The Association for Talent Development announces BEST, Advancing Talent Development, and Excellence in Practice Award winners.

During its 2024 International Conference & Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Association for Talent Development recognized organizations and individuals for their excellence and contributions across the TD field.

Of the 79 BEST Award winners, eight earned Best of the BEST recognition, meaning they have won a BEST Award 10 or more times.

Here are the top 10:

1. AMH

2. Saudi Aramco—Technical Services Professional Academy

3. NTPC Limited

4. Larsen & Toubro Limited

5. Plante Moran

6. Capital One

7. AKBANK

8. Alamo Colleges District

9. Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı

10. Paylocity

The awards ceremony also honored recipients of the Advancing Talent Development Awards:

• One to Watch Award: Joselito Ereño, Ayala Foundation

• Dissertation Award: Yu-Ling Chang, Pennsylvania State University

• Talent Development Outstanding Professional Award: Keith Lillico, Merck & Co.

• Talent Development Champion Award: Marshall Goldsmith

• Talent Development Thought Leader Award: Britt Andreatta

• Innovation Award: ITRI College of Industrial Technology Research Institute

• TD for Good Award: EPAM Systems

• ATD Certification Institute Champion Award: Alliant Insurance Services

In addition, ATD recognized the 2024 Excellence in Practice (EIP) Award winners for results achieved using practices and solutions from across the scope of talent development. The association presented awards to 29 companies for a total of 26 winning practices.

The practice categories are career development, change management, coaching and mentoring, customer service training, diversity and inclusion (including cultural competence), integrated talent management, leadership/management development, learning and development, learning technologies, managing the learning function, onboarding, performance improvement/performance consulting, and sales enablement.

To read about the companies and awardees in full, see the official BEST Award ranking. To gain insights into how you might implement their award-winning practices, read the special edition of TD magazine, publishing in June.

The application for the 2025 BEST Awards opens August 15, 2024.