Human Capital Management

Launch: January 2, 2025

Deadline: April 11, 2025

Announcements: August 14, 2025

Who should enter: Training, learning, talent, HR or other related departments can either enter alone or together with a helping organization (such as a vendor aka solution provider, or consultant). Helping organizations cannot enter alone.

Technology

Launch: April 21, 2025

Deadline September 12, 2025

Who should enter: Solution providers offering technologies to learning, talent management, talent acquisition, HR, workforce management and sales enablement organizations, as well as technology organizations and departments can enter alone or jointly with their client organizations.

EdTech

Launch: April 21, 2025

Deadline September 12, 2025

The EdTech Program has a dedicated focus on entries from innovative and cutting-edge trailblazers in education technology. This program is for K-12, Universities, Business Schools, Professional Development and Education Associations, Non-For-Profit, and Government Agencies.

Excellence in Action

Year Round Program

Closes: December 6, 2024

Deadline December 6, 2024

 

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

THE ANNUAL

HCM Excellence Conference

Among the many benefits of participating in the awards is an annual 3 1/2 day event that features winners of our coveted Excellence Awards as presenters. We offer small-group dialogue sessions where attendees share challenges and success stories. We celebrate award-winners with a ceremony, banquet and reception. You take home leading practices in the form of case studies, a special report, and innovations shared by your peers.

Hear Directly from the Winners

Katrina Williams

DIRECTOR, SALES CAPABILITY AT CDW

Martin Hayter

GLOBAL ASSURANCE LEARNING LEADER AT EY

Lou Tedrick

VP, GLOBAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT AT VERIZON

Take a look at the complete list of past award winners.

Interested in our professional membership?

Brandon Hall Group is the world’s only professional development company that provides data, research, insights, and certification to Learning and Talent professionals and organizations. The best companies in the world rely on Brandon Hall Group to help create future-proof employee-development plans for the new era of work and management.

The award-winning case studies include: