Elevating Leadership Development Through Emotional Intelligence

SAN DIEGO, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Blanchard®, a global pioneer in leadership development, consulting, and coaching for more than 45 years, has announced a strategic partnership with RocheMartin, a leading provider of emotional intelligence (EI) solutions. Blanchard will incorporate RocheMartin’s scientifically validated Emotional Capital assessment and development solutions into its world-class leadership development solutions to create learning experiences designed to enhance self-awareness, interpersonal effectiveness, and decision-making for leaders at all levels.

“Although we have worked together for more than ten years, this partnership with RocheMartin represents a significant step forward in helping leaders develop the emotional intelligence skills needed to navigate complexity and inspire high performance,” said Lael Good, Director of Global Consulting Services at Blanchard. “By integrating emotional intelligence with our proven leadership development approach, we’re equipping leaders with the tools to build stronger relationships, foster innovation, and create positive workplace cultures.”

“We are proud to collaborate with Blanchard and, while our partnership spans more than a decade, this next phase represents a major leap forward in equipping leaders with the emotional intelligence skills required to drive high performance,” said Dr Martyn Newman, Executive Chairman of RocheMartin. “Blanchard’s proven expertise in developing world-class leaders, combined with our advanced, scientifically validated emotional intelligence tools, creates a powerful synergy that sets the international standard for shaping extraordinary workplace cultures.”

About Blanchard
Blanchard is a global leader in leadership development, consulting, and coaching. For more than 45 years, Blanchard has partnered with organizations to maximize individual achievement and organizational performance, bringing measurable progress and true transformation. Blanchard’s SLII® is the global leadership model of choice, powering inspired leaders for more than 10,000 organizations worldwide. Blanchard also offers a suite of award-winning solutions through flexible delivery modalities to meet the specific needs of clients and learners. Discover more at www.blanchard.com.

About RocheMartin
RocheMartin is a world-renowned provider of emotional intelligence assessments, coaching, and leadership development solutions. The company’s Emotional Capital framework helps organizations build emotionally intelligent leaders who excel in today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving business environment. Learn more at RocheMartin.

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Distributed energy is turning an increasing number of homes into power plants, presenting significant challenges for energy market stakeholders.Capacity, a dcbel company, seeks to empower grid operators, utilities, commercial aggregators, EV OEMs and other energy companies to uncover new revenue streams resulting from new grid flexibility options.Capacity and dcbel will be exhibiting at Distributech 2025 in Dallas from March 24-27.

DALLAS, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – As solar panels, bidirectional electric vehicles (EVs), home batteries, and other distributed energy resources (DERs) contribute to the electrification and decarbonization of society, they can be the source of major grid volatility and hinder the ability to forecast future energy supply and demand.

Today dcbel announced the launch of Capacity, whose mission is to empower grid operators, utilities and energy stakeholders to gain clearer situational awareness of their future grid, identify specific areas requiring reinforcement, and unlock next-generation orchestration of DERs through innovative automated flexibility programs that resonate with the needs and expectations of residential consumers.

With Capacity, grid operators and utilities will have access to a suite of cutting-edge products allowing them to confidently forecast grid flexibility across all distributed energy resources, enable real-time transaction management, and launch consumer-friendly programs.

Parallel Home Energy Digital Twin allows grid operators and utilities to simulate a decentralized network

Capacity’s real-time home energy digital twin product, Parallel, offers a unique simulation of residential DER adoption within the territories served by energy companies. Recognizing that no two homes consume, store, and export energy in the same way, Parallel integrates baseline or real-time meter data with various dynamic energy prosumer synthetic profiles to deliver hyper-accurate persona-based local energy forecasts. This capability assists grid operators and utilities in calculating day-ahead and intraday feeder net load correlations, helps commercial aggregators refine their transactive energy bidding and pricing models, and enables grid planners to develop detailed grid investment plans that incorporate behind-the-meter self-consumption models.

Capacity Control Room and Technical Aggregator unlock new real-time visibility over flexibility transactions and consumer interactions

Capacity also supports Flexibility Service Providers in perfecting their DER flexibility program revenue generation through a scalable technical aggregation API. This powerful real-time interface allows for the solicitation of thousands of DERs, clustered per flexibility program, to access behind-the-meter real-time alarms and measurements, integrating user authentication and privacy protections, enabling real-time opt-in/opt-out into automated transactions, and grid operator-compliant transaction reporting.

