We work in an amazing industry. It’s astonishing in many ways, including how it advances businesses and professionals at the same time, not benefiting one at the expense of the other. It also is remarkable because it marries opposites so successfully, meaning our industry is built on the twin principles of fostering your original thinking while leveraging the proven best practices of others.
I was mulling this over just a few weeks ago, sitting in a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach during our Fall 2005 CLO Symposium. I was watching a parade of CLOs take the stage to collect well-deserved Learning In Practice awards, and I couldn’t help but speculate on how these award-winners built their programs on the shoulders of giants, with dedicated staffs, original thinking and good old-fashioned hard work.
Those are impressive accomplishments, and this year’s awards program celebrated some outstanding people. Fifteen learning executives took home 19 awards, from CLO of the Year Ted Hoff, vice president of learning for IBM, to the winners of the newly introduced category, Utilization of Marketing Resources. Here’s the complete list of winners:
CLO of the Year
Ted Hoff, Vice President, Learning, IBM
Achieving Impact
Gold: Rob Lauber, Executive Director, Learning Services, Cingular Wireless
Silver: Kate Guersch, Senior Director, Learning & Knowledge Services, Avanade
Bronze: Nicholas Mantia, Senior Vice President & Chief Learning Officer, HomeBanc Mortgage Corp.
Creative Alliances
Gold: Linda Boyer-Owens, Vice President, People & Organizational Development, University Health System
Silver: Keith Bridges, Director, Technical Development, EDS
Bronze: James Mitnick, Senior Vice President, Turner Construction
Leading Business Change
Gold: Rob Lauber, Executive Director, Learning Services, Cingular Wireless
Silver: Michael Pollard, Chief Learning Officer, Regions Financial Corporation
Bronze: Carol Maietta, Chief Learning Officer, North Broward Hospital District
Learning Innovation
Gold: Anthony Codianni, Director, Training & Development, Toshiba America Business Solutions
Silver: Ted Hoff, Vice President, Learning, IBM
Bronze: Dave Basarab, Director, Employee Development, Pitney Bowes
Strategic Alignment
Gold: Suellen Roth, Vice President, Global Policy, Compliance, Diversity & Avaya University, Avaya
Silver: Ted Hoff, Vice President, Learning, IBM
Bronze: Donald Vanthournout, Associate Partner, Human Resources, Accenture
Utilization of Marketing Resources
Gold: Maureen McCormick, Director, Learning & Development, University of Iowa
Silver: Suellen Roth, Vice President, Global Policy, Compliance, Diversity & Avaya University, Avaya
Bronze: Melissa Baddeley, Chief Learning Officer & Vice President, Learning, Coast Capital Savings
Space prevents more than this quick recap, but stay tuned for our December 2005 issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine, where we’ll publish a special supplement to share details on how these learning leaders earned their honors.
I’d like to end this month’s letter with an invitation: Visit www.cloevents.com/fall2005. Our Fall 2005 CLO Symposium was sold out, so regretfully, some of you were unable to attend, but that page features a brief recap of the events and some candid photos that I think you’ll agree give you a flavor of the Symposium.
Norm Kamikow
Editor in Chief
norm@CLOmedia.com
