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2008 ASTD Award Winners

 

 

ASTD BEST Awards


The 2008 ASTD BEST Awards were presented October 2, 2008, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Forty organizations received BEST Awards. Janus Capital Group holds the first place ranking.

 

Click here to read about the 2008 BEST organizations.

 

 

Awards for Excellence in Workplace Learning and Performance


Congratulations to the 2008 winners listed below. The awards ceremony was held June 1, 2009 during the ASTD International Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C.

 

Advancing Workplace Learning & Performance Awards
  • Life Time Achievement: John Kotter – See page 2. 
  • Distinguished Contribution: Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner – See  page 3. 
  • Champion of Workplace Learning and Performance: John Seely Brown – See page 4. 
  • Dissertation Award: Rachel Ciporen – See page 5.  

Excellence in Practice

Forty organizations and their partners were recognized with awards and citations for their learning and performance practices and solutions that get results. The winners are from Canada, China, India, Thailand, and the United States. 


Practices are recognized in these categories: career development, learning technologies, managing change, organizational learning, performance improvement, technical training, training management, valuing differences, and workplace learning and development.

 

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

 

·        Cisco 

San Jose, California

> Global Sales Onboarding

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 6

> T-6: Target Minus 6 Months

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 6

 

·        DB Schenker: Management Development Program

Hong Kong, SAR, China

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 6

 

·        Farmers Insurance Group – University of Farmers – Field Training

Agoura Hills, California

> District Manager University for Small Business

Partner: Inner Harbor Partners for Improved Performance, Baltimore, Maryland

Category: career development

Summary – See page 7

> Value Insurance Package

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 7

 

·        Hewlett-Packard: Business Masters Practice - Role Model-Based Relational Learning & Development

Palo Alto, California

Award category: workplace learning & development

Citation category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 7

 

·        IBM: Global Sales School

Armonk, New York

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 8

 

·        Infosys BPO: Diversity Hiring

Bangalore, India

Category: valuing differences

Summary – Seepage 8

 

·        MTR Corporation: “You Have a Say” Work Improvement Team Training Scheme – Fostering a Continuous Improvement & Learning Culture

Hong Kong, SAR, China

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 8

 

·        Reliance Industries Limited-Patalganga Manufacturing Division: Learning Function – A Catalyst to Organizational Change for Global Leadership

Maharashtra, India

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 9

 

·        ResMed Corporation: Achieve Ventilation Program

Poway, California

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 9

 

·        Satyam Computer Services: Talent Preparation Service

Hyderabad, India

Category: training management

Summary – See page 9

 

·        Shape Corp.: Automated Welding Curriculum

Grand Haven, Michigan

Award category: technical training

Citation category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 10

 

·        Sun Microsystems: Storage University

Santa Clara, California

Category: technical training

Summary – See page 10

 

·        Thai Yamaha Motor Company: Competency Development through Executive Coaching

Samutprakarn, Thailand

Partner: Orchid Slingshot, Bangkok, Thailand

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 10

 

·        U.S. Navy, Education & Training Command, Center for Information Dominance: Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL)

Pensacola, Florida

Award category: career development

Citation category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 11

 

·        U.S. Navy, Education & Training Command, Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Diving: Preparatory Training for Entry Level Diver Courses

Panama City, Florida

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 11

 

Citations are presented to practices from which much is to be learned, but which have not yet reached the award level.

 

·        Accenture: Rapid E-Learning Initiative

Chicago, Illinois

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 12

 

·        AmTrust Bank: Performance Management

Cleveland, Ohio

Category: managing change

Summary – See page 12

 

·        Ball Corporation – Metal Beverage Packaging Division, Americas: Playing to Win! Aligning and Engaging People to Process

Williamsburg, Virginia

Partner: Training Modernization Group, Chesapeake, Virginia

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 12

 

·        Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts: Steer Your Career

Boston, Massachusetts

Category: career development

Summary – See page 13

 

·        Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts – Member Service Delivery:

Quincy, Massachusetts

> Managing and Retaining Talent through Career Enrichment

Category: career development

Summary – See page 13

> Plan A - Improving Member Inquiry Accuracy

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 13

 

·        Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina: Service Delivery Leadership Program

Durham, North Carolina

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 14

 

·        Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, Virginia

> Internal Professional Career Development Model

Category: career development

Summary – See page 14

> Operational Excellence

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 14

 

·        CDW 

Vernon Hills, Illinois

> Mentor Match

Partner: Triple Creek Associates, Greenwood Village, Colorado

Category: learning technologies

Summary – Seepage 15

> Sales Management Capability

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 15

 

·        China Telecommunications: Corporate Online University

Beijing, People's Republic of China

Partner: Beijing Oztime Education & Network Technology Company, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Category: learning technologies

Summary – See page 15

 