Capacity prioritizes cybersecurity with robust end-to-end security measures from the grid edge to control rooms, including secure data exchange powered by Microsoft Azure, TLS encryption, Oauth2.0 authentication, and public-private certificate management, along with continuous monitoring to mitigate cyber threats. Capacity is fully compliant with key industry standards, including IEEE 2030.5, OpenADR protocols, and grid data ontologies derived from the IEC CIM Model. It is certified to the SunSpec Common Smart Inverter Profile (CSIP) standard, ensuring reliable communication and secure interoperability between bidirectional hardware and smart grid systems.

“The rapid adoption of DERs at the grid edge, including solar and storage, V1G and V2G EV charging, and heat pumps, among others, is quickly raising grid constraints at both transmission and distribution levels, forcing stakeholders to consider new flexibility transactions, dynamic price strategies and flexible connection agreements while orchestrating real-time interactions at grid edge,” said Laurent Schmitt, CEO of Capacity. “We are offering a new generation of multisided Control Room and Digital Twin operational environments to bring grid operators and commercial aggregators complete observability over critical assets located behind the meter while automating associated flexibility transactions and keeping residential prosumers in full control.”

Capacity will officially launch at Distributech 2025. For more information, visit our website at capacity.energy.

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Workday Student Supports More Than 3 Million Student Records, Helping Global Higher
Education Institutions Improve Student Engagement and Adapt to Changing Industry Needs

PLEASANTON, Calif., March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the AI platform for managing people and money, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Student Information Systems1. A complimentary copy of the report is available here.

Universities and colleges face many challenges – fluctuating budgets, rising costs, pressure to drive digital transformation, and delivering engaging student experiences. Workday Student helps schools manage the entire student lifecycle in one place. The solution integrates seamlessly with Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Workday Adaptive Planning, and Workday Grants Management, providing higher education institutions with real-time insights into registration, absences, curriculum, talent and staffing needs, changes in enrollment numbers, supplier costs, expenses, and more.

“We believe being named a leader in the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for Higher Education Student Information Systems underscores our dedication to driving innovation and empowering higher education institutions to thrive in today’s evolving landscape,” said Michael Hofherr, senior vice president and group general manager for industry, Workday. “The volume of customers that have chosen Workday Student speaks to the power of our unified platform in delivering new insights and improved experiences for students, faculty, and staff.”

More than 135 customers, representing more than 190 schools, have selected Workday Student. Since the first higher education institution deployed in 2018, the solution has seen an unparalleled momentum of more than 85 institutions go live, supporting over 3 million student records. These include University of Arkansas System, Carthage College, Suffolk University, Tallahassee State College, Wake Forest University, and more. Workday Student leverages Illuminate™, the next generation of Workday AI, and is constantly learning from the vast set of financial, HR, and student data, helping universities make faster, more informed decisions. Following rapid adoption in the United States, Workday Student is now also available in Canada and Australia–New Zealand.

 Empowering Institutions, Students, and Staff: Real-World Results with Workday Student

“Workday is an integral partner in our digital transformation journey,” said Steven Fulkerson, chief information officer, University of Arkansas System. “With Workday Student, we’re extending the value of the platform even further by making it easier for students to build class schedules, manage financial aid, view attendance, and more while empowering our schools to manage the academic experience and support student success.”

“We needed a solution that could provide valuable insights into areas like student progress, resource allocation, and course demand, while also helping us respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities,” said Mur Muchane, chief information officer, Wake Forest University. “With Workday Student, we now have a platform that students can interact with on-the-go, empowering them to manage their academic and administrative needs independently. This has reduced friction and improved satisfaction across the board.”

“With Workday, we can understand and get a better idea of how our processes are impacting our recruitment, or revenue, and retention, which is ultimately the biggest goal for us to remain sustainable in the coming years,” said Brandon Porter, registrar of Carthage College.

For More Information

Download a complimentary copy of the report here.Learn how Higher Education customers are innovating with Workday: Workday Public Sector and Higher Education Innovation Awards.Read more about Higher Education news, trends, and insights on our blog.

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About Workday
Workday is the AI platform that helps organizations manage their most important assets – their people and money. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 11,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.

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1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Higher Education Student Information System Software as a Service, By Robert Yanckello, Grace Farrell, 19 March 2025.

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