Company lauded for aspects of its global leadership development and learning programs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 14, 2021 – Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the world’s most trusted solution for protecting and delivering digital experiences, today announced the company has won two awards for excellence in human capital management, as recognized by the Brandon Hall Group, a research and analyst firm that delivers research-based solutions to empower excellence in organizations.
The 2021 Brandon Hall Group Human Capital Management (HCM) Excellence Awards are given for work in learning and development, talent management, leadership development, talent acquisition, human resources, sales performance, diversity, equity and inclusion, and future of Work. Akamai won a silver award for excellence in ‘Best Advance in Measuring the Impact of Leadership Development; and a bronze award for ‘Excellence in Learning’ in the category ‘Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning.’
Akamai Technologies partnered with PotentialSquared to win ‘Best Advance in Measuring the Impact of Leadership Development.’ Akamai offers two distinct leadership development programs — The Leadership Academy and an Advanced Leadership Academy — that focus on driving measurable outcomes of strong leadership behaviors. Academy participants partake in a robust 360° questionnaire process where they have the opportunity to measure their leadership impact and behaviors from the start of their learning journey to the end. At the end of the six month journey, participants and their raters receive an invitation to complete a short ‘pulse’ survey to measure progress and track behavior change. In this survey, digital value stories are captured directly from the participants and their raters to highlight actual examples of business impact. These are specific examples of how participants have positively changed their behavior, found new and effective ways of working, and adjusted their own personal style as a result of participating in the Leadership Academy experience. Since inception in 2016, nearly 1000 leaders have graduated from the academies and successfully driven positive change within their teams, themselves, and the broader organization.
Akamai Technologies partnered with SkillsCafe to win a bronze award for ‘Excellence in Learning’ in the category ‘Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning.’ Akamai offers a gamified, bite-sized learning platform called ‘Flogames’ that enables participants to learn at their own pace. It is designed to provide immersive, interactive and realistic workplace scenarios for employees to learn within 10–15 minutes. Flogames can be adapted as a plug and play, bite-sized learning solution for need-based, curriculum-based, and customized learning requirements. In 2020, Akamai India used Flogames to create a week-long, space-themed online competitive learning experience as part of its annual ‘Akamai People Experience’ (APEX) career expo that included a mix of micro-games, simulations and short quizzes, based on real-world scenarios focused on ‘Owning Your Career Development.’
“The pace of change in the workplace has been remarkable in the past two years,” said Bill Willard, Senior Director, Global Talent Development, Akamai Technologies. “In order to succeed in anticipating and adapting to change, we all need to remain open to new ways of learning and thinking. Career development can take a variety of forms and mean different things to different people. At Akamai, we are always looking for new ways to maximize learning opportunities for our employees to ensure they feel supported and empowered to build their career.”
Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts and executives based upon these criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation and overall measurable benefits. Excellence award winners are scheduled to be honored at Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference, February 1-3, 2022, at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida. Select winners also will serve as presenters in breakout sessions, sharing their leading practices during the conference.
“Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards in 2021 provide much-needed and well deserved recognition to organizations that went above and beyond to support their stakeholders during the unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Brandon Hall Group COO and leader of the HCM Excellence Awards Program Rachel Cooke. “The awards provide validation of best practices in all areas of HCM at a time when they have never been more important to employers, employees and customers.”
About Akamai
Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences for the world’s largest companies. Akamai’s intelligent edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps and experiences closer to users than anyone — and attacks and threats far away. Akamai’s portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access and video delivery solutions is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics and 24/7/365 monitoring. To learn why the world’s top brands trust Akamai, visit www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on Twitter. You can find our global contact information at www.akamai.com/locations.
