Congratulations to the 2007 Learning
Leader winners!
The Bersin & Associates analyst team is pleased to name 22 Learning Leaders
in the United States, Asia and Europe for excellence in training and development.

| Operational Program
Excellence |
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Rockwell Collins (www.rockwellcollins.com) –
Life Cycle Value Stream program, a highly complex initiative designed to instill core company
values and teach the company’s business model and key practices to audiences throughout the corporation.
Wachovia (www.wachovia.com) – New hire program for tellers, interactive course that
covers all aspects of a teller’s job.
SAP (www.sap.com) – Virtual project management simulation, six- part curriculum on
managing virtual project teams to help project leaders learn how to effectively manage cross-cultural teams.
Extra Space Storage (www.extraspace.com) – A simple, low-cost, blended program designed to
teach sales representatives how to sell renter protection insurance.
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| Leadership Program Excellence |
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Trinity Health (www.trinity-health.org) –
Leadership Series developed to help bring two organizational cultures together after a merger
and to build a strong leadership pipeline.
Business Development Bank of Canada (www.bdc.ca) – Developed a multi-tier leadership strategy
that prepares future leaders and hones the skills of existing leaders at all levels. |
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| Initiative Excellence |
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SumTotal Systems (www.sumtotalsystems.com) – Two major initiatives, Total Immersion and Total Satisfaction, which reduced time to
competency for new technical and service employees, improved employee retention, and increased customer satisfaction.
HP (www.hp.com) – Revamped technical training for internal employees, partners,
and customers, included a global LMS implementation and the creation of HP Software University.
CA (www.ca.com) – Delivered high impact training program targeting all employees involved in sales,
support, and services for the company’s complex IT security products. |
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| Technology Excellence |
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CA (www.ca.com) – Complex implementation of an enterprise-wide LMS which
replaced nine different legacy systems. |
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| Organizational Management Excellence |
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Citibank Asia Pacific Consumer Bank (Citibank APCB) (www.citigroup.com) –
Regional learning and development system organized into eight learning academies, each designed to support
specific functional areas, such as retail banking, direct sales, and customer service.
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) (www.nsta.org) – Highly methodological,
systems-based approach to professional development for science teachers. |
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| Vendor Innovation (Tool) |
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Sonic Foundry (www.sonicfoundry.com) –
Mediasite, webcast presentation tool.
Regis Learning (www.regislearning.com) – SimPort, simplifies
the creation of interactive, complex simulations.
Mohive (www.mohive.com) – e-Learning Publishing System, web-based authoring
tool with features designed to support collaborative content development. |
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| Vendor Innovation (Platform) |
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Kognito (www.kognito.com) –
Smart platform creates realistic scenarios for development of interpersonal skills through the use of virtual characters.
Plateau (www.plateau.com) – iContent,
innovative content management platform.
SkillSoft (www.skillsoft.com) – KnowledgeCenters,
easy to use learning portal for rapid access to information. |
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| Vendor Innovation (Business Process) |
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Vangent (www.vangent-hcm.com) –
Created a rigorous new teller training program for Bank of America to increase standardization and impact quality assurance.
Ninth House (www.ninthhouse.com) –
Very innovative blended leadership training, combined high-quality online courses; classroom work sessions and materials;
InstantAdvice, a performance support system; and evaluations and metrics.
PulseLearning (www.pulselearning.com) –
Created two rapid content development processes designed to reduce the time-to-market and development for technical training
and minimize the time required of SMEs.
Bluepoint Leadership Development (www.bluepointleadership.com) –
Customized Leadership Experience workshops address the skills required to shift from mid-level to enterprise-level leadership, focus on
topics such as influence, change management, organizational design, and coaching. |
For more information about the 2007 winners, see the Winter 2007 print issue
of Elearning! magazine, which includes
a feature story spotlighting the winners and best practices. Elearning! will
also feature a series of follow-on articles and case studies
throughout 2008 on the Learning Leaders.
In addition, ELearning! and Bersin & Associates
will present a series of web seminars in 20078 with participants
from the Learning Leaders winner organizations. Stay
tuned for more information, which will be available here and at http://www.elearning.b2bmediaco.com/. |