Sunday night at the 2013 LearningElite Gala hosted by the magazine at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas. During the special event sponsored by Bellevue University, getAbstract and Procter & Gamble, six organizations also were singled out for their achievements with Editor’s Choice Awards. “The 2013 LearningElite have all demonstrated superior alignment of the learning function with the goals and strategy of their organizations,” said Sarah Kimmel, director of research and advisory services for Human Capital Media Advisory Group, a division of the magazine’s publisher, MediaTec Publishing. “Through a variety of different metrics and methods, they have provided rigorous evidence of the impact of training on the business.”
In her opening remarks at the gala, Kimmel, who oversees the CLO LearningElite benchmarking initiative, congratulated the LearningElite organizations for “innovating, balancing priorities, making the case for learning, increasing efficiency, and most important, serving your organizations and your employees in a way that enriches the learning industry and the world around you.” She also applauded their willingness to undergo “the demanding work and reflection required to participate in an evidence-based benchmarking program like the LearningElite.”
Again this year, the top five finalists had to complete a capstone evaluation. AT&T, McDonald’s USA LLC, UPS, Jiffy Lube International and Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC demonstrated their leadership commitment to learning via a team presentation with the capstone evaluation judging panel prior to the final decision on rankings.
“In our third year of benchmarking, competition was intense,” Kimmel said. “All the organizations participating in the LearningElite are raising the bar for the industry. This high level of commitment on their part has challenged us to continue increasing the rigor of the program. The capstone evaluation enables us to validate and verify which organizations are really the elite of the elite and the best role models for the rest of the industry.” AT&T walked away with top honors, after finishing second in last year’s LearningElite rankings.
Developed under the guidance of a group of chief learning officers and senior learning and development practitioners, LearningElite is the only peer-based benchmarking initiative that recognizes excellence using five key performance indicators: learning strategy, learning execution, learning impact, business performance results and leadership commitment.
“The 2013 CLO LearningElite program yielded solid evidence of the direct influence strategic workforce learning and development can have on innovation, performance and profits, even in a challenging economic environment,” said Norm Kamikow, president and editor in chief of MediaTec Publishing. “Being able to benchmark against the best of the best and learn from their elite workforce development practices enables LearningElite organizations of all sizes to continuously improve and positively affect business results.”
The 2013 LearningElite organizations will also be featured in the June 2013 issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine.
The 2013 LearningElite rankings are:
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Best Company: AT&T
2. McDonald’s USA LLC
3. UPS
4. Jiffy Lube International
5. Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC
6. IBM
7. Defense Acquisition University
8. Accenture PLC
9. General Mills
10. Coldwell Banker Real Estate
11. EMC Corp.
12. Qualcomm Inc.
13. Cerner Corp.
14. Vi
15. CarMax
16. KPMG LLP
17. United Services Automobile Association
18. InterContinental Hotels Group
19. AlliedBarton Security Services
20. BJC HealthCare
21. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
22. Deloitte LLP
23. Emory University
24. FDIC Corporate University
25. DaVita Inc.
26. Sidley Austin LLP
27. Amdocs
28. Automatic Data Processing Inc.
29. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
30. First Data
31. ConAgra Foods Inc.
32. American Heart Association, American Heart University
33. State Farm Insurance
34. Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy
35. SAP
36. TIC – The Industrial Co.
37. University Health System
38. CA Technologies
39. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Learning University
40. OptumRx
41. UnitingCare Community
42. Essar Group
43. RBS Citizens Business Services Learning & Development
44. HD Supply Power Solutions
45. Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market
46. Banner Health
47. Berkshire Health Systems
48. Rogers Communications Inc.
49. New York Life Insurance Co.
50. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores
51. Oasis Outsourcing Inc.
52. Spectra Energy
Editor’s Choice Awards were presented to six 2013 LeaningElite winners:
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Editor’s Choice Learning Strategy: General Mills
Editor’s Choice Leadership Commitment: Qualcomm Inc.
Editor’s Choice Learning Impact: Defense Acquisition University
Editor’s Choice Learning Execution: Accenture PLC
Editor’s Choice Business Performance Results: Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Editor’s Choice Best Small Company: Vi
For more information about the LearningElite, visit CLOmedia.com/elite.
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O: 312.676.9900 x227
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