Insight

In Fall 2011, the Department of Defense (Army) formed an Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF) in order to serve as the central management office for renewable developers to partner with DoD installations to implement cost-effective, large-scale, renewab...

The value created from IT projects is a function of the quality of the IT investment decision-making process. Organizations with effective IT investment decision-making processes share certain characteristics including involved business leaders, use of ...

ScottMadden has worked closely with utilities to design, develop, implement and staff transmission control centers. ScottMadden has helped its clients with a variety of different initiatives from detailed facility design and construction to develop...

Several issues have increased interest in developing vehicles fueled by natural gas. NGVs are expected to provide some key benefits, including greater energy independence and lower fuel costs. While the outlook for this industry is promising, there...

ScottMadden recently joined forces with Infocast to present an interactive webinar, “ScottMadden Energy Industry Update—What Is Happening, What It Means, and Where the Industry Is Headed.” This webinar was based on a special edition of...

Talent management has become a critical topic for shared services leaders as they face the challenge of attracting and retaining the best and brightest talent for their shared services organizations (SSOs), while managing costs and performance levels in...

Sam Poston, ScottMadden's senior vice president and lead of the firm's Corporate & Shared Services practice, was interviewed recently in conjunction with a learning series ScottMadden is launching with SSON. The interview includes refle...

The HR business partner is the most critical, yet frequently ignored role in the move to HR shared services. Much attention is given to new roles created by a shared services model while little attention is given to how the business partner role must ch...