First Certifications of ISO HR Standards Now Available

HR professionals and consultants now have a new way to distinguish themselves as industry leaders through the first-ever ISO certifications for human capital management provided only by the International Center for Enterprise Engagement by the people who helped pioneer their creation. An independent study underlines the ROI of standards in the U.K: over $30 billion in economic value a year is attributed to standards and nearly 40% of the country's productivity growth.

The people who helped launch the first working group to create ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards for human resources management, now will be the first to provide certification for those standards. The International Center for Enterprise Engagement at TheICEE.org, of which Dr. Ron B. McKinley and Lee S. Webster are co-founders, is offering the first ISO certifications for five human resources standards and for additional ISO HR standards as they come through the pipeline.

The first ISO HR standards available for certification are:

ISO 10667, assessment services delivery;
ISO 30401 knowledge management;
ISO 30409 workforce planning, and
ISO 30414 guidelines for internal and external capital reporting.

These new certifications are in addition to the ISO 10018 quality people management professional and organizational certifications.

The standards come at a particularly opportune time because organizations in many parts of the world are grappling with ways to enhance customer and talent retention and address growing demands for sustainable management practices. The potential impact of standards in human capital are eye-opening: standards boost U.K. productivity and improve performance, enhance innovation, and support the country’s domestic and international trade, according to the study, Benefits of Using Standards, undertaken by the independent research Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and commissioned by BSI, the British Standards Institute. The analysts found that:

$10.2 billion is contributed by standards to the U.K. economy
37.4% of productivity growth can be attributed to standards
28.4% of annual U.K. GDP growth can be attributed to standards, equivalent to $10.2 billion a year
$7.58 billion of additional U.K. exports per year can be attributed to standards

ICEE and the EEA provide monthly three-class scheduled webinar courses on Enterprise Engagement and ISO 10018 quality people management and other HR standards. The next monthly course of CEP classes are at 2:30 Eastern on July-August: July 23, July 30, Aug. 6. The full three-class courses are free to EEA members; one class is free to Enterprise Engagement Advocate Network members. Click here for info.

Certifications are overseen by Dr. McKinley and Webster. Together, they led the creation of the first ISO HR 260 working group that created the human resources standards and served as administrators for all these standards until earlier this year. The first recipient of ISO 30401 knowledge management standard will be announced shortly, and the first applicant for ISO 30414 certification in guidelines for internal and external capital reporting is being assessed this summer.

Says Dr. McKinley, “As an executive in human resources for most of my career, I can safely say that most organizations of all sizes and type lack the type of systematic approach to managing human resources practices that are considered essential in manufacturing and other complex businesses. Lee and I worked for years with hundreds of people to create these standards to provide a meaningful, open-source approach to implementing effective practices in all areas of management and human resources. This certification can help tens of thousands of human resources executives and solution providers distinguish themselves in the market by bringing better practices to potentially hundreds of thousands of organizations.”

Adds Webster, “Having worked for so many years to create these standards, it makes sense now to focus on making sure they are put into practice.”

The certification process includes:

Demonstration of at least three years of management experience in human resources, sales, marketing, operations or administrative management; people with five years or more experience can qualify for a lead auditor for no additional fees.
Demonstration of a firm grasp of the standard in a 30- 45-minute recorded video webinar, and a written audit based on a case study provided or on a real company.

Upon completion of this process, people qualify for a provisional certification until they conduct their first full audit under the review of the ICEE auditor. Concludes Dr. McKinley, “If ISO standards can do for human capital management just a fraction of what it did to transform quality management, they provide a unique opportunity for profession to provide a true value to all stakeholders.”

For More Information

Bruce Bolger

International Center for Enterprise Engagement at TheICEE.org

Bolger@TheEEA.org; 914-591-7600, ext. 230

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