2005 Award Winners

ASTD BEST Awards

• 29 organizations named BEST in 2005, click here.

 Advancing ASTD Awards

• Gordon M. Bliss Memorial Award: John Coné
  see page 4. 
  
• Volunteer-Staff Partnership Award: Leadership Development Team
  see page 5.

Advancing Workplace Learning & Performance Awards

• Life Time Achievement: Charles Handy see page 6.
  
• Distinguished Contribution: Jack Phillips see page 7.
  
• Champion of Workplace Learning and Performance: Frances Hesselbein see page 8.
  
• Research Article Award: Gilad Chen, Brian Thomas, and J. Craig Wallace see page 9.
  
• Dissertation Award: Mesut Akdere see page 10.
  

Excellence in Practice

Twenty-seven organizations in Canada, China, Germany, India, and the United States are recognized with awards and citations for their practices and interventions that get results.

Awards are presented to proven practices that have delivered clear and measurable results for their organizations.

• DaimlerChrysler Motors Company: Transformation from a Training to a Performance Support Organization
  Category: Performance Improvement
  Summary – see page 11.
  
• Farmers Insurance Group: University for Agents 
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 11.
  
• Ford Motor Company: Blended Learning for 6-Sigma Green Belts 
  Category: Workplace Learning and Development
  Summary – see page 12.
  
• General Motors Service and Parts Operations: Training Mr. and Mrs. Goodwrench - A Blended    Learning Success Story
  Category: Training Management
  Summary – see page 12.  
  
• Healthways, Inc: 9-ball in the Corner Pocket: Using XML and Flash for Rapid Development of Challenge-based Training  
  Category: Learning Technologies
  Summary – see page 12.  
  
• Hong Kong Housing Authority: Reinventing the Training and Development Function   Category: Learning Technologies
  Summary – see page 13.
  
• IKEA Germany: Investing in People  
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 13.
  
• Progeon Limited: New Hire Training 
  Category: Workplace Learning and Development
  Summary – see page 13.
  
• Schneider National, Inc.: Simulation Based Training   
  Category: Learning Technologies
  Summary – see page 14.

Citations are presented to practices from which much is to be learned.

• American Eagle Outfitters: Emerging Leaders and Organizational Change Program
  Category: Managing Change
  Summary – see page 15.
  
• American Honda Motor Company: iN Certified Professional Program
  Category: Performance Improvement
  Summary – see page 15.
  
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Market Focused Learning
  Category: Training Management
  Summary – see page 15.
  
• Booz Allen Hamilton: People Talk, Web Radio
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 16.
  
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Project Mercury
  Category: Categories: Training Management and Technical Training
  Summary – see page 16.
  
• Cendant Mobility: Leveraging Sales Training: Best Practices that Increase Client Loyalty
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 16
  
• Center for Antiterrorism and Navy Security Forces: Improving Performance in Pistol Qualification and Sustainment
  Category: Performance Improvement
  Summary – see page 17.
  
• ConnectiCare: The Royal Treatment
  Category: Performance Improvement
  Summary – see page 17.
  
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Driving Business Growth Through Effective Leadership and Engaged Employees
  Category: Managing Change
  Summary – see page 17.
  
• Farmers Insurance Group: University for District Managers
  Categories: Career Development, Managing Change, and Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 18.
  
• General Motors Corporation: Global Knowledge Assessment Program
  Category: Workplace Learning and Development
  Summary – see page 18.
  
• General Motors Corporation: Internal Coaching Process
  Category: Career Development
  Summary – see page 18.
  
• Healthways: An Instructional Design Approach to Overcoming Age Bias in Health Care Professionals
  Category: Valuing Differences
  Summary – see page 19.
  
• Hewlett-Packard Company: Back to Basics: Resolving a Fundamental Problem
  Category: Technical Training
  Summary – see page 19.
  
• Hewlett-Packard Company: HelpDesk: From Training Needs Assessment to Root-Cause Analysis
  Category: Workplace Learning and Development
  Summary – see page 19.
  
• Hewlett-Packard Company: Self-Paced SAP eLearning Labs
  Category: Learning Technologies
  Summary – see page 20.
  
• HSBC: eVantage
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 20.
  
• IBM Corporation: Business Transformation Learning Lighthouse Initiative
  Category: Workplace Learning and Development
  Summary – see page 20.
  
• Langham Place Hotel (HK): 555 Service Excellence Training Program
  Category: Workplace Learning and Development
  Summary – see page 21.
  
• Nortel: Career Academies
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 21.
  
• Northrop Grumman Corporation: i-Lead, A Personal Adventure in Leadership
  Category: Workplace Learning and Development
  Summary – see page 21.
  
• Reliance Industries Limited: Training Function - Transformation from a Service Provider to a Strategic Business Partner
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 22.
  
• Sage Software, Small Business Division: Value-Based Selling, Service and Support
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 22.
  
• Toshiba America Business Solutions: Training To Go
  Category: Organizational Learning
  Summary – see page 22