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The key to unlocking performance potential is first to seek out what factors make certain organizations and people perform at a higher level—then find ways to replicate those factors across your own organization. From our work in Global 200 companies and Cabinet-level federal departments, Beacon has deep insight into what creates a high performing environment—and what challenges industry and government are facing today.

Beacon’s mission is to partner with our clients to help them achieve their desired outcomes. We believe that, through sharing our insights into performance success, we are helping lay the foundation to your high performance success story.

In this area of our website, you’ll find white papers, case studies, and other intellectual capital that shares some of the performance innovation available from Beacon. We invite you to explore and learn. Then contact us for more information on how you can change your performance curve and be your own success story.

 

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Case Studies

  • Workforce Competency Assessment

    Many federal agencies are challenged with human capital management. Whether caused by federal regulations, changing workforce demographics, retirement of experienced personnel, or competition for resources; many career fields are short of trained,... view

  • Accelerating Technical Talent Development

    for a Large International Oil Company

    ‘LIOC,’ is one of the world’s largest oil producers. Based in the Middle East, the company has grown over the last 75 years from modest beginnings to employing over 50... view

  • Knowledge Management

    for a Mid-size International Development Agency

    In today’s information‑driven world, the ability of an organization to capture, store, organize, and reuse critical knowledge is what separates the ‘good’ from the ‘great,’ and often, success from... view

  • Developing Leadership Capability

    for a Large-Scale Business Outsourcing Company

    One of the world’s largest providers of business outsourcing solutions, including a wide range of human resources, payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions, was facing additional pressure... view

Position Papers

  • Applied Learning Center

    for the Acquisition Workforce

    This document introduces the Applied Learning Center (ALC), a major component of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiatives to maintain a highly skilled acquisition workforce. It describes the purpose,... view

  • Using Workforce Analytics to Drive Performance Outcomes

    Authored by: Jimmy Brown

    The budget compromise that raised the Federal debt ceiling cut more than $900 billion from Cabinet agencies’ day-to-day operating budgets over a 10 year period. It also capped spending on agency budgets for 2012 at $1.... view

  • Re-thinking Human Performance Management

    The annual performance review is as customary and requisite as the annual vacation, annual picnic,and annual holiday party. We are all familiar with the box-checking, polite feedback, and awkward interview with the boss that focuses only on what you... view

Presentations

  • Designing Innovative Performance Based Sales Training for Mobile Devices

    This presentation on designing innovative performance based sales training for mobile devices was originally presented at the American Society of Training and Development 2012 International Conference. The presentation introduces a framework to follow... view

  • Using Workforce Analytics to Drive Performance Outcomes in Government Organizations

    Presented at the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference, this session focuses on the science of workforce analytics, and illustrates how to leverage those tools in the government space to drive mission objectives... view

  • Learn Do Share - A New Approach for Linking Knowledge to Performance

    The ability of an organization to capture, store, organize, and reuse critical knowledge assets is what separates the good from the great, and often success from failure. Shifting paradigms like virtual workforces, shorter tenures, global projects and... view

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