Acquisitions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisitions	8. Acquisitions Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group, LLC On December 31, 2012, the Company acquired Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group, LLC, a global leader of corporate culture shaping. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company paid $53.5 million at closing for 100 percent of the equity of Senn Delaney. The Company expects to pay up to $15.0 million of additional cash consideration based on the realization of specific earnings milestones achieved in the next three years, resulting in $1.6 million of accretion expense included in general and administrative expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The Company also paid $6.5 million into a retention escrow that will be paid to certain key executives of Senn Delaney if they remain with the Company for three years subsequent to the acquisition. The Company recognized $1.8 million of compensation expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 related to the retention award. Bell McCaw Bampflyde Limited In March 2010, the Company acquired Bell McCaw Bampflyde Limited, a retained executive search firm based in New Zealand, for 0.8 million New Zealand dollars (equivalent to $0.7 million at September 30, 2013) of initial consideration, pursuant to an asset purchase, which was funded from existing cash. Bell McCaw Bampflyde Limited was eligible to receive earnout payments of up to 1.4 million New Zealand dollars based on the achievement of certain revenue metrics in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Company made earnout payments of $0.4 million in 2011, $0.4 million in 2012 and a final payment of $0.4 million in 2013. There will be no further payments associated with the acquisition.

Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

8. Acquisitions

Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group, LLC

On December 31, 2012, the Company acquired Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group, LLC, a global leader of corporate culture shaping. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company paid $53.5 million at closing for 100 percent of the equity of Senn Delaney. The Company expects to pay up to $15.0 million of additional cash consideration based on the realization of specific earnings milestones achieved in the next three years, resulting in $1.6 million of accretion expense included in general and administrative expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The Company also paid $6.5 million into a retention escrow that will be paid to certain key executives of Senn Delaney if they remain with the Company for three years subsequent to the acquisition. The Company recognized $1.8 million of compensation expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 related to the retention award.

Bell McCaw Bampflyde Limited

In March 2010, the Company acquired Bell McCaw Bampflyde Limited, a retained executive search firm based in New Zealand, for 0.8 million New Zealand dollars (equivalent to $0.7 million at September 30, 2013) of initial consideration, pursuant to an asset purchase, which was funded from existing cash. Bell McCaw Bampflyde Limited was eligible to receive earnout payments of up to 1.4 million New Zealand dollars based on the achievement of certain revenue metrics in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Company made earnout payments of $0.4 million in 2011, $0.4 million in 2012 and a final payment of $0.4 million in 2013. There will be no further payments associated with the acquisition.