The Association for Talent Development's BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee talent development. Here are the 2019 winners and their rankings. Click on company names for profiles of their award-winning talent development efforts.
#1 Rosendin, San Jose, California; workforce: 5,857
#2 BMO Financial Group, Toronto, Canada; workforce: 46,000
#3 Consumers Energy, Jackson, Michigan; workforce: 8,600
#4 Valvoline Instant Oil Change, Lexington, Kentucky; workforce: 5,000
#5 Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; workforce: 9,500
#6 Samsung Electronics, Suwon, South Korea; workforce: 328,468
#7 Optum Global Solutions India, Gurugram, India; workforce: 39,500
#8 Persistent Systems, Pune, India; workforce: 9,100
#9 Florida Blue, Jacksonville, Florida. Workforce: 7,132
#10 Black Knight, Jacksonville, Florida; workforce: 5,000
#11 Verizon, New York, New York; workforce: 135,900
#12 Aditya Birla Capital, Mumbai, India; workforce: 18,788
#13 DISH Network, Englewood, Colorado; workforce: 15,432
#14 Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India; workforce: 420,000+
#15 Haier Group, Qingdao, China; workforce: 70,000
#16 AARP, Washington, D.C.,Workforce: 2,274
#17 First Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu, Hawaii; workforce: 2,198
#18 NTPC Limited, New Delhi, India; workforce: 21,584
#19 Hilton, McLean, Virginia; workforce: 350,000
#20 Paycor, Cincinnati, Ohio; workforce: 1,901
#21 Asurion, Nashville, Tennessee; workforce: 19,500
#22 NTT (formerly Dimension Data), London, United Kingdom; workforce: 44,000
#23 Busey, Champaign, Illinois; workforce: 1,384
#24 Danone Academy Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey; workforce: 2,000
#25 Gilbane Building Company, Providence, Rhode Island; workforce: 3,200
#26 Ryan, Dallas, Texas; workforce: 2,671
#27 Memorial Health System, Springfield, Illinois; workforce: 9,800
#28 Procore, Carpinteria, California; workforce: 1,678
#29 C&A Industries, Omaha, Nebraska; workforce: 730
#30 Sberbank, Moscow, Russia; workforce: 248,000
#31 UST Global, Aliso Viejo, California; workforce: 23,000
#32 Infosys BPM, Bengaluru, India; workforce: 39,000
#33 Cochlear, Sydney, Australia; workforce: 3,698
#34 Deltek, Herndon, Virginia; workforce: 3,000
#35 Fisher Investments, Camas, Washington; workforce: 3,100
#36 Jindal Power, Gurgaon, India; workforce: 1,333
#37 Papa Murphy’s International, Vancouver, Washington; workforce: 15,000
#38 Signature Consultants, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; workforce: 550 internal,
3,500 consultants
#39 Navy Federal Credit Union, Vienna, Virginia; workforce: 18,000
#40 iCIMS, Holmdel, New Jersey; workforce: 800
#41 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, South Carolina; workforce: 14,000
#42 Rapid7, Boston, Massachusetts; workforce: 1,400
#43 UL, Northbrook, Illinois; workforce: 14,000
#44 IBM, Armonk, New York; workforce: 362,000
#45 Lupin Limited, Mumbai, India; workforce: 23,330
#46 Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia; workforce: 26,817
#47 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, Mumbai, India; workforce: 9,197
#48 Hitachi Vantara, Santa Clara, California; workforce: 7,000
#49 North Highland, Atlanta, Georgia; workforce: 1,100
#50 Aimco, Denver, Colorado; workforce: 1,150
#51 Medidata Solutions, New York, New York; workforce: 2,800
#52 Krystal, Atlanta, Georgia; workforce: 7,000
#53 Western & Southern Financial Group, Cincinnati, Ohio; workforce: 2,600
#54 Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas; workforce: 1.5 million
#55 Plante Moran, Southfield, Michigan; workforce: 3,100
#56 University Health System, San Antonio, Texas; workforce: 8,500
#57 Gap, San Francisco, California; workforce: 135,000
Best of the BEST (10+ wins)
TELUS, Vancouver, Canada; workforce: 58,000
Wipro Limited, Bangalore, India; workforce: 183,139