BTS GROUP AB (publ), a global leader in strategy implementation, and its clients won 72 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards in 2026, the company’s highest total in recent years, surpassing the previous high of 64 set in 2024, including 46 gold, 16 silver, and 10 bronze. The awards recognize BTS’s most effective learning, talent, and leadership development programs, each built in close collaboration with a client.
Advantage Performance Group, a BTS company, also received a gold Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award.
“The pace of innovation is impressive across these 72 winning client projects,” said Jessica Skon, Chief Executive Officer at BTS, “each one helping to operationalize their company’s priorities while leveraging AI tools to take strategy made personal to the next level. We are very proud and grateful for the daily co-innovation with our clients.”
A handful of client partnerships swept multiple categories this year: Ernst & Young (EY), a BTS client, earned four golds, three of them for its EY Oceania Better. Together program; Thai Stanley Electric’s New Generation Development program won three golds outright; and Boston Scientific took three golds, including one for its AME and ADE blended learning program.
“The HCM Excellence Awards have become the most recognized benchmark for excellence in human capital management because organizations know they are earned, not given. Every winning program has demonstrated measurable impact, innovation, and execution through one of the industry’s most rigorous evaluation processes. We are proud to recognize the organizations setting the standard for the future of work.” Mike Cooke, CEO, Brandon Hall Group™
The winning programs span categories ranging from Best Unique or Innovative Leadership Development Program to Best Learning Program Supporting a Change Transformation Business Strategy. Find the full list of winners here.
Independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives evaluated every entry against four criteria:
- Alignment to business need and environment.
- Program design, functionality, and delivery.
- Adoption, integration, user experience, innovation, and creativity.
- Overall effectiveness, impact, and measurable benefit.
The following client partnerships earned this year’s recognition:
AbbVie
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
AIS
Ampol Limited
AT&T
Bank of Ayudhya PCL (Krungsri)
Barry Callebaut
BHIRAJ BURI GROUP (BBG)
BHP
Boston Scientific
Bristol Myers Squibb
Central Group
Corient
DKSH
Ernst & Young (EY)
First Abu Dhabi Bank
GEA Group
Givaudan
IHH Healthcare
Inizio
Jerónimo Martins
Lactalis Canada Inc.
Limagrain
Manulife
Mondelēz International
Mubadala Investment Company
National Australia Bank
Naturgy Energy Group S.A.
PASHA Bank OJSC
PETRONAS
PPC Group
Repsol
Schreiber Foods
SD Guthrie Berhad
Singapore Exchange (SGX)
PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Tbk
Takeda Pharma
Telkomsel
Thai Stanley Electric Public Company Limited
TMBThanachart Bank (ttb)
Excellence Award winners will be honored at Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference on January 26-28, 2027, at the Hilton West Palm Beach in Florida. Select winners will also present breakout sessions and share their leading practices with attendees.
About BTS
BTS is a global consultancy that helps organizations turn strategy into action by equipping their people with the skills, mindsets, and behaviors to lead, sell, and perform when it counts. We partner with senior leaders and teams to build leadership, drive transformation, and create lasting business impact from the C-suite to the front line.
BTS is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stockholm under the symbol BTS B.
About Brandon Hall Group
Brandon Hall Group is an HCM research and advisory firm that has empowered excellence in organizations globally through research and tools for more than 20 years. Areas of expertise include learning and leadership development, talent management and acquisition, and HR and workforce management.
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