Institute - Your Gateway to HR & Learning Excellence

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Institute - Your Gateway to HR & Learning Excellence

Access world-class research, expert guidance, and an elite community of HR leaders to elevate your organization’s human capital strategies.

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Institute - Your Gateway to HR & Learning Excellence

Access world-class research, expert guidance, and an elite community of HR leaders to elevate your organization’s human capital strategies.

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HR Outlook

Discover how organizations are revolutionizing their HR strategies by harmonizing AI capabilities with human potential. This book provides essential insights on leveraging technology, adapting to workforce evolution, and creating future-ready talent development approaches. This comprehensive guide helps HR leaders navigate the transformative intersection of artificial intelligence and human-centered workplace practices.

Find Your Excellence Through Expert Insights

When it comes to Human Capital Management, one size does not fit all. We produce three pieces of HCM content everyday, in a variety of formats, but how we apply those insights is up to you.

Research & Analysis

Access daily insights from our extensive research library and analyst team. Get customized solutions backed by data-driven recommendations and benchmarking across industries. Our research combines theoretical frameworks with practical applications to address your most pressing HR challenges.

Learning and
Development

Talent
Management

Leadership
Development

Talent
Acquisition

Human
Resources

Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion

Courses & Certifications

Elevate your expertise through our professional certification programs and online courses. Developed by industry leaders, our learning pathways cover crucial areas including L&D, Leadership Development, Talent Management, DE&I, HR, and Talent Acquisition. Build capabilities that drive organizational success.

Certifications we offer

CTAS designation

Certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (CTA)®

Three-phase program

CLDS designation

Certified Leadership Development Strategist (CLDS)®

Three-phase program

CTMS designation

Certified Talent Management Strategist (CTAS)®

Three-phase program

CHRS designation

Certified Human Resources Strategist (CHRS)®

Three-phase program

CDEIL designation

Certified Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader (CDEIL)®

Three-phase program

CLS designation

Certified Learning Strategist (CLS)®

Three-phase program

Community & Faculty

Join an elite network of HR and learning leaders shaping the future of work. Engage with our distinguished faculty of practitioners and thought leaders through forums, roundtables, and direct consultations. Build meaningful relationships that accelerate your organization’s growth.

HCM Excellence

Announcements: August 14, 2025

Launch: January 2, 2025

Deadline April 11, 2025

The HCM Excellence Awards® recognize top organizations that successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that achieved superior and measurable results in Human Capital Management. Solution Provider wanting to participate must enter with their corporate client.

Technology

Announcements: 12.4.2025

Launch 04.21.2025

Deadline 09.12.2025

The Excellence in Technology showcase ways their Human Capital Management Technology (that they developed or implemented) has measurably benefited an organization. Solution Providers and Corporate are encouraged to enter together or separately.

Education Technology

Announcements: 12.4.2025

Launch 04.21.2025

Deadline 09.12.2025

Our education audience now has a dedicated category in the Technology Awards to submit and be reviewed by your peers. Searching for EdTech companies, K-12, colleges/universities, and executive business schools.

Excellence in Action

Year-Round

Deadline 12.6.2024

Empower your workforce and amplify employee voices with Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Action

Excellence Award Insights

Gain unique perspectives from our Excellence Awards program, featuring real-world success stories from leading organizations. With half of our award winners sharing their strategies as detailed case studies, you’ll access an unparalleled library of proven solutions and innovative approaches. Learn directly from organizations that have achieved measurable results in their HCM initiatives.

Our conferences

Annual HCM Excellence Conference

Brandon Hall Group is famous for its actionable Human Capital Management research. Our annual HCM Excellence Conference delivers the same experience through a 3-day event with leading practices from award-winning organizations along with checklists, self-assessments, models, frameworks, and other tools that you can use to convert insights into measurable benefits for your organization.

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We published an extraordinary collection of new assets last week designed to address your most critical needs. Whether you’re implementing real-time learning dashboards, driving organizational transformation through talent management, or building coaching excellence programs, we’ve
Unilever, a leader in consumer goods, in partnership with Tack TMI, a global learning and development organisation, has won a Gold award in the Leadership Development Award category for Best Leadership Development Program for Frontline

Recent posts

Rather than forcing vendors to build AI infrastructure from the ground up, Mindset provides an "agent management studio" — letting subject matter experts design AI workflows through conversation, while developers get robust APIs and SDKs to integrate these agents anywhere they need them.
Pluvo occupies an interesting position in the LMS market. They're not trying to be everything to everyone. Instead, they've identified a specific niche — European organizations with mixed workforces that need reliable, compliant training without the complexity — and they're serving it exceptionally well.
It's the same story across thousands of energy facilities — every gap in workforce capability represents potential outages, safety risks, and operational disruptions. Yet most organizations treat these challenges separately, missing opportunities for integrated learning strategies that build comprehensive resilience while attracting the next generation of energy professionals.
We published an exceptional collection of new assets last week designed to showcase real success stories and strategic frameworks. Whether you're implementing AI to improve HR business impact, leveraging external learning partnerships, or driving retention through management pathways, we've got the proven strategies backed by measurable results.
In industries like retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG), every gap in organizational capability — from frontline skills to executive leadership, from cybersecurity awareness to supply chain efficiency — represents lost sales, frustrated customers, and competitive disadvantage. Yet most organizations treat these challenges in silos, missing the opportunity for integrated learning strategies that address the full spectrum of business needs.

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In this step-by-step webinar, our experts will walk you through the art and science of crafting a submission that captures the judges’ attention and showcases your true innovation.
Join us for this essential webinar exploring the emergence of Learning Operations (LearnOps – https://bit.ly/4np5UJU) as a critical discipline for modern L&D teams.
Ready to turn your innovation into award-winning gold? Join our webinar where industry insiders reveal the winning formulas that make judges say “YES!” Discover the tips, tricks, and game-changing strategies to make your applications stand out. This isn’t just another how-to session—it’s your competitive edge to claim the recognition your breakthrough deserves.

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As AI reshapes business at unprecedented speed, organizations that thrive are mastering the art of practice before performance. For example, 70% of Brandon Hall Group™’ 2025 Excellence Award winners in leadership development are using or exploring the use of simulations.
It’s no secret that the world of work and corporate learning will look drastically different a few years from now. The problem, of course, is how to adapt to that change and make investments in L&D today that will pay off later. What technology should you prioritize? What methodologies will actually deliver results? Wouldn’t it be helpful to have a roadmap for the future of L&D?
According to Brandon Hall Group™ research, organizations expect AI will have the most significant impact on L&D in 2025 compared to all other human capital management (HCM) functions.
Join Michael Rochelle and David Forry from Brandon Hall Group for an exclusive 30-minute webinar unveiling our groundbreaking HR AI Maturity Model—a comprehensive framework that maps the journey from reactive HR operations to AI-powered excellence.
According to Brandon Hall Group™ research, organizations expect AI will have the most significant impact on L&D in 2025 compared to all other human capital management (HCM) functions.
Join Michael Rochelle and David Forry from Brandon Hall Group for an exclusive 30-minute webinar unveiling our groundbreaking HR AI Maturity Model—a comprehensive framework that maps the journey from reactive HR operations to AI-powered excellence.

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