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HR Outlook

We have entered the Year of Progression. As AI becomes embedded across the enterprise, the real differentiator is no longer access to technology but the ability to align human potential with intelligent systems. HR Outlook 2026 examines how organizations are reimagining leadership, learning, inclusion, talent acquisition, and talent management to create sustainable, human-centered advantage.

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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.

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Leadership
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Acquisition

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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.

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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.

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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.
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Technology

Announcements: 12.4.2025

Announcement Webinar

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.

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Education Technology

Announcements: 12.4.2025

Announcement Webinar

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.

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Excellence in Action

Year-Round

Deadline 12.6.2024

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

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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.

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Our conferences

Annual HCM Excellence Conference

  • Jan 28-Jan 30, 2025
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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  • Featured Blogs

Most AI Roadmaps Aren’t Failing. They’re Stalling.

In Brandon Hall Group's recent conversation with Ross Crooke, SVP, BTS Europe, and Fredrik Schuller, EVP and Global Head of Centers of Excellence at BTS, one theme surfaced repeatedly: AI is not stalling because of
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From Fragmented Training to Enterprise Capability:
Why Integration Matters Now

Docebo's framework for Capability Academies provides a practical path forward. It acknowledges the reality of continuous change while offering structured approaches to manage it.
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Adobe Learning Manager: A Strategic Assessment
of Platform Capabilities and Market Position

Brandon Hall Group™ recently participated in a briefing with Adobe’s Learning Manager team to evaluate their platform capabilities, market positioning and strategic direction. This assessment examines their technology stack, customer deployments, AI roadmap and support
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Recent posts

The Future of L&D Isn’t Coming — It’s Already Here.
Are You Keeping Up?

In boardrooms and L&D strategy sessions across the country, the conversation is still largely “should we adopt AI?” For Gen Z, that question was settled years ago. The real question, the one that matters, is why so many organizations are still asking it.

What Does Your CFO Actually Want?
Brandon Hall Group’s Latest Research Has the Answer

The latest collection of research from Brandon Hall Group’s Institute™ delivers the playbooks, webinar insights and progression model frameworks that HR and learning leaders need to align with business priorities, develop AI-ready leaders and build talent acquisition strategies that drive measurable results.

Brandon Hall Group’s Strategic Intelligence: HR Outlook 2026, L&D Progression Models and the Framework That Connects Learning to Performance

The latest collection of research from Brandon Hall Group’s Institute™ delivers the strategic frameworks and forward-looking analysis HR and learning leaders need to move from AI ambition to measurable organizational progress in 2026.

Why Docebo Gets AI Literacy and Governance Right
— And Why It Matters Now

Only 4 percent of companies have developed AI capabilities generating real business value. That gap isn't about better algorithms or more powerful models. It's about the foundation that Docebo, a Brandon Hall Group™ Smartchoice Preferred Provider®, identifies as non-negotiable: strategic AI literacy and governance working in tandem.

Closing Critical Skills Gaps Before
They Impact Business Results

EI Powered by MPS partners with organizations to design customized, performance-focused learning solutions that address high-impact skill gaps and drive measurable business results. As a Brandon Hall Group™ Platinum Smartchoice® Provider, EI Powered by MPS combines research-backed strategy with scalable learning design to ensure skills development translates into improved performance.
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  • Featured Blogs

The Evolution of Enterprise Learning: How Continu is Redefining the Corporate Learning Landscape

As organizations grapple with rapid technological change, evolving workforce expectations and the imperative to demonstrate measurable ROI from learning investments, traditional LMS platforms are struggling to keep pace. Enter Continu, a New York-based Enterprise Learning
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How Agentic AI Can Free Learning From the LMS:
A New Era in Corporate Training

Unlike basic chatbots, Continu's Eddy lives where people work, requiring no new apps to download. The system learns from every interaction, becoming smarter and more personalized continuously. Eddy connects to your entire knowledge ecosystem from
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LMS, LXP, or Learning Ecosystem:
A Practical Technology Guide for 2026

Ready to optimize your learning technology strategy? Connect with EI Powered by MPS to explore how their expertise can help you select and implement platforms that drive measurable learning outcomes and business impact.
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Recent posts

Most AI Roadmaps Aren’t Failing. They’re Stalling.

