PwC Wins Three Brandon Hall Excellence Awards

NEW YORK, December 16, 2011 – PwC US garnered three 2011 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards, which recognize the best of the best in organizational learning, talent management, and sales and marketing.

The firm earned two bronze Excellence in Learning Awards for its "Finding Black and White in Shades of Grey" course, which promotes a respectful work environment, and a bronze Excellence in Talent Management Award for its 101:PwC Internship Experience program.  The specific categories for which PwC was recognized include:

  1. Best Custom Content (Bronze Award) - Finding Black and White in Shades of Grey
  2. Best Use of Video for Learning (Bronze Award) - Finding Black and White in Shades of Grey
  3. Best Onboarding Program (Bronze Award) - 101: PwC Internship Experience

"We believe that building a great culture happens one person at a time," said Dennis J. Finn, U.S. and global human capital leader, PwC. "Our people are the foundation of our business, so it's essential that we continue to find new and innovative ways to support their development throughout their careers. Being recognized with three Brandon Hall Excellence Awards is a reflection of the hard work that our team has put into creating world-class learning solutions. I am proud of all they have accomplished, and congratulate them on this well deserved honor."

PwC's triple recognition this year follows the gold Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award it received in 2010, when the firm's Advisory University (AU) was honored in the "Best Use of Blended Learning" category.

"It's quite an honor to receive a Brandon Hall Excellence Award, let alone three in the same year," said Tom Evans, chief learning officer, PwC.  "The recognition of our well-established '101: PwC Internship Experience' program and innovative 'Finding Black and White in Shades of Grey' course is terrific validation of our effectiveness in delivering leading-edge learning solutions.  It also shows that we're developing our people in creative and engaging ways in support of our high performance culture."

Brandon Hall Excellence Award entries were judged by a panel of independent senior judges, Brandon Hall Group senior analysts and executives based upon the following criteria: fitting the need, design of the program, functionality, usability, innovation, and overall measureable benefits.

In addition to multiple honors from Brandon Hall and Training magazine, PwC has repeatedly been named among FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity®.  PwC has also ranked in the top five of  the "Universum Global Top 50," an index of the world's most attractive employers, for the past two years.  For a list of other awards and recognition achieved by PwC, visit the "About us" section at www.pwc.com. 

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