Honoring the 2020 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award-Winners: Best Program for Sales Training and Performance; Best Sales Training Program for Extended Enterprise; Best Sales Talent Management Program; Best Team Development Program for Sales Teams; Best Sales Onboarding Program; Best Unique or Innovative Sales Training Program; Best Sales Leadership Development Program; Best Use of Learning and Talent Technologies

Best Program for Sales Training and Performance 

We honor these award-winning organizations in this category: @niitmts, Accenture, Ameriprise, Anadolu Efes, Bank of America Corporation, CIT Group, Company Name of Primary Contact, Google, GP Strategies, Inkling, Janek Performance Group, Inc., Motivforce, MPS Europa AG, MPS Interactive Systems, NIIT, Pernod Ricard UK, Richardson, Swisscom Group, Türkiye Finans Participation Bank

Best Sales Training Program for Extended Enterprise 

We honor these award-winning organizations in this category: @niitmts, Accenture, Accenture, Ameriprise, Anadolu Efes, Bank of America Corporation, CIT Group, Google, GP Strategies, Inkling, Janek Performance Group, Inc., Kelley Blue Book, Maria White, Motivforce, MPS Europa AG, MPS Interactive Systems, NIIT, Pernod Ricard UK, Richardson, SweetRush, Swisscom Group, Türkiye Finans Participation Bank 

Best Sales Talent Management Program 

We honor this award-winning organization in this category: Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

Best Team Development Program for Sales Teams 

We honor this award-winning organization in this category: BRISA A.S.

Best Sales Onboarding Program GSK Equip and Acclimate Program Proves Virtual Onboarding Can WorkUnboxed Training and Technology helped GlaxoSmithKline to develop a new onboarding experience prior to product-specific training. All new hires now virtually complete the first two phases of onboarding training together. This will also mean an estimated $150,000 in travel savings for the year. Overall, feedback from learners has been positive. GlaxoSmithKline and Unboxed Training and Technology were honored with a Silver Award for Best Sales Onboarding Program in the 2020 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards.

We also honor these award-winning organizations in this category: Adobe, American Express, Anadolu Efes, Bank of America Corporation, Brand Learning, Cardinal Health, Google, MPS Interactive Systems, NIIT, Unboxed Training and Technology

Best Sales Leadership Development Program 

SAIC Volkswagen’s Sales Leadership Program Helps Clear Inventory ‘Impossible’ to Sell: SAIC Volkswagen (SVW), with the help of RITZ (Shanghai) Management Consultancy Co., Ltd., created an innovative approach to realize direct business results through a sales leadership program. The facilitators coach the sales leaders to motivate and lead their teams to complete “impossible” tasks and achieve desired sales goals. This freed up ¥199 million in capital. SAIC Volkswagen and RITZ (Shanghai) Management Consultancy Co., Ltd. were honored with a Gold Award for Best Sales Leadership Development Program in the 2020 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards.

We also honor these award-winning organizations in this category: Bank of America Corporation, Brand Learning, Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank, RITZ(Shanghai) Management Consultancy Co.,Ltd., SAP, SOAR Performance Group

Best Use of Learning and Talent Technologies

SAP’s Multifaceted Curriculum Tackles Sales and Leadership Gaps in the Digital Age: 

To ensure AEs were equipped for success in the Digital Age, SAP’s Business Operations and Sales Learning Team set out to improve upon an already robust sales learning curriculum, which includes everything from formal, in-person workshops to MOOCs, experiential learning, simulations and virtual live classes. 2019 CRM Pipeline Data Analysis results taken from Skill Assessment and Personalized Learning Programs reveal the programs’ significant impact on both AE and FLSM performance as well as SAP’s bottom line. SAP was honored with a Gold Award for Best Use of Learning and or Talent Technologies in the 2020 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards.

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Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group Mike Cooke Prior to joining Brandon Hall Group, Mike Cooke was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of AC Growth. Mike held leadership and executive positions for the majority of his career, at which he was responsible for steering sales and marketing teams to drive results and profitability. His background includes more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, management, and operations in the research, consulting, software and technology industries. Mike has extensive experience in sales, marketing and management having worked for several early high-growth emerging businesses and has implemented technology systems to support various critical sales, finance, marketing and client service functions. He is especially skilled in organizing the sales and service strategy to fully support a company’s growth strategy. The concept of growth was an absolute to Mike and a motivator in starting AC Growth, in order to help organizations achieve research driven results. Most recently, Mike was the VP and General Manager of Field Operations at Bersin & Associates, a global analyst and consulting services firm focused on all areas of enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition. Tasked with leading the company’s global expansion, Mike led all sales operations worldwide. During Mike’s tenure, the company has grown into a multi-national firm, conducting business in over 45 countries with over 4,500 multi-national organizations. Mike started his career at MicroVideo Learning Systems in 1992, eventually holding a senior management position and leading all corporate sales before founding Dynamic Minds. Mike was CEO and Co-Founder of Dynamic Minds, a custom developer of software programs, working with clients like Goldman Sachs, Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill and Merrill Lynch. Also, Mike worked for Oddcast, a leading provider of customer experience and marketing solutions, where he held a senior management position leading the company into new markets across various industries. Mike also serves on the Advisory Board for Carbon Solutions America, an independent sustainability consulting and carbon management firm that specializes in the design and implementation of greenhouse reduction and sustainability plans as well as managing the generation of carbon and renewal energy and energy efficiency credits. Mike attended University of Phoenix, studying Business Administration and Finance. He has also completed executive training at the Chicago Graduate School of Business in Chicago, IL.

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