For the next several weeks, we will be taking a hard look at the litany of industry and member-based HR associations and consortiums.  This will include:

• SHRM (The Society for Human Resource Management);
• IHRIM (The International Association for Human Resources Information Management);
• CLC (The Corporate Leadership Council);
• HCI (The Human Capital Institute);
• HR.com;
  
• HROA (The Human Resources Outsourcing Association); and
• i4cp (The Institute for Corporate Productivity)

Our intent is to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each as we consistently receive requests on the relative merits of these and other industry bodies.  Perhaps as important is an understanding of the role vendors play in shaping the agenda, positioning, sustainability and governance of these groups, an issue often overlooked in our industry as either necessity or design.  There are over 200 HR-based associations in the world, so if you would like us to add to our list, please feel free to let us know by either posting here or emailing to blog@inflexionadvisors.com.

Please accept our apologies for the time gap between posts. Inflexion intends to return to a more frequent blogging schedule effective immediately. We’d love to blame it on the election, daylight savings, gas prices or the weather, but since our client phone has been ringing at 3 o’clock in the morning, it’s Inflexion that picks it up!

Let’s keep the conversation going.

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