The BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee talent development. The winners use learning as a strategic business tool to get results.
"There is huge support for development from our CEO and senior leadership throughout the organization," says Cathy Hendrian, vice president of human resources at Consumers Energy. "As we look at our workforce needs over the next five to 10 years, it is clear that a talent strategy focused on enabling the workforce through development is critical."
The key to success for all winners is investing in their most important asset: their people. For many, that means staying ahead of the technology curve, developing future leaders, onboarding new employees, and revamping employee performance programs.
"Our people are some of the smartest and most highly educated individuals in the world," boasts Cheryl DeMatteis, the Aerospace Corporation Institute's assistant general manager. According to DeMatteis, it's critical that a newly hired engineer with expertise in, say, propulsion, fully understand how her expertise fits into the total picture of satellites and technology.
The following section includes articles about the best organizations in talent development. The companies highlighted understand the value of human capital and the role it plays in their success. Read on to examine how your department compares to these award winners.
The Rankings
1. Maersk Line - A.P. Møller Maersk
2. Hilton Worldwide
3. MillerCoors
4. Cathay Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
5. Mindtree Limited
6. ITU AbsorbTech, Inc.
7. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited
8. Tata Consultancy Services
9. Consumers Energy
10. Cerner Corporation
11. Resource Residential
12. The Aerospace Corporation
13. Florida Blue
14. Enterprise Holdings
15. UL LLC
16. BNSF Railway Co.
17. Verizon
18. JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd.
19. Saunders Construction, Inc.
20. IBM
21. UST Global
22. Persistent Systems Ltd.
23. Wipro Limited
24. University Health System
25. Valvoline Instant Oil Change
26. Western Union
27. CA Technologies
28. Freese and Nichols, Inc.
29. MWH Global, now part of Stantec
30. Asurion
31. Bridgepoint Education
32. Kimberly-Clark Professional
33. Lupin Limited
34. Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
35. Insights Learning & Development
Best of the BEST: TELUS