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Creating Shared Value: An Interview with Becky Schmitt

HR Digest

From the vantage point of a lifelong career in human resources, Becky Schmitt talked with The HR Digest about the various programs which have put Cognizant on the global map as one of the top companies for star performers. Becky Schmitt: At Cognizant, we are working to create conditions where everyone can thrive.

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A Guide to People Analytics for Every HR to Succeed

HR Digest

The goal is to make sure that you’re making people-based decisions — and making sure they’re happy and engaged. The goal is to determine areas for improvement for managers and employees in order to enhance people-based business outcomes. This includes its DE&I efforts in recent years. “We

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Our Unhealthy Obsession with Winning

Harvard Business Review

You can't help but feel the heartbreak when an Olympic athlete falls just short of winning: Taylor Phinney missing a medal by inches in Olympic cycling; Allison Schmitt losing the gold medal by 3/10ths of a second in the 400 meter freestyle in swimming; four U.S. archers losing the gold to Italy on the final arrow, by a single point.

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