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Zenger Folkman Receives Highest Honors at Leadership 500 Excellence
Awards
SALT LAKE CITY, April 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past 30 years
HR.com and Leadership Excellence have identified and recognized the
Top 500 leadership organizations in their yearly ranking. At this
year's conference Zenger Folkman was honored with being awarded 1st
place in the three top categories. The "Global Leadership Excellence"
Award was given for Zenger Folkman's flagship leadership development
program, The Extraordinary LeaderTM. Zenger Folkman also placed 1st in
the category for "Top Partner and Providers" Award. Finally, Jack
Zenger received a new award for "Top Leader of the Year," based on his
exceptional thought leadership and unparalleled contributions to the
training and development industry.
Award recipients for 2014 were named for outstanding achievements in
leadership development and programs at the Global Leadership
Excellence Forum held in Vail, Colorado. "The award winners from the
2014 Leadership 500 Excellence Awards program are the top firms with
outstanding leadership programs from over 1,250 nominated companies.
To be in the top 10% of any category is truly spectacular, and it's a
true demonstration of the hard work and effort by these great
companies," says Debbie McGrath, CEO HR.com.
Since the company's beginning in 2002, Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman
have developed multiple training programs, and countless customized
surveys for the some of the world largest and most successful
companies. The Extraordinary Leader program's unique approach to
building strengths utilizing a non-linear approach and companion
competencies makes it possible for people to move from good
performance to great. Over the past 11 years this program has helped
many organizations increase profitability, productivity, and employee
satisfaction by increasing the effectiveness of their leaders.
Jack Zenger's thought leadership and research has continuously
improved the leadership development industry throughout the years.
Currently he shares Zenger Folkman's latest research monthly on his
Forbes and Harvard Business Review blogs. These publications have
been broadcast and published in The Wall Street Journal, Business
Week, CBS News, Fox News, NPR, CLO, The Washington Post, and many
others.
Zenger Folkman is dedicated to providing research-proven leadership
training programs to companies all over the world, ensuring that their
leaders are extraordinary-and drive extraordinary results. CEO Jack
Zenger, who accepted the company's awards, said: "Too often,
leadership development programs focus on what a leader is doing wrong.
We have been pleased through the years that we have been able to focus
on what leaders are doing right and make them better. We are very
honored by these awards that validate that our research and programs
have truly made a difference in this industry."
About:
Zenger Folkman is the authority in strengths-based leadership
development. Their award-winning programs employ research-based
methods that improve organizations and turn good managers
into extraordinary leaders.
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