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2011 EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards - Submit Cases Now

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The EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards attracts case studies showcasing outstanding Learning and Development (L&D) partnerships. Submissions are invited for this year's awards.

The EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards attract case studies showcasing outstanding Learning and Development (L&D) partnerships. Fields might include Leadership, Professional, Talent or Organization Development and the programme described in the case should be deployed by an organisation either together with its in-house L&D unit or with an external L&D provider (Business School, Exec Education Center, etc).

Case-studies must demonstrate Operational Excellence, e.g. sustainable partnership & effective learning environment; Excellent Programme Management, e.g. design, delivery, evaluation, selection methodology of participants; and above all Strong Business Impact, e.g. alignment with corporate strategy, impact for company, incorporation in corporate HR processes.

The 2010 winners included:

- Sustaining Partnership - Ashridge and the National Trust
- Transforming IT managers - HSBC and LFGSM
- Leveraging the University Classroom - Prism, KickApps and Bentley University
- Search for leaders starts at home - Pon and ORMIT
- Engineering the future - MAN ,WHU and Saïd Busines School

The Global Focus Special Issue provides an executive report on the five winning cases of 2010.

The EFMD Research Report 'Partnerships in Learning and Development' provides an insight into the ideas and methods behind successful partnerships.

Are you interested in participating in 2011? Please consult the detailed assignment brief and submission guidelines. The deadline for the submission of cases for the 2011 Award is: 1st May 2011. An information session webinar will be organised on 7th April. Registration is required.

If you have questions or require more information on the Awards please contact Mrs. Florence Grégoire, +32 2 629 0837, www.efmd.org/eip.