 2005.

  4. Competitive Advantage of “Low-Wage” Countries Often Exaggerated

    October 2006 | Executive Action Report

    When adjusting wages for productivity, the cost advantage to companies of "low-wage" countries and regions such as China, India, Mexico, or Central and Eastern Europe over North America and Western Europe is smaller than you think.

  5. Strategic Workforce Planning
    Forecasting Human Capital Needs to Execute Business Strategy

    August 2006 | Research Report

    This report is the culmination of presentations by workforce planning thought leaders and best practice organizations, a literature review, and company interviews of 20 companies, from which nine were chosen for detailed case studies.

  6. Salary Budgets Holding Steady

    June 2006 | Executive Action Report

    A survey of HR executives of 441 companies reveals pay increases for most salaried workers will average only 3.5 percent this year and stay at that level through 2007.

  7. Maximizing Rotational Assignments: A Handbook for Human Resources Executives

    June 2006 | Research Report

    This handbook explores the dynamics at play in identifying and executing business unit, geographic, and staff-line rotations.

  8. CEO Challenge 2006: Perspectives & Analysis

    June 2006 | CEO Challenge®

    Summary and analysis of findings from this year's CEO Challenge Survey.

  9. Cutting Healthcare Costs: Options for Mid-Market Firms

    April 2006 | Research Report

    This report explores some new healthcare cost cutting options through the experiences of five mid-market companies.

  10. Age and Opportunity: Plan Strategically to Get the Most Out of a Maturing Workforce

    April 2006 | Council Perspectives

    The trend numbers are enough to frighten even the most stoic CEO. In a nutshell: if boomers retire as expected, there won’t be enough people to do the work. But companies can plan their way out of the worst and gain a competitive advantage too

  11. What's in a Day's Pay? SEC Proposes New Rules for Disclosing Executive Compensation

    February 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Proxy statements will include more information — and more transparency. The impact on executive pay, companies and stockholders is less certain.

  12. Evolving Relationship Between Compensation Committees and Consultants

    January 2006 | Research Report

    This report traces the development of “best practices” for compensation committees, particularly with respect to processes required to choose and employ outside consultants.

  13. What Do We Really Know about Effective Leadership in Change Management?

    January 2006 | Executive Action Report

    While the need for effective leadership is seen to be one of growing importance, the means to achieve it are far from clear. So where does one turn for guidance, and where do efforts get focused?

2005

  1. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2005

    November 2005 | Research Report

    This is a data compilation of Director's compensation for the year 2005. Data includes basic analysis providing information on which industries pay the highest amount of compensation to their executives.

  2. 2005 Top Executive Compensation Report

    November 2005 | Research Report

    An analysis of the compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 3,143 publicly traded firms in 2005

  3. Managing Paradoxes in Change: Six Steps for Building a Balanced Culture

    September 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Change in initiatives and strategies happen constantly in large companies. But, how often do company leaders address the most critical success factor in sustainable change—changing people’s behavior?

  4. Executive Compensation Consulting: A Research Working Group Report on Best Practices

    September 2005 | Research Report

    This report presents a set of best practices developed by The Working Group on Executive Compensation Consulting to guide corporate managements and compensation committees in their use of executive compensation consultants.

  5. Effecting Change in Business Enterprises

    August 2005 | Research Report

    This study on change management presents current models and methods used based on a survey, in-depth interviews, case studies, and the collective experience of The Conference Board’s Three Faces of Change Working Group members.

  6. Business Is Evolving - Just Not In The Ways You Might Think

    May 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Is there anyone out there who hasn't heard the warnings that business is evolving? Modern business is perhaps the most evolutionary environment to ever exist and natural evolution has much to offer in understanding the challenges faced by management.

  7. Salary Increase Budgets 2005-2006: With Recovery Leveling Off, Mood Remains Cautious

    May 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Caution continues to be the prevailing mood when it comes to salary budgets, with continued attention paid to controlling costs. This is the third year in a row that median increases have fallen significantly below 4 percent.

  8. Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Cost Shift or Paradigm Shift?

    May 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Consumer-driven health plans are the latest trend being presented as a promising solution to rising healthcare costs. This topic was discussed during The 2005 Employee Healthcare Conference held by The Conference Board in February and March.

2004

  1. CEO Challenge 2004: Perspectives and Analysis

    November 2004 | CEO Challenge®

    This report, based on The Conference Board's CEO Challenge 2004 Survey project, presents the findings of in-depth interviews with 11 CEOs from multinational companies, along with data and analysis of survey respondents' top priorities.

