Training magazine Names 2011 Training Top 125 Winners

Minneapolis, MN (November 18, 2010)—Training magazine, the leading business publication for learning and development professionals, today announced the finalists for the annual Training Top 125, which ranks companies’ excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs. The rankings for the 125 leading organizations will be unveiled during an awards gala at the Training 2011 Conference & Expo, to be held February 7-9 in San Diego, CA. “The 2011 Training Top 125 application focused on tying training to achievement of strategic corporate goals and showing demonstrable results,” said Lorri Freifeld, editor-in-chief of Trainingmagazine. “As always, it was a difficult task to choose the winners from the many excellent applications we received. Congratulations to the 2011 winners, who continue to blaze new paths in training design, development, delivery, and measurement.” Now in its 11th year, the Training Top 125 ranking is based on myriad benchmarking statistics such as total training budget; percentage of payroll; number of training hours per employee program; goals, evaluation, measurement, and workplace surveys; hours of training per employee annually; and detailed formal programs. The ranking is determined by assessing a range of qualitative and quantitative factors, including financial investment in employee development, the scope of development programs, and how closely such development efforts are linked to business goals and objectives. The 2011 Finalists for the Training Top 125 (in alphabetical order): ABF Freight System, Inc. Aetna Inc. AIT Laboratories Allied International Credit AlliedBarton Security Services LLC American Fidelity Assurance Company American Infrastructure APC by Schneider Electric Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Avanade Bank of America Banner Health Baptist Health Care Baylor Health Care System BB&T Corporation Best Buy Co., Inc. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Buckman CareerBuilder CareSource Carilion Clinic CarMax, Inc. Cartus Corporation Cbeyond Century 21 Real Estate LLC Cerner Corporation Chesterfield County, Virginia CHG Healthcare Services Choice Hotels International Cianbro Corporation Coldwell Banker Real Estate DaVita, Inc. Discover Financial Services – Customer Service and Consumer Banking (CSCB) Edward Jones EMC Corporation EMD Serono, Inc. ESL Federal Credit Union Farmers Insurance FedEx Express First Horizon National Corporation G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. Gables Residential Grant Thornton LLP Healthpoint LTD Healthways, Inc. IKON Office Solutions, Inc. a Ricoh Company Intel Corp. InterContinental Hotels Group ISP | America’s Home for College Sports J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc Jiffy Lube International Keller Williams Realty Kendle International, Inc Lam Research Corporation Loews Hotels LQ Management, LLC MasterCard Worldwide McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. McDonald's USA, LLC MetLife, Inc. Miami Cerebral Palsy Residential Services, Inc. Miami Children’s Hospital Microsoft Mohawk Industries, Inc. Morrison Management Specialists Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport Navy Federal Credit Union NCO Financial Systems, Inc. NetApp Nevada Federal Credit Union NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital NIIT (USA), Inc. Oakwood Temporary Housing Orkin, LLC PAETEC Paychex, Inc. Perkins+Will Quicken Loans Quintiles Transnational Corp. ResMed Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Sanofi-aventis Pharmaceuticals SCC Soft Computer Scotiabank Group Scottrade Shape Corp Shaw Industries, Inc. Sierra Nevada Corporation SpawGlass Special Response Corporation SPIN, Inc. Steelcase, Inc. Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. SuperMedia LLC Tandus Flooring Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. TD Bank The Auto Club Group The Economical Insurance Group The Nebraska Medical Center The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. U.S. Security Associates, Inc. Union Sanitary District United States Navy University Health System University of New Mexico Hospitals UPS ValleyCrest Landscape Companies Vanguard Verity Credit Union Verizon Vi Vistage International VSP Wells Fargo & Company WellSpan Health Wequassett Resort and Golf Club Western & Southern Life Western Summit Constructors, Inc. White Lodging Services William Osler Health System Windstream Communications In-depth profiles of each of the top five companies will appear in the January/February issue of Training, and more information about the training efforts of all 125 finalists will appear online at www.trainingmag.com. For more information about the Training 2011 Conference & Expo, please visit: www.trainingconference.com. About Training Trainingmagazine is the leading business publication for learning and development and HR professionals. It has been the ultimate resource for innovative learning and development—in print, in person, and online—over the last 30 years.Trainingmagazine and Training magazine Events are produced by Lakewood Media Group.