Membership Information
Connections with HR innovators. Invaluable informational resources. Eye-opening dialogues and debates. And they’re yours for the taking.
From its humble beginnings with 11 charter members, membership in HRPI has grown to more than 40 companies, representing some of the most prominent, highly-respected, and largest corporations in the United States and the world.
As a member of HRPI, you’ll get exclusive invitations to two semi-annual meetings, membership in a network of forward-thinking HR executives, and access to innovative research that matters. We also offer a series of webinars though out the year on cutting edge HR Topics.
Since its inception in 1981, HRPI has made significant strides in developing its membership meetings. These meetings bring together practitioners and researchers for two days each spring and fall to discuss leading-edge human resource matters and to network with fellow HR executives and scholars. Meetings are organized around an overarching topic in HR and feature leading experts from academia, consulting, and the corporate sectors relevant to this topic.
Upcoming Member Meetings:
HRPI fall 2024 Meeting of Members
Thursday, October 24 & Friday, October 25, 2024
HRPI meetings are for members only. Please contact HRPI’s Assistant Director Sandy Keldsen at zarotney@bu.edu to register.
Past Meetings:
HRPI spring 2024 Meeting of Members
Thursday, May 2 & Friday, May 3, 2024
The spring 2024 HRPI Member Meeting was filled with top tier insights on the future of work:
• Debbie Lovich, Managing Director & Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group, shared innovative research on the benefits of cultivating joy in the workplace across generations and job structures.
• Tracy Keogh facilitated our member roundtable of hot HR topics.
• Connie Noonan Hadley led a thought provoking brainstorming session for HRPI’s forthcoming future of work research initiative.
• Susan Podlogar, EVP & CHRO at MetLife, highlighted how her organization has pioneered a boundaryless approach to HR to cultivate a culture of employee care.
• Mitchell Stevens, an organizational sociologist at Stanford, illustrated how trends in higher education and professional credentialing are transforming the talent marketplace.
• Charles Tharp unpacked recent legal developments for noncompete agreements, human capital metric disclose, and moonshot executive compensation awards.
• Stephanie Franklin, CHRO at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Arielle Kristan, Partner at Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP, revealed strategies to prioritize and maintain effective DEI programs and policies in a climate of increased legal scrutiny.
HRPI webinar: Loneliness and Mental Health
Monday, December 4, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH, founder and director of The Foundation for Art and Healing, and author of the new book, Project Unlonely.
Dr. Tam Brownlee, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP, Chief Health Officer, Accenture
Dr. Connie Hadley , Organizational Psychologist, Lecturer, Management & Organizations, Boston University Questrom School of Business
HRPI fall 2023 Meeting of Members
Thursday, November 2 & Friday, November 3, 2023
HRPI spring 2023 Meeting of Members
Thursday, May 4 & Friday, May 5, 2023
HRPI Member Webinar – Pay Transparency
Friday, February 3, 2022, from 12pm – 1pm EST
Our webinar on Pay Transparency took place on Friday, February 3 from 12:00pm -1:00pm EST. The webinar will be led by Professor of the Practice and HRPI Associate Director Charlie Tharp, with a panel of HR executives from CA, CO and NY who will share their experiences with compliance and implementation. Executives on the panel are: Christina Hall, CHRO Instacart; Kevin Sweeney, Head of Global Compensation, Colgate-Palmolive Company; and Jared Ruger, Human Resources Business Partner/Global Shared Services, Ball Corporation.
HRPI fall 2022 Meeting of Members
Thursday, October 20 & Friday, October 21, 2022
Thanks to all who attended our fall meeting of members. Click here for photos from the meeting.
HRPI Member Webinar -Stop Framing Wellness Programs Around Self-Care
Tuesday, September 27, 2022, from 12pm – 1pm EST
Professor William Kahn, Chairman of the Management and Organization Department, HRPI Faculty Fellow, and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar will lead a conversation with HRPI members based on his recent article in Harvard Business School Publishing. Read the full article here.
Research That Matters
HRPI sponsors research on topics of interest to our member companies. Under the guidance of a member-led steering committee, HRPI has funded over 70 research projects by faculty and doctoral students and has developed numerous case studies on critical HR and organizational issues. In addition, the semi-annual HRPI newsletter provides updates on member company HR programs and communicates news, surveys, and initiatives in the HR field.
Questions?
We’d love to hear from you. Give us a call at 617-353-3304 or send us an email at zarotney@bu.edu.