Blanchard Earns Three 2026 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®
Gold, Silver, and Bronze honors recognize leadership development partnerships with Special Olympics, Amazon, and BeOne Medicines
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — August 31, 2026 — Blanchard®, a global leadership development company, today announced that it has earned three 2026 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards® for leadership development programs created in partnership with Special Olympics, Amazon, and BeOne Medicines.
Each program addressed a different leadership challenge, but all three were designed around a common goal: building practical leadership capabilities that leaders can apply in their day-to-day work and across their teams.
Blanchard was recognized with:
- Gold, Best Competencies and Skill Development, with Special Olympics
- Silver, Best Leadership Development Program, with Amazon
- Bronze, Best Leadership Development Program, with BeOne Medicines
“These awards matter because they recognize what happens after the learning: leaders having better conversations, setting clearer expectations, and giving people the support they need to succeed,” said Debbie Ung, President of Blanchard. “We’re honored to share this recognition with Special Olympics, Amazon, and BeOne Medicines. These awards reflect the thoughtful work and strong partnership it takes to turn learning into leadership habits that can scale across an organization.”
Entries in the HCM Excellence Awards® are evaluated by independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives. Published criteria include alignment to business needs, program design and delivery, adoption and innovation, and overall effectiveness and measurable benefits.
“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”, stated Mike Cooke, CEO Brandon Hall Group ™
About Blanchard
Blanchard is a global leadership development company that helps organizations build leaders who bring out the best in people and drive performance. For more than 45 years, Blanchard has combined proven models, practical learning experiences, coaching, and measurement to help leaders apply new behaviors on the job. Learn more at Blanchard.com.
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