71 Organizations Win Prestigious Association for Talent Development BEST Award

By Maria Kingston.
Updated Aug 31, 2021

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB) August 31, 2021 - The Association for Talent Development (ATD) honored 71 organizations from around the globe with 2021 BEST Awards. Larsen & Toubro Technology Services, headquartered in Mumbai, India, won the first-place ranking.

IBM, Tata Consultancy Services, TELUS, University Health, and Wipro Limited received ATDs Best of the BEST Award, which goes to organizations that have won the BEST Award 10 or more times. Companies were recognized August 30 during a virtual awards recognition celebration at ATDs International Conference & Exposition in Salt Lake City, Utah.

These 71 organizations are driving impact and solving business challenges through talent development practices, and they are doing it in innovative ways, said Tony Bingham, ATD president and chief executive officer. Senior leaders in these organizations understand the critical strategic role learning has, and they are committed to investing in the growth and development of their people.

ATDs BEST Award is the talent development industrys most rigorous and coveted recognition. The global program recognizes organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success through talent development.

The 2021 BEST Award winners are profiled in a special issue of TD, ATDs flagship magazine.

These award-winning organizations submitted quantitative and qualitative information to ATD about their talent development practices and programs. Applications were assessed in a rigorous blind review by members of the BEST Awards advisory committee comprising a group of experts in the field.

The 2021 BEST Award winners:

Best of the BEST:

2021 RankingsTop 20:

1. Larsen & Toubro Technology Services Mumbai, India

2. PPD Wilmington, North Carolina

3. Novartis Basel, Switzerland

4. Bell Fort Worth, Texas

5. Florida Blue Jacksonville, Florida

6. Sundt Construction Tempe, Arizona

7. Valvoline Instant Oil Change Lexington, Kentucky

8. Power Grid Corporation of India Gurugram, India

9. Visa Foster City, California

10. Rosendin San Jose, California

11. Hitachi Vantara Santa Clara, California

12. Paylocity Schaumburg, Illinois

13. Busey Champaign, Illinois

14. Pax8 Greenwood Village, Colorado

15. Plante Moran Southfield, Michigan

16. Panda Restaurant Group Rosemead, California

17. WNS Global Services Mumbai, India

18. BMO Financial Group Toronto, Canada

19. Western & Southern Financial Group Cincinnati, Ohio

20. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas

A complete list of BEST Winners can be found on the BEST Awards webpage.

Twenty-four companies on this list have been BEST Award winners for three years or more: Apple Federal Credit Union, Asurion, Black Knight, BMO Financial Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, Busey, Cognizant, Consumers Energy, Dish Network, Fisher Investments, Florida Blue, Gilbane Building Company, Hitachi Vantara, ICICI Lombard GIC, Medical Solutions (C&A Industries), Mindtree (a Larsen & Toubro company), Navy Federal Credit Union, Nemours Children's Health System, North Highland, Plante Moran, Ryan, Valvoline Instant Oil Change, Western & Southern Financial Group, and WNS Global Services.

More information about the 2021 BEST Award winners can be found in the special best practices issue of TD magazine out now. The application for 2022 BEST Award recognition is now open.

About ATD

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) is the worlds largest professional membership organization supporting those who develop the knowledge and skills of employees, improve performance, and help to achieve results for the organizations they serve. Established in 1943, the association was previously known as the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD).

ATDs members come from more than 120 countries and work in public and private organizations in every industry sector. ATD supports talent development professionals who gather locally in volunteer-led US chapters and international member networks and with international strategic partners.

For more information, visit td.org.