Brandon Hall Group Announces Winners of 2016 Excellence Awards

Brandon Hall Group, the leading independent research and analyst organization focused on human capital management (HCM) practices, today announced winners of its coveted and prestigious 2016 Excellence Awards during an online event.

Brandon Hall Group executives announced Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards in six divisions and more than 70 categories. Winners include organizations from throughout the world in almost every major industry. They include such iconic organizations as Accenture, Bank of America, Bridgestone, Bayer AG, Boeing, Cigna, Cisco Systems, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Dell, Deloitte, Emirates NBD, EY, General Electric, Genpact, GP Strategies, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn, MasterCard, Microsoft, Merck, Noggin Labs, PepsiCo, Prudential, Royal Dutch Shell, SAP,  Sears Holdings, Tata Consultancy Services, UL, Verizon, Xerox, and Yum! Brands.

For a complete list of winners, please visit our website.

“Winning a Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award means an organization is an elite innovator within Human Capital Management. The award signifies that the organization’s work represents a leading practice in that HCM function,” said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group and head of the awards program. “Their achievement is also notable because of the positive impact their work in HCM has on business results. All award winners have to demonstrate a measurable benefit to the business, not just the HCM operation. That’s an important distinction. Our HCM award winners are helping to transform the business.”

Excellence Awards winners will be honored at Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference 17, January 24-27, 2017, at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Selected winners also will serve as presenters in the more than 20 breakout sessions during the 2½-day conference.

“Every part of our conference – our workshops, general sessions, breakout sessions, as well as our sponsors and the technology solutions they offer – is focused on celebrating excellence from the previous year and helping all attendees gain new skills and insights to raise the bar for their organizations in the year ahead,” Brandon Hall Group CEO Mike Cooke said. “This year we have put more effort than ever before in enabling attendees to share their experience and expertise with each other to optimize the learning and networking.”

Selected award-winning case studies from this year’s Excellence Awards Program will be available to Brandon Hall Group members in the coming weeks.

Brandon Hall Group also sponsors a fall awards program, the Excellence in Technology Awards, for corporations and solution providers who advance technologies in support of Human Capital management. Award entries are due Sept. 23 and awards are announced Dec. 15 in an online event.

For details on a Brandon Hall Group Membership or to learn more about our Awards Program, visit us at www.brandonhall.com, or contact Mike Cooke at (561) 306-3576 or [email protected].

About Brandon Hall Group, Inc.

Brandon Hall Group is a HCM research and advisory services firm that provides insights around key performance areas, including Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, and HR/Workforce Management.

With more than 10,000 clients globally and 20 years of delivering world-class research and advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is focused on developing research that drives performance in emerging and large organizations, and provides strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results.

Our mission: Empower excellence in organizations around the world through our research and tools each and every day.

At the core of our offerings is a Membership Program that combines research, benchmarking and unlimited access to data and analysts. The Membership Program offers insights and best practices to enable executives and practitioners to make the right decisions about people, processes, and systems, coalesced with analyst advisory services which aim to put the research into action in a way that is practical and efficient.

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Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group Mike Cooke Prior to joining Brandon Hall Group, Mike Cooke was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of AC Growth. Mike held leadership and executive positions for the majority of his career, at which he was responsible for steering sales and marketing teams to drive results and profitability. His background includes more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, management, and operations in the research, consulting, software and technology industries. Mike has extensive experience in sales, marketing and management having worked for several early high-growth emerging businesses and has implemented technology systems to support various critical sales, finance, marketing and client service functions. He is especially skilled in organizing the sales and service strategy to fully support a company’s growth strategy. The concept of growth was an absolute to Mike and a motivator in starting AC Growth, in order to help organizations achieve research driven results. Most recently, Mike was the VP and General Manager of Field Operations at Bersin & Associates, a global analyst and consulting services firm focused on all areas of enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition. Tasked with leading the company’s global expansion, Mike led all sales operations worldwide. During Mike’s tenure, the company has grown into a multi-national firm, conducting business in over 45 countries with over 4,500 multi-national organizations. Mike started his career at MicroVideo Learning Systems in 1992, eventually holding a senior management position and leading all corporate sales before founding Dynamic Minds. Mike was CEO and Co-Founder of Dynamic Minds, a custom developer of software programs, working with clients like Goldman Sachs, Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill and Merrill Lynch. Also, Mike worked for Oddcast, a leading provider of customer experience and marketing solutions, where he held a senior management position leading the company into new markets across various industries. Mike also serves on the Advisory Board for Carbon Solutions America, an independent sustainability consulting and carbon management firm that specializes in the design and implementation of greenhouse reduction and sustainability plans as well as managing the generation of carbon and renewal energy and energy efficiency credits. Mike attended University of Phoenix, studying Business Administration and Finance. He has also completed executive training at the Chicago Graduate School of Business in Chicago, IL.