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2013 Business Impact – Division 1
GOLD: Dhamayanthi N, Associate Vice President, HCL Technologies Ltd. HCL Technologies Ltd., with operations in 31 countries and a workforce of more than 80,000, was facing an employee skills shortage. Because of a shortage of manpower with required competencies, many employees were unable to be utilized where they were most needed. To build a pipeline,…
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Learning In Practice Awards 2013
The 10th annual Chief Learning Officer Learning In Practice Awards recognized learning leaders, vendors and organizations that have made a substantive and measurable change in business, vision, strategic alignment or leadership. Awards were presented to the top three entrants — gold, silver and bronze — in more than a dozen categories, including Strategy, Technology, Trailblazer…
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2013 Excellence in Vendor Partnerships
Gold: PricewaterhouseCoopersWith there being more than 20 million U.S. military veterans and more on the way as the wars wind down in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or VA, turned to PricewaterhouseCoopers, or PwC, to develop a program to transition veterans back into civilian life. The unemployment rate for veterans without…
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2013 Excellence in Social Learning
Gold: Saba SoftwareSecurity vendor Kaspersky Labs has more than 2,700 employees operating in almost 200 countries. It serves 300 million people worldwide, including 20 million product activations per year. To serve this large customer base, it’s essential for the company to keep its workforce up to date with learning and development. Kaspersky employees used several…
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2013 Excellence in E-Learning
Gold: Ivy Planning GroupHuman psychology is to Ivy Planning Group’s learning programs what wood pulp is to paper.Ivy’s learning programs are founded on a group of subtle behaviors called microtriggers. The Rockville, Md.-based service management and consulting firm identified 58 behaviors that could have a negative impact on work relationships. Microtriggers could be seemingly harmless…
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2013 Global Learning – Division 1
GOLD: Sharon Moshayof and Nancy Singer, Merck Merck is known for its international reach, but when the White Horse, N.J.-based pharmaceutical company examined its global strategy, leaders realized they had to refine their companywide plan to penetrate and maintain solid growth in a number of emerging markets. While researching strategies to pursue in Asia, the…
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2013 Collaboration – Division 2
GOLD: MassMutual Financial Group When MassMutual announced the acquisition of The Hartford’s Retirement Plan Group last year, the company didn’t waste a moment introducing new employees to its business and culture. A team of employees and managers from both companies led by Assistant Vice President Debbie Cote assembled immediately to develop an onboarding strategy that…
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2013 Collaboration – Division 1
GOLD: Iron Mountain The challenges of merging different corporate cultures can be daunting, especially for a company with a long and rich history like Iron Mountain. The Chicago-based storage and information management firm began snapping up competitors in the mid-1990s, acquiring 250 businesses within 10 years and growing from a $100 million business to a…