·        Cisco: QuickStart

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Category: technical training

Summary – See page 16

 

·        DB Schenker: Savages – Sales Leadership Program

Hong Kong, SAR, China

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 16

 

·        Farmers Insurance Exchange/University of Farmers, Claims: Leadership Development Programs

Agoura Hills, California

Category: career development

Summary – See page 16

 

·        Farmers Insurance Group / University of Farmers: Enhancing Customer Connections

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 17

 

·        Farmers Insurance Group / University of Farmers, Field Training: Reserve Business Builder

Agoura Hills, California

Partner: Inner Harbor Partners for Improved Performance, Baltimore, Maryland

Category: career development

Summary – See page 17

 

·        Group RCI: Sales and Service Excellence

Parsippany, New Jersey

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 17

 

·        Hewlett-Packard

Palo Alto, California

> Accelerating Partner Growth in the Mid-Market

Parnter: Intuition Consulting, Singapore

Category: performance improvement

Summary – Seepage 18

> Leadership Dialogue Series

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 18

> Sales Professional Series

Partner: OwenCollier Partners, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 19

> Solution Sales Elite

Partner: HD Productions, Fort Collins, Colorado   

Partner: TrainOne, Charlotte, North Carolina

Partner: Transform People International, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Category: learning technologies

Summary – See page 19

 

·        Hewlett-Packard, IPG Learning & Development: Dynamic Consumer Sales Development Program

Palo Alto, California

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 18

 

·        Hollister Inc.: Building Your Management Skills

Libertyville, Illinois

Partner: Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, Illinois

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 19

 

·        The Hong Kong Jockey Club: The Magic of We –- Going Beyond the Call of Duty for Telebet Part-Time Supervisors

Hong Kong, SAR, China

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 20

 

·        IBM: Worldwide Mentoring Program

Armonk, New York

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 20

 

·        Ingersoll Rand: Corporate Executive MBA Program

Montvale, New Jersey

Partner: Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, Indiana

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 20

 

·        Intel Corporation

Chandler, Arizona

> Unleashing Engineering’s Potential to do Data Extraction and Analysis

Category: learning technologies

Summary – See page 21

> Using Visual Learning in Equipment Operations Training

Category: technical training

Summary – See page 21

 

·        Intel Technology India: Strategic Leadership Program and Emerging Markets Leadership Conclave

Bangalore, India

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 21

 

·        Reliance Industries Limited-Hazira Manufacturing Division

Surat, India

> Truckers' Safety Training Program

Category: technical training

Summary – See page 22

> Workers' Safety Enhancement Program

Category: training management

Summary – See page 22

 

·        Satyam Computer Services

Hyderabad, India

> Enterprise Learning Technologies

Category: learning technologies

Summary – See page 22

> Family Learning

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 23

> Integrated Project Management

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 23

> Learning Management Review

Category: organizational learning

Category: performance improvement

Summary – See page 23

> Re-Skilling Services

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 24

 

·       Sprint Nextel: i-Comply

Overland Park, Kansas

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 24

 

·       Sun Microsystems 

Santa Clara, California

> Leadership Connections

Partner: BTS USA, San Francisco, California

Partner: Oliver Wyman Executive Learning Center, Portland Oregon

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 24

> Learning Services Management System

Category: training management

Summary – See page 25

> MyLearning CLE (Collaborative Learning Environment)

Category: learning technologies

Summary – See page 25

> SLX

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 25

 

·       Take Charge America: Financial Credit Counselor Onboarding Program

Phoenix, Arizona

Partner: Rio Salado Community College, Phoenix, Arizona

Category: training management

Summary – See page 26

 

·        TELUS: Leadership NOW

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Partner: University of Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category: organizational learning

Summary – See page 26

 

·        TTI Inc.: A Strategic Closed-Loop HRD System

Fort Worth, Texas

Partner: Assess Systems, A Bigby Havis Company, Dallas, Texas

Category: workplace learning & development

Summary – See page 26

 

·        United Sabine / The United Companies: Turnkey Training Curriculum and Materials Development

Orange, Texas

Partner: The Integrity Group, Houston, Texas

Category: technical training

Summary – See page 27

 

·        U. S. Coast Guard Training Center – Performance Technology Center: Coastal Patrol Boat Electronic Performance Support System

Yorktown, Virginia

Partner: UNITECH, Newport News, Virginia

Category: learning technologies

Category: performance improvement

Summary – Seepage 27

 

·        U. S. Navy: Task Force Life/Work

Arlington, Virginia

Category: managing change

Summary – See page 27

 

·        U. S. Postal Service, Employee Development and Diversity - National Center for Employee Development: Predictive Maintenance Training

Washington, DC

Partner: The Snell Group, Montpelier, Vermont  

Partner: UE Systems, Elmsford, New York,

Category: technical training

Summary – See page 28

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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