Claude Werder runs the Talent Management, Leadership Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices for Brandon Hall Group™, a global human capital management research and advisory firm. His specific areas of focus include how organizations must transform culturally and strategically to meet the needs of the emerging workforce and workplace.  Claude conducts research and writes about the strategies and tools organizations need to thrive in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous work environment. He develops insights and solutions on assessments, culture, leadership, employee experience and development and other topics to help members and clients make talent development a competitive business advantage. Before joining Brandon Hall Group in 2012, Claude was an HR consultant and also spent more than 25 years as an executive and people leader for media and news organizations, including a decade as the producer of the HR Technology Conference and Expo. He helped transform it from a small event to the world's largest HR technology conference. Claude does advisory work in all of Brandon Hall Group's six human capital management practices, is a judge for the global Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards and develops the program for the firm’s annual HCM Excellence Conference. He is also an ICF-certified executive and leadership coach.