{"id":40768,"date":"2026-08-24T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/?post_type=podcast&p=40768"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:24:20","slug":"excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM’s Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won’t Go Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Wentworth<\/a>, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar<\/a> of TraineryHCM<\/a> for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.<\/p>\n

To read the Executive Interview with Mahesh Kumar, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Wentworth, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar of TraineryHCM for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":40772,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[45],"tags":[883,670,476,1858,147,403,323,1233,399,5876,449,208,256,43,257],"class_list":["post-40768","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-talent","tag-ai","tag-career-development","tag-coaching","tag-compensation","tag-compliance-training","tag-hcm","tag-learning-management","tag-people-analytics","tag-performance-management","tag-promotion","tag-retention","tag-skills","tag-succession-planning","tag-talent-management","tag-workforce-planning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nExcellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM's Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won't Go Away - Brandon Hall Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"David Wentworth, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar of TraineryHCM for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM's Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won't Go Away - Brandon Hall Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Wentworth, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar of TraineryHCM for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brandon Hall Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TraineryHCM-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/\",\"name\":\"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM's Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won't Go Away - Brandon Hall Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/TraineryHCM-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-24T18:24:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"David Wentworth, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar of TraineryHCM for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/TraineryHCM-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/TraineryHCM-1.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/podcast\\\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM’s Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won’t Go Away\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Brandon Hall Group\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM's Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won't Go Away - Brandon Hall Group","description":"David Wentworth, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar of TraineryHCM for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM's Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won't Go Away - Brandon Hall Group","og_description":"David Wentworth, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar of TraineryHCM for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.","og_url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/","og_site_name":"Brandon Hall Group","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TraineryHCM-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/","url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/","name":"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM's Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won't Go Away - Brandon Hall Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TraineryHCM-1.png","datePublished":"2026-08-24T18:24:20+00:00","description":"David Wentworth, Managing Director of Learning and Talent at Brandon Hall Group\u2122, hosts Mahesh Kumar of TraineryHCM for a frank look at the mistakes that keep showing up in human capital management. Mahesh has spent 15 to 20 years consulting with organizations on HR technology and process, and he brings that experience to a list of seven entrenched problems that persist year after year, along with why they are so hard to break.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TraineryHCM-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TraineryHCM-1.png","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/podcast\/excellence-at-work-podcast-336-hcms-hall-of-shame-seven-mistakes-that-wont-go-away\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Excellence at Work Podcast 336: HCM’s Hall of Shame \u2014 Seven Mistakes That Won’t Go Away"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/","name":"Brandon Hall Group","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/40768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}