February 06, 2008
• Booz Allen Hamilton, founded in 1914, is one of the lead- ing global consulting firms with more than 19,000 employees serving clients on six continents. Integrating the full range of consulting capabilities, Booz Allen helps clients solve their toughest problems with services in strategy, operations, organization and change, and information technology. The Learning and Development team at Booz Allen Hamilton focuses on creating development opportunities that equip and empower individuals and teams to achieve the firm's strategic objectives and exceed the standards for high performance. It provides programs for expanding employee skills and competencies, enhancing individual and team performance, and creating a climate of continuous learning.
• Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, has a commitment to enhancing the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. Its 114,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality, and professionalism in providing a range of services centered on its core competencies of auditing, accounting, tax, and transactions. Ernst & Young has a culture of continuous learning that provides its people with formal learning, on-the-job experience, and ongoing counseling and coaching to help them grow and succeed at every stage of their career.The organization strives to hire the best people and takes seriously the responsibility of developing people's talent and providing fulfilling professional experiences.
• IBM is a globally integrated company that provides innovative business solutions to clients in 170 countries. The company combines deep industry expertise, powerful research capabilities, services, and products to ignite growth in small and large organizations. IBM's Learning organization is at the heart of the company's ability to enable its employees to meet sophisticated client requirements in a highly dynamic environment. Over the last decade, IBM consistently has created world-class, innovative, and effective learning solutions that have become a benchmarked gold standard for workforce expertise development and performance.
• KLA-Tencor Corporation is one of the world's leading suppliers of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries. Since the founding of the company in 1976, KLA-Tencor continues to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, software, analysis, services, and expertise designed to help IC manufacturers manage yield throughout the entire wafer fabrication process. The Learning team's focus covers various business drivers, including technical learning for all manufactured products; knowledge and information management and services; succession management; high-performing team engagements; performance and business assessments; process improvements; change management; and coaching and mentoring.
• Pfizer is one of the world's largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical companies. In 2006, Pfizer earned $48.4 billion in revenues and invested $7.6 billion in research and development. Pfizer's training organization creates and delivers developmental activities and experiences that build knowledge and skills critical to the performance of Pfizer colleagues. Pfizer training programs significantly contribute to building organizational capability across the company.
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company of Chevy Chase, MD, operates 70 hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. It is the only service company to have twice earned the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which recognizes outstanding customer service. The Leadership Center creates the annual "learning strategy" for all the hotels and is responsible for its execution by learning professionals in each hotel. In addition, The Leadership Center administers the corporate university, which provides a diverse set of offerings to the public, including "Legendary Service."
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