Institute - Your Gateway to HR & Learning Excellence

Access world-class research, expert guidance, and an elite community of HR leaders to elevate your organization’s human capital strategie

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Institute - Your Gateway to HR & Learning Excellence

Access world-class research, expert guidance, and an elite community of HR leaders to elevate your organization’s human capital strategies.

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Institute - Your Gateway to HR & Learning Excellence

Access world-class research, expert guidance, and an elite community of HR leaders to elevate your organization’s human capital strategies.

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In Business
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HR Outlook

Discover how organizations are revolutionizing their HR strategies by harmonizing AI capabilities with human potential. This book provides essential insights on leveraging technology, adapting to workforce evolution, and creating future-ready talent development approaches. This comprehensive guide helps HR leaders navigate the transformative intersection of artificial intelligence and human-centered workplace practices.

Find Your Excellence Through Expert Insights

When it comes to Human Capital Management, one size does not fit all. We produce three pieces of HCM content everyday, in a variety of formats, but how we apply those insights is up to you.

Research & Analysis

Access daily insights from our extensive research library and analyst team. Get customized solutions backed by data-driven recommendations and benchmarking across industries. Our research combines theoretical frameworks with practical applications to address your most pressing HR challenges.

Learning and
Development

Talent
Management

Leadership
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Talent
Acquisition

Human
Resources

Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion

Courses & Certifications

Elevate your expertise through our professional certification programs and online courses. Developed by industry leaders, our learning pathways cover crucial areas including L&D, Leadership Development, Talent Management, DE&I, HR, and Talent Acquisition. Build capabilities that drive organizational success.

Certifications we offer

CTAS designation

Certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (CTA)®

Three-phase program

CLDS designation

Certified Leadership Development Strategist (CLDS)®

Three-phase program

CTMS designation

Certified Talent Management Strategist (CTAS)®

Three-phase program

CHRS designation

Certified Human Resources Strategist (CHRS)®

Three-phase program

CDEIL designation

Certified Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader (CDEIL)®

Three-phase program

CLS designation

Certified Learning Strategist (CLS)®

Three-phase program

Community & Faculty

Join an elite network of HR and learning leaders shaping the future of work. Engage with our distinguished faculty of practitioners and thought leaders through forums, roundtables, and direct consultations. Build meaningful relationships that accelerate your organization’s growth.

HCM Excellence

Announcements: August 14, 2025

Launch: January 2, 2025

Deadline April 11, 2025

The HCM Excellence Awards® recognize top organizations that successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that achieved superior and measurable results in Human Capital Management. Solution Provider wanting to participate must enter with their corporate client.

Technology

Announcements: 12.4.2025

Launch 04.21.2025

Deadline 09.12.2025

The Excellence in Technology showcase ways their Human Capital Management Technology (that they developed or implemented) has measurably benefited an organization. Solution Providers and Corporate are encouraged to enter together or separately.

Education Technology

Announcements: 12.4.2025

Launch 04.21.2025

Deadline 09.12.2025

Our education audience now has a dedicated category in the Technology Awards to submit and be reviewed by your peers. Searching for EdTech companies, K-12, colleges/universities, and executive business schools.

Excellence in Action

Year-Round

Deadline 12.6.2024

Empower your workforce and amplify employee voices with Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Action

Excellence Award Insights

Gain unique perspectives from our Excellence Awards program, featuring real-world success stories from leading organizations. With half of our award winners sharing their strategies as detailed case studies, you’ll access an unparalleled library of proven solutions and innovative approaches. Learn directly from organizations that have achieved measurable results in their HCM initiatives.

Our conferences

Annual HCM Excellence Conference

Brandon Hall Group is famous for its actionable Human Capital Management research. Our annual HCM Excellence Conference delivers the same experience through a 3-day event with leading practices from award-winning organizations along with checklists, self-assessments, models, frameworks, and other tools that you can use to convert insights into measurable benefits for your organization.

