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2013 Technology – Division 1
GOLD: Helen Zarba, Vice President of Organizational Development and Learning Services at Bright Horizons Family SolutionsBright Horizons Family Solutions has experienced high growth in recent years. The child care company based in Watertown, Mass., now employs more than 23,000 people around the world. Despite its global presence, the organization prides itself on having a high-touch…
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2013 Trailblazer – Division 2
GOLD: Jenifer Johnson, Acting Manager, Organizational Development, Cleveland Airport System The Cleveland Airport System faced a high level of turnover as well as policy changes, leading to a disengaged workforce. Without a platform for learning and employee development — along with challenges such as an aging workforce, staff reductions, budget cuts and a large percentage…
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2013 Trailblazer – Division 1
GOLD: Kim Dorer, Director, Spectrum Health University, Spectrum Health Physician leaders, like all health care system leaders, are most effective when they achieve results through others. But it was difficult for employees in the medical field — most of whom were taught to review every test result with their own eyes — to depend on…
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2013 Technology – Division 2
GOLD: Douglas Clayton, Senior Vice President of Learning and Development, SES Before SES, a global satellite provider and operator based in Luxembourg, consolidated its four entities into one company in October 2010, each entity had its own company culture. The organization’s executives realized if the consolidation was going to succeed, SES needed one common culture,…
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2013 Strategy – Division 1
GOLD: Wendy Kouba, Executive Director, Merck Biologics, Vaccines and Sterile Manufacturing Strategy Realization Office Merck & Co. Inc.’s Biologics, Vaccines and Sterile Manufacturing organization needed to improve efficiency of its manufacturing process. Because of inefficiencies caused by human error and deviations, the pharmaceutical company struggled to meet growing demand for its vaccines. This resulted in…
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2013 Innovation – Division 2
GOLD: Adri Maisonet-Morales, Vice President, Enterprise Learning and Development, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North CarolinaOne thousand flowers are about to “bloom” at health insurance provider Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina. BLOOM, a new video-based learning system, stands for Blue Learning Opportunities On-demand Media. It is designed to allow the organization’s…