ORC Networks

As a leader in the fast-changing human resources profession, you know the value of having a personal network—people you can trust, knowing they understand and are facing similar challenges. But it's not easy to find such people, build such relationships—especially when you need them most.

ORC has been quietly answering this need for nearly 50 years. Its human resources networks bring together professional peers to exchange human resources and organisational information and to interact with other companies in a professional and completely confidential setting.

These groups share best practices and experience, review issues and problems in specific or broad areas of HR management (e.g., compensation, global diversity, equal opportunities, labor relations), and work collectively on matters of common interest. The relationships forged at the meetings continue and strengthen between meetings in a variety of both structured and informal ways. Members contact each other informally when they have a quick question—or, from time to time, a member will ask ORC to conduct a quick poll of all members on a topic of immediate importance to his or her company. ORC also maintains other, ongoing channels of communication among network members.

You are not alone. And that can be a great source of professional strength to you as you face the challenge of helping your organisation find, manage, and reward its unique workforce.

You can profit, personally and organisationally, from joining together with HR leaders from other firms facing similar strategic and operational issues. The wider your peer network, the more effective you can be in carrying out your own responsibilities. So look through the variety of networks ORC offers and see the focus and membership profile of each.

Consider the issues you face. And then find the network of people who face similar ones. Knowing how those people are responding could serve as a check on—or an affirmation of—the course you are currently taking.

ORC Networks

UK Expatriate Forum

European Expatriate Policy Forum

Global Reward Meeting Group

International Social and Labour Affairs Forum

International Management and Remuneration Group

Vanguard Diversity Network [Private Sector]

Breakthrough Diversity Network [Public Sector]

Global Diversity Forum

Global Talent Management Network

European Union Health, Safety, and Environmental Forum

UAE Human Resources Network