Celebrating Legends of Training & Development

This award recognizes suppliers for their work, either via whole or partially outsourced services, content development and delivery or training, in support of an organization’s learning and development function in the past year.  

Eligibility: 

• Providers can self-nominate or be nominated by a LTEN member company.
• Providers and Practitioners are not eligible to submit without a provider partner and practitioner-client associated with the submitted effort. Both the practitioner-client and the provider will be recognized in the LTEN Excellence Award promotional materials and during the ceremony on stage.  

Recognizes suppliers that have created superior customized or off-the-shelf learning content in the past year.

Eligibility: Providers can self-nominate or be nominated by LTEN member company.

This award recognizes a training department with 6 or more training team members or a workgroup that has “gone above and beyond” to meet organizational needs in proactive ways. 

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners of groups of 6 or more trainers can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost. 

This award recognizes a training department with 5 or fewer training team members or workgroup that has “gone above and beyond” to meet organizational needs in proactive ways. 

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners of groups of 5 or less trainers can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible for this award and will not be recognized in any of our promotional materials or on stage.

This award is for someone relatively new to the training field who has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, business savvy, and training instincts.

Criteria for Emerging Leaders Award:  

• Successfully led a large-scale training/learning and development initiative within the last year.  
• Demonstrates specific leadership qualities.  
• Has the potential to lead the training or learning and development function at an organization over the next decade.  

Eligibility:

• Practitioners (trainers) CANNOT self-nominate. Nominations must come from managers, co-workers or colleagues at an LTEN member company.
• Heads of department are ineligible.
• Providers (training companies/consultants) are not eligible for this award and will not be recognized in any of our promotional materials or on stage.

This award acknowledges and celebrates exemplary leadership in advancing diversity, inclusion and belonging with clear positive impacts in areas as a result of these efforts.  

Criteria for Award: 

• Led effort(s) that have significantly impacted diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) at your organization. 
• Proven exemplary performance and positive impact aligning with your organization’s strategic plan, non-discrimination statement, and Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging goals/statements. 
• Ability to support depth and breadth of impact on the organization. 

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.

This award is for learning leaders who have collaborated effectively with internal and external groups and individuals to marshal resources and apply innovative practices, processes or technologies in a new and groundbreaking way to address a significant business or organizational opportunity in the past year.  

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners of groups of 6 or more trainers can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.

Practitioner Innovation Reference Sheet

This award recognizes suppliers that have deployed innovative practices, processes and technologies in support of a client’s learning program that delivers engaging learning combining multiple modalities in the past year.  Examples include workshops, artificial intelligence (AI), eLearning, virtual learning, engagement tools and games.  

Eligibility: 

• Providers can self-nominate or be nominated by the LTEN member company.
• Practitioners are not eligible to submit their materials but may submit on behalf of a provider partner. Both practitioner-client and provider partner will be recognized in the LTEN Excellence Award promotional materials and during the ceremony on stage. 

This award acknowledges and celebrates leadership that has a significant and positive impact on advancing leadership development within your organization.   

Criteria for Award: 

• Led effort(s) that have significantly impacted your organization via mentorship, coaching, organizational development and career guidance at your organization or within your team/ department. 
• Proven leadership by example and positive impact aligned with your organization’s strategic plan and leadership development goals/statements. 
• Ability to support depth and breadth of impact of the leadership program on the organization. 

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• PROVIDERS are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost. 

This award recognizes those who support and advance the 

measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about your training programs to optimize costs, measure training effectiveness, and improve learning experiences. Training analytics supports the strategic objectives of a company and has a positive influence on employee engagement. 

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost. 

This award honors training leaders and/or teams who have led initiatives to help guide their teams, departments or organization through times of change, including mergers, restructurings, launches or business re-engineering. 

The award recognizes training’s role in agilely managing change, bringing new people, products or policies into corporate cultures, and helping to create the environment for change and innovation to thrive.   

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost. 

This award recognizes an organization that has developed an innovative and effective wellbeing, wellness and/or culture program or initiative to support and encourage the psychological well-being of its employees.

Candidates will be judged on innovation, effectiveness and overall impact on the organization and employees. 

Eligibility: 

• Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
• Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.