Wilson Learning Grabs a Silver in Best Development Program for the Frontline Leaders at Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards 2025

Wilson Learning, in partnership with one of its clients, has won a silver at the Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards 2025. The joint application was made under the Leadership Development in the category “Best Development Program for Frontline Leaders.”

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“This year’s Excellence Award winners exemplify the transformative power of strategic human capital management. Through their innovative approaches to talent development and employee engagement, these organizations have not only achieved remarkable business outcomes but have also redefined what it means to create truly people-centric workplaces. Our comprehensive evaluation process has identified these programs as benchmarks for organizational excellence and innovation,” said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer, Brandon Hall Group, and HCM Excellence Awards® program leader.

Entries were evaluated by a panel of veterans, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives based on these criteria:

  • Alignment to business needs and environment
  • Program design, functionality, and delivery
  • Adoption, integration, user experience, innovation, and creativity
  • Overall effectiveness, impact, and measurable benefits

“The 2025 Excellence Award recipients represent the pinnacle of achievement in human capital management. What sets this year’s winners apart is their bold embrace of emerging practices and their commitment to creating meaningful employee experiences that drive tangible business results. These organizations have demonstrated that when you invest in your people with purpose and innovation, the impact resonates throughout the enterprise,” said Mike Cooke, Chief Executive Officer, Brandon Hall Group™.

“It is a privilege to share this Silver Award at the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards in the category of Best Development Program for Frontline Leaders. This recognition underscores our client’s commitment to developing its people and the strong partnership we’ve established over the years. We sincerely thank and congratulate the client team for trusting us to co-create impactful learning experiences that strengthen leadership capability and deliver measurable results,” said David Yesford, President, Wilson Learning.

Wilson Learning—Improving Performance Through People

Wilson Learning Worldwide is a global leader in human performance improvement solutions for the Global 2000, Fortune 500, and emerging organizations worldwide. Serving clients in 50 countries and incorporating 30 languages, the company creates synergy between people and business strategy through an extensive range of world-class solutions in sales, leadership, and individual effectiveness.

Wilson Learning is committed to aligning solutions with clients’ priorities to increase performance impact and drive business results. More information about Wilson Learning is available online at WilsonLearning.com or by calling 800.328.7937.

To learn more, contact Wilson Learning at www.WilsonLearning.com or 800.328.7937.

About The Brandon Hall Group™

Brandon Hall Group™ is the only professional development company that offers data, research, insights, and certification to Learning and Talent executives and organizations. The best minds in Human Capital Management (HCM) choose Brandon Hall Group™ to help them create future-proof employee development plans for the new era.

For over 30 years, we have empowered, recognized, and certified excellence in organizations worldwide, influencing the development of over 10 million employees and executives. Our HCM Excellence Awards® program was the first to recognize organizations for learning and talent and is the gold standard, known as the “Academy Awards of Human Capital Management.”

The awards recognize the best organizations that have successfully developed and deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that have achieved measurable results. We are honored to receive applications from organizations worldwide, ranging from small, medium, large, and global enterprises to government, not-for-profits, and associations.