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Brandon Hall Group™, the leading independent HCM research and analyst firm, today announced the launch of its 2025 Excellence in Action Awards program. This program builds upon Brandon Hall Group's 30-year legacy as the leader

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At Brandon Hall Group™, we're dedicated to empowering organizations with the knowledge and tools they need to excel in Human Capital Management. Our resources and insights posted in our Institute over the past week demonstrate our strong commitment to driving excellence, particularly in the HR technology space.
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Docebo has established itself as an “AI First” learning platform. They have delivered more innovation in the past 12 months than in the previous three years combined. This acceleration is directly attributable to their strategic AI investments and the strength of their product team. For large-scale enterprise learning platforms with established customer bases, this level of agility is remarkable.
Brandon Hall Group™ is dedicated to providing organizations with the research and analysis they need to optimize their Human Capital Management strategies. Last week, our focus remained on delivering in-depth insights into critical areas, including leadership development, talent acquisition, employee experience, and the evolving nature of work. Here's a summary of the key assets made available to our Institute members.
Brandon Hall Group™ had the opportunity to attend Guild's analyst briefing last week where they shared their vision for talent development and the evolution of their product suite. As they celebrate their 10th anniversary, it's clear that Guild has transformed from a tuition reimbursement provider into a comprehensive talent development platform with impressive reach and impact.

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Organizations with strong learning cultures create frameworks for testing ideas, measuring outcomes, and incorporating innovations into standard practices. AI-powered tools like Learning Pool's AI Conversations allow employees to practice challenging workplace discussions safely, building confidence,
75% of organizations now identify "improving alignment between learning strategy and business goals" as their top L&D priority, according to the Brandon Hall Group™ HR Outlook 2025 study. This is where platforms like Learning Pool

Recent posts

ServiceNow and UKG announced a strategic collaboration to integrate UKG's AI solutions, powered by UKG People Fabric,with ServiceNow's new AI Agent Fabric. The announcement came at ServiceNow’s customer conference, Knowledge 2025, in Las Vegas.
Zellis has long dominated the payroll landscape, processing payments for one in six workers across the UK and Ireland. Their acquisition of elementsuite adds a sophisticated HR and workforce management platform to their established payroll expertise. This combination creates a compelling solution worth examining if you manage complex HR operations.
Brandon Hall Group™, the leading independent HCM research and analyst firm, today announced the launch of its 2025 Excellence in Action Awards program. This program builds upon Brandon Hall Group's 30-year legacy as the leader in Human Capital Management Awards, with its flagship HCM Excellence Awards program widely recognized as the "Academy Awards of HCM."
At Brandon Hall Group™, we're dedicated to empowering organizations with the knowledge and tools they need to excel in Human Capital Management. Our resources and insights posted in our Institute over the past week demonstrate our strong commitment to driving excellence, particularly in the HR technology space.
Personalization in customer education isn’t just a trend; it’s the new standard. With automation solutions like LearnUpon’s Learning Journey leading the way, learning is becoming smarter, more responsive, and more impactful.

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The gap between traditional learning measurement and modern business needs continues to widen. Brandon Hall Group™ HR Outlook research reveals that organizations struggle to link learning initiatives to tangible business outcomes, with learning platforms generating more data than ever but providing fewer actionable insights.
Effective onboarding and training of frontline employees is critical to organizational success. Almost 90% of organizations say personalized and adaptive onboarding is a high or moderate priority in 2025, the Brandon Hall Group™ HR Outlook Study shows.
HR leaders are uniquely positioned to drive organizational success, yet many struggle to create a direct line between employee experience initiatives and C-suite objectives. The highest priority for HR leaders this year is to improve the alignment between HR strategy and business objectives, the Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Outlook 2025 research shows.

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HR leaders are uniquely positioned to drive organizational success, yet many struggle to create a direct line between employee experience initiatives and C-suite objectives. The highest priority for HR leaders this year is to improve the alignment between HR strategy and business objectives, the Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Outlook 2025 research shows.
HR leaders are uniquely positioned to drive organizational success, yet many struggle to create a direct line between employee experience initiatives and C-suite objectives. The highest priority for HR leaders this year is to improve the alignment between HR strategy and business objectives, the Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Outlook 2025 research shows.

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