January / February 2017

Anywhere? Anytime? Anyone? How organizational policies affect the availability of online learning and employee personal device usage.

Training editors and Top 10 Hall of Famers recognize innovative and successful learning and development programs and practices submitted in the 2017 Training Top 125 application.

2017 Training Top 125 winners demonstrated a strong focus on effective training and employee development tied to corporate strategic goals and business impact.

Each year Training magazine requires all Training Top 10 Hall of Famers to submit an Outstanding Training Initiative that is shared with our readers in a print issue. Here are the details of the three highest-scoring submissions from 2016: Verizon’s The New Verizon Plan - Pricing Launch Training; EY’s FSO Masters Tournament for Sales Leadership Development; and Farmers Insurance’s CE - It’s Up to Me!

Capital BlueCross; CHG Healthcare Services; and Jiffy Lube International, Inc., are the newest inductees into the Training Top 10 Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of 12 other companies named to the hall since its inception in 2008.

A year of excellence in learning was capped off with the creation of a new academy Sonic Automotive, Inc., believes will take its customer-facing leadership to the next level.

BNSF Railway worked to secure the safety of its workforce in 2017, and got its employees on board with next-generation leadership development, career planning, and learning technology.

The real estate company revamped sales manager selection, which, along with enhanced development of leaders across the company, added up to a year of accelerated learning.

An increased training budget and staff helped the financial organization achieve its sales, service, and employee development goals in 2016.

The real estate organization lands the No. 1 spot on the 2017 Training Top 125.