  2. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004

    October 2004 | Research Report

    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2004 in 510 companies in three major industry sectors.

  3. 2004 Top Executive Compensation Report

    October 2004 | Research Report

    This annual report provides an overview of the practices of 2,896 publicly traded companies in 14 major industry categories.

  4. Salary Increase Budgets 2004-2005: Despite Recovery, Mood Remains Cautious

    June 2004 | Executive Action Report

    For a second straight year, median salary increases have dropped well below four percent even though U.S. business is rebounding.

2003

  1. Top Executive Compensation in 2002

    November 2003 | Research Report

    This annual report details the average 2002 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,877 companies in 14 major industry sectors.

  2. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003

    November 2003 | Research Report

    This report, based on a survey of more than 606 manufacturing, financial, and service companies, presents the amount and type of compensation paid to outside directors in 2003.

  3. Closing the Revolving Door: How To Ensure New Hires Stay

    October 2003 | Executive Action Report

    Here is what employers and employees need to do to avoid the “set-up-to-fail syndrome.”

  4. Job Satisfaction Continues to Wither

    September 2003 | Executive Action Report

    A new Conference Board survey finds less than half of workers are satisfied with their jobs—and the discontent is growing among all age groups and income levels.

  5. Salary Increase Budgets 2003-2004: Business Remains in a Cautious Mood

    July 2003 | Executive Action Report

    With companies paying careful attention to controlling costs, median increases have moved significantly below 4 percent for the first time in a decade.

  6. Change—It's Getting Serious!!

    February 2003 | Executive Action Report

    Change efforts seem out of control and fraught with excessively painful repercussions. However jaded from experience, leaders everywhere still seem to hope for a better way.

  7. Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise

    January 2003 | Research Report

    This report details the recommendations on executive compensation, corporate governance, and accounting and audit practices made by The Conference Board's Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.

2002

  1. Compensation Plans in Curious Times: Salary Increase Budgets Being Reduced

    December 2002 | Executive Action Report

    Most respondents to a Conference Board survey say their current 2003 salary increase budgets are now lower for most employee classes than originally planned.

  2. Top Executive Compensation in 2001

    November 2002 | Research Report

    This annual report details the average 2001 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,841 companies in 14 major industry sectors.

  3. Emphasis on Developing Leaders: Despite Hard Times Companies View Leadership Development as a Priority

    September 2002 | Executive Action Report

    Even during corporate belt-tightening leadership development is a necessity, not a luxury.

  4. Salary Increase Budgets

    June 2002 | Executive Action Report

    2002 increases fell in many industries; a rebound is projected for 2003.

2001

  1. Compensation in a Changed Economy

    November 2001 | Executive Action Report

    A survey of HR council members looks at the effects of the economic downturn and September 11 on companies' 2002 compensation plans.

  2. Compensation Committee Of The Board: Best Practices For Establishing Executive Compensation

    October 2001 | Research Report

    This study examines best practice processes used by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in designing executive compensation programs.

  3. Why All the Uncertainty, Fear and Doubt? Are Mergers and Acquisitions Bad for Workers?

    June 2001 | Research Report

    This study examines the effects of ownership changes on employment, wages, and plant closing for the entire U.S. manufacturing sector for the period 1977-1987.

2000

  1. Valuing People in the Change Process

    March 2000 | Research Report

    This report addresses the ways in which change affects organizations, focusing on the value of employees in the change process.

1999

  1. Aligning Performance Measures and Incentives in European Companies

    August 1999 | Research Report

    This report provides survey data and case studies to demonstrate that European companies are increasingly aligning executive compensation incentives to performance measures.

1998

  1. Returning to Consumer-Based Healthcare

    July 1998 | Research Report

    Is there a major organization that doesn't have healthcare concerns? Look to this report for a view of things to come.

  2. Bridging the Leadership Gap

    April 1998 | Research Report

    Does your company develop leaders properly? Here's a look at what members of the Fortune 1000 do.

1997

  1. Corporate Response to HIV/AIDS

    August 1997 | Research Report

    The Conference Board joined with the United Nations to create this report on the epidemic striking people and businesses around the world.

1996

  1. European Regional Design

    July 1996 | Research Report

    Part of the Organizing for Global Competitiveness series, this report looks at the MNC designs for corporations in the European region.

  2. Executive Annual Incentive Plans

    April 1996 | Research Report

    Detailed analysis of incentive payments by industry sector and position.

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