In their 31st year, the Brandon Hall Group™ Excellence Awards are often referred to as the “Academy Awards” by learning, talent, and business executives. The awards recognize best practices for initiatives in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Performance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and the Future of Work.
Five Impact clients, including four that operate out of the US, have won three gold, one silver and one bronze coveted Brandon Hall Group™ awards for excellence. Congratulations to Bristol Myers Squibb, Charter Manufacturing, Oshkosh Corporation, Celonis and Orica.
Excellence award winners
Gold award for best advance in leadership development
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) – Catalyst Leadership Development Program
Catalyst is an eight-month leadership development experience designed for high potential director-level leaders. The program emphasizes effective leadership, executive presence, enterprise mindset, business acumen, stakeholder management, and high-performance team dynamics, with a focus on feedback, experiential learning, and networking.
Gold award for best unique or innovative leadership development
Charter Manufacturing – ELEVATE and ACTIVATE
ELEVATE and ACTIVATE are two customized, comprehensive leadership development programs, designed to equip leaders with the skills, experiences and capabilities needed to future-proof their organization. The outputs are producing transformational change, as leaders are enabled to be agile in ambiguous situations as internal and external factors impact their organizational growth strategy.
Silver award for best advance in leadership development
Oshkosh Corporation – Lens of Leadership
Post pandemic, Oshkosh chose to redesign their successful leadership program to adapt to a changing market. It is now a highly focused, unique development experience for top directors and executive leaders. The program is a core part of Oshkosh’s talent strategy, firmly tied to organizational objectives and culture.
Bronze award for best advance in leadership development
Celonis – Leading@Celonis
Leading@Celonis is a customized global and cross-business blended learning program for leaders of leaders within Celonis. It was created in line with the organizational strategy, to provide senior leaders with the skills to create a place where Celonauts thrive, build, and belong, through the activation of Celonis’ four Leadership Principles.
Gold award for best development program for frontline leaders
Orica – Shaping Future Leaders
Orica is one of the world’s leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers. An Australian headquartered global organisation this award is for the development and delivery of an effective development program for their frontline supervisors. The 12-week online learning program has been delivered to over 1000 managers in 44 locations. Read more about this program.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives based on these criteria:
- Alignment to their business need and environment.
- Program design, functionality and delivery.
- Adoption, integration, user experience, innovation and creativity.
- Overall effectiveness, impact, and measurable benefits.
“Our award recipients demonstrate an unwavering commitment to excellence in human capital management. This year, we’ve witnessed some of the most groundbreaking applications of HCM strategies in our organization’s history. Many of these innovations leverage cutting-edge technologies and foster unprecedented levels of cross-functional collaboration, resulting in remarkable improvements in operational efficiency and employee engagement.”
Mike Cooke, Brandon Hall Group™ Chief Executive Officer
“We are absolutely delighted to have received these accolades from Brandon Hall Group. Results like this don’t come without dedication, determination and a clear vision on the why, how and what you are trying to achieve for individuals and for your organization. Together, we’ve accomplished something truly outstanding, and we couldn’t be prouder of these partnerships.”
Erin Devito, General Manager, Impact North America
You can view the complete list of winners here: https://excellenceawards.brandonhall.com/winners/.
About Brandon Hall Group™
Brandon Hall Group™ is the only professional development company that offers data, research, insights and certification to Learning and Talent executives and organizations. The best minds in Human Capital Management (HCM) choose Brandon Hall Group™ to help them create future-proof employee development plans for the new era.
Their HCM Excellence Awards® program recognize the best organizations that have successfully developed and deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems and tools that have achieved measurable results. They receive applications from organizations worldwide ranging from small, medium, large and global enterprises to government, not-for-profits and associations.