Boehringer Ingelheim, Essendi, Lactalis, and DSG – Debbane Saikali Group have each received a Gold award for learning initiatives developed with CrossKnowledge, including DSG’s award-winning initiative delivered in partnership with IQUAD in the Middle East.
Paris, France – CrossKnowledge is proud to announce that four of its client partnerships have been recognized with Gold at the 2026 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®, across Learning & Development and Leadership Development.
The four awards recognize programs spanning learning strategy, frontline leadership, extended enterprise learning and measurable learning results:
Gold Award – Best Extended Enterprise Learning Program
Boehringer Ingelheim and CrossKnowledge
VetED® Academy Education Portal
Gold Award – Best Learning Strategy
Essendi and CrossKnowledge
Learning That Shapes Transformation: Essendi’s Strategy
Gold Award – Best Results of a Learning Program
Lactalis and CrossKnowledge
AI & Future-Proof Skills
Gold – Best Development Program for Frontline Leaders
DSG – Debbane Saikali Group, IQUAD and CrossKnowledge
CK Connect: Building Frontline Leadership Capabilities
The HCM Excellence Awards® recognize organizations that successfully develop and deploy programs, strategies, technologies and solutions that deliver measurable business results and advance excellence in Human Capital Management.
Four different challenges, one focus on impact
From developing frontline leadership capabilities to preparing employees with future-proof skills for the age of AI, each initiative started with a different business challenge.
What they share is an approach to learning built around the organization, its people, and the capabilities needed to deliver meaningful business outcomes. Each program reflects close collaboration and a shared commitment to turning learning into measurable impact.
Four Gold awards across four very different learning initiatives is something we are extremely proud of. More importantly, these awards recognise what our clients have achieved. Boehringer Ingelheim, Essendi, Lactalis, and DSG with our Middle East partner, Iquad, each started with a different business challenge, and together we built learning experiences designed around the capabilities their people need to succeed. This recognition reinforces what we believe at CrossKnowledge: learning creates the greatest value when it is closely connected to business priorities and delivers measurable impact.
Guillaume Gérard, CEO, CrossKnowledge.
Independent recognition of learning impact
Each submission to the Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards is evaluated by an independent panel of analysts, industry experts and experienced practitioners, assessing areas including business need, program design, innovation, adoption and organizational impact.
Winning a Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award means that your organization’s work stands among the industry’s most successful and influential initiatives.
Every year, the HCM Excellence Awards remind us that innovation is ultimately about impact. The organizations recognized this year have demonstrated that great HR and learning strategies don’t just improve programs, they strengthen organizations, empower people and deliver measurable business results. We are honored to celebrate their achievements.
Rachel Cooke, COO of Brandon Hall Group™ and HCM Excellence Awards® Program Leader
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
CrossKnowledge congratulates Boehringer Ingelheim, Essendi, Lactalis, DSG – Debbane Saikali Group as well as IQUAD, and all the client, partner and CrossKnowledge teams who contributed to these award-winning initiatives.
Learn more about the awards and the list of winners here.
Want to see how CrossKnowledge can help your organization create award-winning learning programs? Contact us and join many others who are building stronger capabilities with strategic, innovative learning.
About CrossKnowledge
CrossKnowledge is a global leader in digital learning solutions that help organizations bridge the gap between skill acquisition and business impact. Its integrated learning platform, Capabl™, alongside curated expert content and a programmatic “Skill-to-Impact” approach, enables enterprises to build critical capabilities, foster leadership development, and embed continuous learning cultures worldwide to drive measurable performance at scale.
About Brandon Hall Group™
Brandon Hall Group™ is the home of the HCM Excellence Awards® – the most prestigious and sought-after awards in Human Capital Management. For over 30 years, these awards have set the gold standard in recognizing organizations for innovative and effective HCM practices across Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Human Resources, Sales Performance, and Technology.
Known as the “Academy Awards of Human Capital Management,” our awards programs attract entrants from leading corporations worldwide, as well as mid-market and smaller firms. With over 150 categories, the awards shine a spotlight on the most innovative and effective organizational achievements and the solution providers who power them.
Our awards process is rigorous and impartial, leveraging an international panel of veteran industry experts and Brandon Hall Group senior analysts. Winners not only gain international recognition but also receive critical insights to help them accelerate their business growth and impact.