"This group of award-winning organizations and individuals exemplifies what it means to make learning integral to everyday business and life," said John Ambrose, senior vice president, strategy, corporate development and emerging business, Skillsoft. "We are pleased to recognize these learning leaders and are proud to continue to work with them as they progress toward optimizing their programs."

The 2014 Innovation Award categories and winners are:

Effective Elearning in Small and Medium Enterprises: Security Service Federal Credit Union was honored for implementing learning programs that directly impacted their business objectives. In particular, their program that supports the development of managers and supervisors increased employee engagement, revenue and decreased employee turnover.

Empowering Continuous Learning in the Enterprise: Cablevision Systems Corporation was recognized for centralizing learning and development for its more than 14,000 employees in varying roles. To better foster cross-functional collaboration and ensure efficiency, the organization leverages a blended and innovative learning approach that ensures managers have the right content for their needs and the visibility to see how it connects to their performance.

Outstanding Compliance and Ethics: A major cosmetics company was honored for their scalable learning program that easily addresses new business needs as they arise. By preparing employees in the retail environments and the supply chain, the company provides a safe workplace which is measurable by their traumatic incident reduction.

Inspiring Leadership Development: Capgemini was recognized for their large-scale learning model that reaches over 4,500 unique participants, all while keeping learners engaged. Their leadership programs allow for flexible self-study, while also allowing executive leaders, people/line managers, or junior leaders to be accompanied and supported by peers and subject matter experts through weekly live sessions.

Best IT Training: San Diego Gas and Electric was honored for a learning program that addresses their current and future IT needs. Upon identifying technical skill gaps, the organization mapped the gap areas to existing training resources, including Skillsoft learning assets such as courses, videos, books and simulations. An Honorable Mention in this category was also awarded to Monash University.
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