CEB Acquires KnowledgeAdvisors

March 4, 2014 – CEB, a member-based advisory company, has acquired KnowledgeAdvisors, a provider of analytics solutions for talent development professionals, for approximately $52 million. By combining KnowledgeAdvisors’ learning benchmarks and analytics platform with CEB’s insight, best practice and predictive analytics on talent acquisition, assessment and development, the company is positioned to help senior executives optimize investments that drive development ROI and ultimately corporate performance. “We’ve long prescribed that companies must apply the same rigor to managing their people as they do their balance sheet, and making investments proven to build workforce competencies can have a material impact on bottom-line results,” said Tom Monahan, CEB chairman and CEO. “This acquisition accelerates the groundbreaking work we have done to provide HR leaders with actionable solutions to measure the effectiveness of their development and talent management strategies, select and develop great teams, and build critical workforce skills.”