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Creating Shared Value: An Interview with Becky Schmitt

HR Digest

As a company whose success depends on change management, Cognizant puts a premium on its internal culture. 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.

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A Guide to People Analytics for Every HR to Succeed

HR Digest

People analytics is how companies collect and analyze data regarding their employees so they can make improved decisions on workforce planning, training and development, and performance management. The goal is to determine areas for improvement for managers and employees in order to enhance people-based business outcomes.

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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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