The Conference Board: The Human Capital Exchange™ Welcomes New Knowledge Partners

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Apr 02, 2012, 05:18 ET

NEW YORK, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization, today announced new Knowledge Partners—The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, The Center for Effective Organizations at USC's Marshall School of Business, Peoplematters magazine, CFO magazine, and Workforce Solutions Review magazine—who will be contributing original content to The Conference Board Human Capital Exchange™.

The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation is sponsoring a new Mission & Purpose@Work forum page to allow human capital professionals expert resources in developing and delivering corporate and philanthropic community-based programs, pro-bono programs for Human Capital Professionals as well as to explore issues associated with the deeply held desire of employees who want work to matter. Thought leaders John Boudreau, Ed Lawler, Jay Conger and the team at The Center for Effective Organizations will partner closely with The Conference Board to share their cutting edge work in Human Capital with the entire profession. Business-focused CFO magazine, Peoplematters, an important Human Capital publication in India, and Workforce Solutions Review, a thought leader in strategic workforce planning, will provide research, insights and commentary on The Human Capital Exchange™ across a myriad of topics. They join our current Knowledge Partners (organizations, associations, publications, and academic institutions which contribute research and insights, to The Conference Board Human Capital Exchange™): McKinsey & Company, Harvard Business Review, CTPartners, the Institute for Compensation Studies at Cornell University, Diversity Executive magazine, Cornerstone OnDemand, the ROI Institute, Big Speak, Root Learning, the American Society for Training & Development, WorldatWork, The University of Southern Mississippi's Workplace Learning & Performance Institute, Career Systems International, Talent Management magazine, Employment Learning Innovations, MediaTec Publishing, The CEO Show and other top organizations.

The Conference Board Human Capital Exchange™ (http://hcexchange.conference-board.org/) is a web portal designed to be the "first stop" resource for all human capital professionals around the world seeking the best information and wisdom in the field via research and insights, monthly book discussions and webcasts. Our next book discussion is scheduled for April 6 (2 PM EDT) with Center for Effective Organization founder John Boudreau speaking about his book Retooling HR: Using Proven Business Tools to Make Better Decisions About Talent, moderated by Senior Fellow, Human Capital, Julian Kaufmann.

The Conference Board Human Capital Exchange™ is one element of The Conference Board's Human Capital Practice. Led by Rebecca Ray, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Human Capital, the Practice supports the Human Capital Practitioners of our member companies through research, research working group participation, conferences, Council programs, webcasts, workshops, experiential leadership development programs, and employee engagement survey services. The Conference Board Human Capital Watch™ is a member-only monthly broadcast focused on a key challenge facing our profession and offers relevant research from The Conference Board and others as well as practitioner views on addressing these challenges.

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