The Association for Talent Development's BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee talent development. Here are the 2021 winners, including the ranked top 20. Click on company names for profiles of their award-winning talent development efforts. (Also recognized by ATD this year are the 2021 Excellence in Practice Award winners.)
BEST profiles written by Stephanie Castellano, Paul Harris, Christine Umbrell, Kristin Davis, Patty Gaul, Nathan Harker, Ariana Ponce-Jimenez, Joy Metcalf, Colleen Raezler, and Erin Strider.
#1 Larsen & Toubro Technology Services Limited, Mumbai, India
#2 PPD, Wilmington, North Carolina
#3 Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
#4 Bell, Fort Worth, Texas
#5 Florida Blue, Jacksonville, Florida
#6 Sundt Construction, Tempe, Arizona
#7 Valvoline Instant Oil Change, Lexington, Kentucky
#8 Power Grid Corporation of India, Gurugram, India
#9 Visa, Foster City, California
#10 Rosendin, San Jose, California
#11 Hitachi Vantara, Santa Clara, California
#12 Paylocity, Schaumburg, Illinois
#13 Busey, Champaign, Illinois
#14 Pax8, Greenwood Village, Colorado
#15 Plante Moran, Southfield, Michigan
#16 Panda Restaurant Group, Rosemead, California
#17 WNS Global Services, Mumbai, India
#18 BMO Financial Group, Toronto, Canada
#19 Western & Southern Financial Group, Cincinnati, Ohio
#20 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
A1 Hrvatska, Zagreb, Croatia
Accenture Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore, India
Addition Financial Credit Union, Lake Mary, Florida
Aksigorta, Istanbul, Turkey
American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
Apple Federal Credit Union, Fairfax, Virginia
Asurion, Nashville, Tennessee
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Florida
Bluescape Software, San Carlos, California
Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia
Children's Bureau of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Choice Hotels International, Rockville, Maryland
Cognizant, Teaneck, New Jersey
Columbia Sportswear Company, Portland, Oregon
Comscore, Reston, Virginia
Consumers Energy, Jackson, Michigan
Dar Al Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dish Network, Englewood, Colorado
DTCC, New York, New York
Erie Insurance, Erie, Pennsylvania
Fairwinds Credit Union, Orlando, Florida
Fisher Investments, Camas, Washington
Gilbane Building Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Heavy Civil Infrastructure, L&T Construction, Chennai, India
Huntington Bank, Columbus, Ohio
IBM, Armonk, New York
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, Mumbai, India
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul, Turkey
Keeley Companies, St. Louis, Missouri
Lee Kum Kee, Hong Kong, China
Medical Solutions (C&A Industries), Omaha, Nebraska
Mindtree Limited, Bangalore, India
Navy Federal Credit Union, Vienna, Virginia
Nelnet, Lincoln, Nebraska
Nemours Children's Healthcare System, Jacksonville, Florida
North Highland, Atlanta, Georgia
Papa Murphy's International, Vancouver, Washington
Protiviti, Menlo Park, California
Prudential Financial, Newark, New Jersey
Ryan LLC, Dallas, Texas
Sony Electronics, San Diego, California
Sysmex America, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India
TELUS, Vancouver, Canada
Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, Ohio
Trianz, Santa Clara, California
Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Nebraska
University Health, San Antonio, Texas
US Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology, Talent Management Office, Washington, DC
Wipro Limited, Bangalore, India
Yellow (formerly YRC Worldwide), Overland Park, Kansas