In Brandon Hall Group's recent conversation with Ross Crooke, SVP, BTS Europe, and Fredrik Schuller, EVP and Global Head of Centers of Excellence at BTS, one theme surfaced repeatedly: AI is not stalling because of technology. It is stalling because of leadership.

From Fragmented Training to Enterprise Capability:
Why Integration Matters Now

Docebo's framework for Capability Academies provides a practical path forward. It acknowledges the reality of continuous change while offering structured approaches to manage it.

Adobe Learning Manager: A Strategic Assessment
of Platform Capabilities and Market Position

Brandon Hall Group™ recently participated in a briefing with Adobe’s Learning Manager team to evaluate their platform capabilities, market positioning and strategic direction. This assessment examines their technology stack, customer deployments, AI roadmap and support approach based on the information presented.

The Future of L&D Isn’t Coming — It’s Already Here.
Are You Keeping Up?

In boardrooms and L&D strategy sessions across the country, the conversation is still largely “should we adopt AI?” For Gen Z, that question was settled years ago. The real question, the one that matters, is why so many organizations are still asking it.

What Does Your CFO Actually Want?
Brandon Hall Group’s Latest Research Has the Answer

The latest collection of research from Brandon Hall Group’s Institute™ delivers the playbooks, webinar insights and progression model frameworks that HR and learning leaders need to align with business priorities, develop AI-ready leaders and build talent acquisition strategies that drive measurable results.
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  • Upcoming Webinars

Complimentary Webinars on the latest HCM trends and best practices. Participate live or view them on-demand.

  • March 11, 2026

Leadership Development That Actually Moves the Business

Despite billions invested annually, many enterprise leadership programs fail to produce measurable business impact. This session examines why leadership development often stalls at activity instead of outcomes, and what high-performing organizations do differently. Drawing on Brandon Hall Group research and award-winning case studies, Dr. Marline C. Duroseau reframes leadership development through a business-first lens. Participants will explore the critical gap between leadership participation and leadership performance, why traditional success metrics miss the mark, and what HR leaders should be measuring instead to demonstrate real value.
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  • March 18, 2026

Unlocking Performance Through Coaching: A Proven Approach to Professional Development

Unlocking Performance Through Coaching: A Proven Approach to Professional Development Description: Join Michael Rochelle, Chief Strategy Officer and Principal Analyst at Brandon Hall Group™, and Mina Papakonstantinou, Leadership Development Manager at Deloitte LLP, to explore how coaching skills transform workplace conversations and drive organizational success.
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  • March 25, 2026

Leading Through Disruption Without Burning Out Your Leaders

Disruption is no longer episodic, it is the operating environment. Yet many organizations continue to treat leader burnout as an individual issue rather than a systemic business risk. In this session, Dr. Marline C. Duroseau draws on Brandon Hall Group research and executive experience to examine how constant disruption reshapes leadership demands, emotionally, cognitively, and operationally. Attendees will explore what HR often underestimates about leadership load, why resilience has evolved into a core business capability, and how organizations can design leadership systems that sustain performance without exhaustion
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  • April 1, 2026

How Award-Winning Organizations Design Learning for Impact

We know we can create great learning programs, but do we really know if they’re having an impact? The best companies are designing with an eye on broader business outcomes, not just completions and smile sheets. Join Managing Director David Wentworth as he explores award-winning examples of companies doing just that. We will look at how and why they design based on concrete business needs and conditions.
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  • Most Recent Webinars

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  • April 21, 2026

From Posters to Practice: How Leaders Shape Culture

Most organizations say culture matters. But too often, culture is treated like a communications campaign: a set of values on posters, an engagement score, or convenient town hall messaging.
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  • March 25, 2026

Leading Through Disruption Without Burning Out Your Leaders

Disruption is no longer episodic, it is the operating environment. Yet many organizations continue to treat leader burnout as an individual issue rather than a systemic business risk. In this session, Dr. Marline C. Duroseau draws on Brandon Hall Group research and executive experience to examine how constant disruption reshapes leadership demands, emotionally, cognitively, and operationally. Attendees will explore what HR often underestimates about leadership load, why resilience has evolved into a core business capability, and how organizations can design leadership systems that sustain performance without exhaustion
Register now
  • March 11, 2026

