Brandon Hall Group Announces 2013 Excellence Awards Winners

Accenture, Bank of America and Hewlett Packard Win the Most Awards from the Prestigious Program Honoring the Best of the Best in Learning, Talent Management, and Sales and Marketing. 

Delray Beach – September 26, 2013 – Brandon Hall Group, the preeminent research and analyst organization focused on developing learning, talent management, and business research to help drive organizational performance, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards.

Announcement of this year’s winners were presented in an online event held to honor recipients of the coveted Gold, Silver and Bronze awards.  Entrants have eagerly awaited the outcome of the Excellence Awards judging, now in its 19th year, since applying in April. The winners were announced by Brandon Hall Group CEO Mike Cooke, COO Rachel Cooke, and VP of Corporate and Product Development Claude Werder.

The awards program announcements today provided awards in 48 categories. Accenture, Bank of American and Hewlett Packard led the list of multiple award winners. Other multiple winners included Turkish retailer Migros Ticaret, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shell Oil, American Express, Microsoft, KPMG, Bridgepoint Education, CareerBuilder, Capgemini and IBM.

Click on the links for winners of each division:  Learning, Talent, and Sales & Marketing.

The entries were evaluated by an international panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, and Brandon Hall Group senior analysts and executive leadership based upon the following criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation, and overall measureable benefits.

“We were thrilled to recognize this years’ winners in an online event sharing the results in real time with those who have  excelled in learning, talent management and sales and marketing efforts and have been so supportive of our program,” said COO Rachel Cooke.  “We are honored to receive submissions from all over the world.  This year’s submissions exemplified a high standard of performance in their organizations and demonstrated clear, measurable business results through these innovative programs.”

“Year after year we are amazed at the submissions that are placed before our judging panel.  In another record-breaking year for our awards program, we are proud to recognize organizations that are focused on developing and implementing world-class initiatives that show exemplary business performance and focus on best practices,” said Mike Cooke, Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group, Inc.

Selected case studies of award-winning programs will be available to Brandon Hall Group members in the coming weeks.   For details on a Brandon Hall Group Membership or to learn more about the awards program, visit www.brandonhall.com or contact Mike Cooke at (561) 865-5017 or [email protected].

About Brandon Hall Group Inc.

With more than 10,000 clients globally and 20 years of delivering world class research and advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is the most well-known and established research organization in the performance improvement industry. We conduct research that drives performance, and provides strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results.

Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership research and expertise in our primary research portfolios – Talent Management, Learning and Development, Sales Effectiveness, Marketing, and Executive Management. At the core of our offerings is a Membership Program that combines research, benchmarking and unlimited access to data and analysts. Our members have access to research and connections that help them make the right decisions about people, processes, and systems, coalesced with extensive advisory services tailored to help put the research into daily action. (www.brandonhall.com).

For additional information about our organization please contact Mike Cooke: (561) 865-5017 or [email protected], www.brandonhall.com.

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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.

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