Institute - Your Gateway to HR & Learning Excellence

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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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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
Development

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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ClearCompany represents something increasingly rare in our industry: a profitable, fast-growing HR platform that built its foundation on engineering excellence rather than marketing hype. With consistent 30% growth, they've quietly assembled what might be the
TANGRAM, the CMA CGM Group’s learning, and innovation center, has received one of the world’s most prestigious distinctions in the field of learning and talent development. The “Best Corporate Learning University” award was presented to
Mercuri International, a global leader in sales training and consultancy, has won two Gold awards and one Silver award at the 2025 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®.

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RAIN Group, a global sales training company helping enterprise teams drive results through coaching, reinforcement, and tech-enabled solutions, announced today it earned Gold in the Best Program for Sales Training and Performance category in the 2025 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®.

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Clearpath Learning Group, the strategy-first Learning & Development partner known for its performance-driven programs, has earned four Gold Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards for work with Allvue Systems and the American Red Cross.
Sysmex America, Inc., a leading diagnostic solutions company offering hematology, hemostasis, urinalysis, flow cytometry and informatic solutions, has been recognized with a Brandon Hall Group™ Bronze award for excellence in the Best Development Program for
The question isn't whether AI will transform corporate learning, but whether it will enhance human connection or replace it. Hemsley Fraser's strategic bet on augmented humanity may prove prescient as organizations discover that their most

Recent posts

ClearCompany represents something increasingly rare in our industry: a profitable, fast-growing HR platform that built its foundation on engineering excellence rather than marketing hype. With consistent 30% growth, they've quietly assembled what might be the most architecturally elegant talent management platform I've seen. Now, with new leadership and strategic acquisitions under their belt, they're ready to challenge the established order.
TANGRAM, the CMA CGM Group’s learning, and innovation center, has received one of the world’s most prestigious distinctions in the field of learning and talent development. The “Best Corporate Learning University” award was presented to TANGRAM at the Brandon Hall Group™ 2025 HCM Excellence Awards®, a global program celebrating innovation, excellence, and outstanding practices in human capital management.
Mercuri International, a global leader in sales training and consultancy, has won two Gold awards and one Silver award at the 2025 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®.
IPAF and digital learning provider Sponge have jointly won three Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards® for their Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) Operator Training Course.
iTacit occupies a unique position in the learning technology market by refusing to choose between being an LMS or an operational platform — they're both.

Complimentary Webinars on the latest HCM trends and best practices. Participate live or view them on-demand.

Ready to turn your innovation into award-winning gold? Join our webinar where industry insiders reveal the winning formulas that make judges say “YES!” Discover the tips, tricks, and game-changing strategies to make your applications stand out. This isn’t just another how-to session—it’s your competitive edge to claim the recognition your breakthrough deserves.
Join Michael Rochelle and David Forry from Brandon Hall Group for an exclusive 30-minute webinar unveiling our groundbreaking HR AI Maturity Model—a comprehensive framework that maps the journey from reactive HR operations to AI-powered excellence.
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, how can learning organizations pivot effectively to ensure success for the remainder of the year? Join us for a strategic roundtable that explores

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According to Brandon Hall Group Research™, time is the biggest constraint faced day-to-day in learning organizations in 2025. Training managers in large enterprise organizations know the struggle all too well: constantly putting out fires, scrambling to coordinate instructors and resources, and drowning in manual processes that prevent strategic focus.
Imagine this: you deliver a high-quality soft skills course using a personality assessment, everyone loves it, ratings are exceptional—but three months later, no one can remember their own information, let alone their colleagues’ personality info. No behavior changes, no bump in leader or team performance, just assessments left in a computer folder. Sound familiar?
Join us for an exclusive peer exchange that goes beyond the typical webinar format. This intimate roundtable brings together Brandon Hall Award-winning learning and development leaders for a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about what it really takes to create award-winning initiatives. This isn’t about polished presentations or theoretical frameworks
As AI reshapes business at unprecedented speed, organizations that thrive are mastering the art of practice before performance. For example, 70% of Brandon Hall Group™’ 2025 Excellence Award winners in leadership development are using or exploring the use of simulations.
Join us for an exclusive peer exchange that goes beyond the typical webinar format. This intimate roundtable brings together Brandon Hall Award-winning learning and development leaders for a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about what it really takes to create award-winning initiatives. This isn’t about polished presentations or theoretical frameworks
As AI reshapes business at unprecedented speed, organizations that thrive are mastering the art of practice before performance. For example, 70% of Brandon Hall Group™’ 2025 Excellence Award winners in leadership development are using or exploring the use of simulations.

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