Leadership Development

GOLD: Jenny Dearborn, Chief Learning Officer, SuccessFactors When software company SAP acquired SuccessFactors in December 2011, it wanted to reach its 176,000 newly acquired customers. To do so, the cloud-based talent-management company needed to accelerate development of its management team through data-based training. To ensure sales representative success and demonstrate measurable business results, SuccessFactors analyzed…

GOLD: Cornerstone OnDemand In 2010, Cornerstone OnDemand launched its CSOD Foundation to provide programs and services to help nonprofits increase their impact. The foundation focuses on three areas — education, workforce development and disaster relief — and has supported nonprofits such as Teach for America, Goodwill and Women for Women International. After floods affected more…

GOLD: Dhamayanthi N, Associate Vice President, HCL Technologies Ltd. HCL Technologies Ltd., with operations in 31 countries and a workforce of more than 80,000, was facing an employee skills shortage. Because of a shortage of manpower with required competencies, many employees were unable to be utilized where they were most needed. To build a pipeline,…

Gold: PricewaterhouseCoopersWith there being more than 20 million U.S. military veterans and more on the way as the wars wind down in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or VA, turned to PricewaterhouseCoopers, or PwC, to develop a program to transition veterans back into civilian life. The unemployment rate for veterans without…

GOLD: MassMutual Financial Group When MassMutual announced the acquisition of The Hartford’s Retirement Plan Group last year, the company didn’t waste a moment introducing new employees to its business and culture. A team of employees and managers from both companies led by Assistant Vice President Debbie Cote assembled immediately to develop an onboarding strategy that…