Chief Learning Officer reveals 2021 LearningElite award recipients

For eleven years, the LearningElite Awards Program has honored the best organizations in learning and development through rigorous peer-review and comprehensive data analysis. On April 28, Chief Learning Officer revealed the 2021 program winners in a virtual ceremony, the LearningElite Gala.

This past year, learning proved itself to be indispensable to business amid challenges brought on by a global pandemic, social unrest, and economic and financial hardship. It makes honoring these 59 learning organizations even more significant.

In order to qualify for LearningElite status, organizations that choose to apply must succeed in scoring above the qualifying benchmark in five key performance areas that are core to L&D: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results.

This awards program was created with guidance from a group of senior level learning leaders, practitioners and CLOs to be a comprehensive evaluation of organizational L&D. Each organization is scored and ranked either a Gold, Silver or Bronze. Organizations that rank Bronze score above the benchmark in all five dimensions. Organizations are ranked Silver if they score above the benchmark in all dimensions and near the pinnacle in one or two dimensions. Gold organizations score above the benchmark in all of the dimensions and near the pinnacle in three or more dimensions. Seven Editor’s Choice awards are given out each year: one for each of the five LearningElite dimensions, one for Best Midsize Company and one for Best Small Company.

Congratulations to all the 2021 winners!

Gold

1. Verizon
2. PricewaterhouseCoopers
3. U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Office of Training and Development
4. ADP
5. Aspen Dental Management
6. Fidelity National Informational Services
7. Choice Hotels International
8. ManTech International
9. General Motors
10. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology, Talent Management Office
11. Tata Consultancy Services
12. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
13. Sidley Austin
14. State Compensation Insurance Fund
15. Swisscom AG
16. Cleveland Clinic Health System
17. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company
18. Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy
19. New York Life Insurance Company
20. Nemours Children’s Health System
21. G4S Secure Solutions USA Inc.
22. University Health
23. Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
24. Siemens
25. TTEC Holdings
26. CNO Financial Group
27. Ricoh Latin America
28. Center for Development of Security Excellence, National Security Learning Center, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Department of Defense
29. Johnson Controls International
30. North Highland ESOP

Silver

31. Veeam Software Group
32. BKD
33. P.J. Lhuillier
34. MTM
35. Greenberg Traurig LLP
36. Uber Freight
37. Round Room
38. Rock Central Detroit
39. BNSF Railway

Bronze

40. KellyConnect
41. Collaborative Solutions
42. Siemens Healthineers
43. SWBC
44. Cardinal Health
45. Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores
46. Ford Otosan
47. Sysco Corporation
48. Chevron Corporation
49. Pepsico
50. Columbia Sportswear
51. Procore Technologies
52. Dish Network
53. Valmont Industries
54. Trianz
55. Apeel Sciences
56. Kimball Midwest
57. Syneos Health Learning Solutions
58. Employers Mutual Casualty Company
59. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

The Editor’s Choice winners scored the highest in each of their respective dimensions. Organizations with fewer than 4,000 employees qualify for Best Small Company, while Best Midsize Company is open to organizations with 4,000-8,000 employees.

Editor’s Choice

Learning Strategy: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Leadership Commitment: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Learning Execution: Verizon
Learning Impact: Verizon
Business Performance: U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Office of Training and Development
Best Small Company: Choice Hotels International
Best Mid-Size Company: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina