Each year, Chief Learning Officer honors the top organizations in corporate learning and development by way of the LearningElite Awards program.
Now in its 14th year, this prestigious best practices and benchmarking program was developed under the guidance of CLOs, senior L&D practitioners and subject matter experts. The program serves as a comprehensive evaluation of an organization’s functional L&D areas, such as leadership development, technological adoption, executive buy-in, content development and delivery, among others.
It was an especially competitive year for the LearningElite. Our global workforce continues to face complexity and rapid pace of change. As a key driver of organizational culture, L&D must respond first, acting as a guide and role model for how to embrace and adapt.
Thirty-five organizations qualified this year for LearningElite status after a rigorous application and judging process.
Each organization’s application is reviewed by multiple judges to reduce bias. The LearningElite judges have about 10 years of experience in the L&D industry. They score organizations based on their strategy and performance in the five LearningElite dimensions: Learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results.
Organizations are then ranked Gold, Silver or Bronze based on their performance relative to the LearningElite benchmark and pinnacle scores. The summarized and anonymized data from each organization’s application is then compiled into the annual LearningElite benchmarking report—a perfect snapshot of the L&D industry.
Seven Editor’s Choice awards are also given every year: one for each of the five dimensions, one for Best Mid-size Company and one for Best Small Company.
The number-one-ranked company and the 2024 organization of the year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, joins the LearningElite Winner’s Circle of number-one organizations from the past three years. The Winner’s Circle was introduced in 2014 and was retroactively applied to 2013. Organizations remain in the Winner’s Circle for three years. The organization may continue to participate in the benchmarking portion of the LearningElite program but will not included in the ranking.
Congratulations to the 2024 LearningElite!
Bronze organizations
35. Tennessee Valley Authority
34. Kimball Midwest
33. Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
32. Optum Home & Community Care Transitions
31. Viettel Academy
30. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited
29. CBRE
28. Allied Universal
27. Encore
26. LTIMindtree Limited
25. Erie Indemnity Company
24. New York Life Insurance Company
23. Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy
Silver organizations
22. LocumTenens.com LLC
21. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
20. Veeam Software
19. AECOM
18. Panda Restaurant Group
17. IHG Hotels & Resorts
16. Sidley Austin LLP
15. Momentum Metropolitan
14. Security Training Directorate, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Department of Defense
13. Round Room
12. CNO Financial
11. Herc Rentals, Inc.
Gold organizations
10. Choice Hotels International
9. EPAM Systems, Inc.
8. Cleveland Clinic Health System
7. Nationwide
6. Ecolab, Inc. (Institutional North America Division)
5. Cardinal Health
4. Booz Allen Hamilton
3. DataArt
2. Dayton Children’s Hospital
1. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Editor’s choice winners:
Editor’s Choice Winner in Learning Strategy:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Editor’s Choice Winner in Leadership Commitment:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Editor’s Choice Winner in Learning Execution:
DataArt
Editor’s Choice Winner in Learning Impact:
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Editor’s Choice Winner in Business Performance:
Cardinal Health
Editor’s Choice Best Small Company:
DataArt
Editor’s Choice Best Mid-Size Company:
Choice Hotels International
Current Winner’s Circle members:
2024: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
2023: KPMG
2022: ADP
