BTS and MetLife Win Brandon Hall Silver Award for Excellence in Talent Management

MetLife, Inc. and BTS, a world leading strategy implementation firm, won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Silver award in the Best Advance in Assessment Utilization to Guide Talent Decisions category. This win was announced on September 7, 2016, and is listed here. MetLife and BTS were honored to be the sole recipient of an award in this category.

The award-winning program was the Business Acceleration Lab, a custom, industry-specific, technology-driven business simulation used for capability assessment and leadership development. The highly realistic simulation, modeled after MetLife’s business and commercial dynamics, was designed to elicit observable and measurable behaviors that would then be systematically evaluated against the organization’s GM Success Profile. Participants worked through the lab in teams and individually, demonstrating their leadership skills, organizational savvy and business acumen while running their company in a competitive marketplace. The objectives of the program were to assess participants’ readiness for the role, provide data for individual and cohort-based development planning, encourage a culture of ownership around development, and equip leaders with a robust learning experience that would increase their strategic and business acumen.

“We are delighted to receive the Brandon Hall Silver award, as it speaks to the power of this innovative approach to capability assessment and leadership development,” said Howard Epstein, Head of Development Solutions at BTS. “The depth of the data gathered and the robust nature of the learning experience made this a truly impactful and unique solution, and we are honored for that to have been recognized.”

“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, COO 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.”

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

About BTS Group AB

BTS is a global professional services firm that focuses on the people side of strategy, working with leaders at all levels to help them make better decisions, convert those decisions to actions and deliver results. At our core, we believe people learn best by doing. For 30 years, we’ve been designing fun, powerful experiences that have a profound and lasting impact on people and their careers. We inspire new ways of thinking, build critical capabilities and unleash business success. It’s strategy made personal.

BTS is a public company listed on the NASDAQ Stockholm trading under the symbol BTS B.

For more information, please visit www.bts.com.

About Brandon Hall Group: 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 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.

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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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