Leadership Development That Actually Moves the Business

Despite billions invested annually, many enterprise leadership programs fail to produce measurable business impact. This session examines why leadership development often stalls at activity instead of outcomes, and what high-performing organizations do differently. Drawing on Brandon Hall Group research and award-winning case studies, Dr. Marline C. Duroseau reframes leadership development through a business-first lens. Participants will explore the critical gap between leadership participation and leadership performance, why traditional success metrics miss the mark, and what HR leaders should be measuring instead to demonstrate real value.
Register now
  • April 1, 2026

How Award-Winning Organizations Design Learning for Impact

We know we can create great learning programs, but do we really know if they’re having an impact? The best companies are designing with an eye on broader business outcomes, not just completions and smile sheets. Join Managing Director David Wentworth as he explores award-winning examples of companies doing just that. We will look at how and why they design based on concrete business needs and conditions.
Register now
  • March 11, 2026

Leadership Development That Actually Moves the Business

Despite billions invested annually, many enterprise leadership programs fail to produce measurable business impact. This session examines why leadership development often stalls at activity instead of outcomes, and what high-performing organizations do differently. Drawing on Brandon Hall Group research and award-winning case studies, Dr. Marline C. Duroseau reframes leadership development through a business-first lens. Participants will explore the critical gap between leadership participation and leadership performance, why traditional success metrics miss the mark, and what HR leaders should be measuring instead to demonstrate real value.
Watch now
  • April 1, 2026

How Award-Winning Organizations Design Learning for Impact

We know we can create great learning programs, but do we really know if they’re having an impact? The best companies are designing with an eye on broader business outcomes, not just completions and smile sheets. Join Managing Director David Wentworth as he explores award-winning examples of companies doing just that. We will look at how and why they design based on concrete business needs and conditions.
Watch now

On Demand Webinars

What CFOs and Boards Need from HR in 2026 (And What They’re Not Saying Out Loud)

The Year Ahead: Making Progress in Learning & Talent

HCM Excellence Spotlight: How Cognizant Creates Innovative, Integrated Learning Experiences That Drive Business Outcomes 

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  • Featured Excellence at Work Podcasts

Excellence at Work Podcast Episode 312: The Retention Engine: How Learning Drives Results

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Excellence at Work Episode 313: Balancing AI and Human Insight: A New Era of Learning

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Excellence at Work Podcast Episode 314: Mastering Skills: The Modern Learning Ecosystem

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More Excellence at Work Podcasts

Excellence at Work Podcast Episode 316: Future-Ready Leaders: Embrace Change

Excellence at Work Podcast Episode 315: Leadership Excellence: Crafting Impactful Development Programs

Excellence at Work Podcast Episode 314: Mastering Skills: The Modern Learning Ecosystem

Excellence at Work Episode 313: Balancing AI and Human Insight: A New Era of Learning

Excellence at Work Podcast Episode 312: The Retention Engine: How Learning Drives Results

Excellence at Work Podcast: From Skills to Capabilities – Transforming Organizational Growth

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We recently worked with Brandon Hall Group on a consulting project. They were helpful and informative and provided valuable insights. BHG assisted our project team to broaden our understanding of industry background and perspectives, resulting in more fully informed decisions. In addition, I am pleased with the breadth and depth of the many webinars offered by BHG.
Eric NakagawaSystem Owner, Enterprise LMS Stanford University
Our partnership with BHG is critical to address big challenges and opportunities in L&D that our team is facing each day.
Michelle VielledentDirector, Sales Effectiveness Edwards Lifesciences
We desire and plan to work with BHG for a very long time and as much as possible.
Donato MangialardoSenior Director Of Marketing Docebo
We experienced a wonderful partnership with Brandon Hall Group. We felt as if we had our own internal research team as they provided outstanding support and were very responsive.
Anita Norris DeAngeloDirector And Manager, Talent Development And Learning MUFG
Great responsiveness of the team (from the account manager to the analysts); partner-centric attitude.
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