SweetRush’s leadership programs support individual and organization performance, agility, and adaptability, and employee engagement and retention.

‍SAN FRANCISCO, May 14, 2020 — Global custom learning solutions provider SweetRush has been awarded one Platinum and two Gold creative awards for a unique, enterprise-wide leadership skills program developed in collaboration with client-partner Mondelēz International Inc. SweetRush’s wins for leadership training, new hire onboarding, and sales training also resulted in the Horizon Interactive Awards naming the company to its prestigious Distinguished Agencies List for 2019.

The awarded course, called “Personal Purpose: Childhood Story,” helps learners connect to their values and purpose through the lens of storytelling. The course represents one part of a blended learning solution that focuses on personal growth and communication, essential leadership skills training available enterprise-wide. It features compelling stories, relatable 3-D characters, and vibrant illustration and animation.

This leadership training program was awarded:2020 HERMES CREATIVE AWARDSPlatinum, Web-based Training2020 MUSE CREATIVE AWARDSGold, E-Learning2019 HORIZON INTERACTIVE AWARDSGold, Training/e-learningLeadership and soft skills are essential areas of employee development, recognized as top skills needed for the future of work. Human performance drives organizational performance, and organizations rely on their people’s abilities more than ever before. Leadership training builds employees’ skills and competencies—to improve individual, team, and company performance; shape career paths within a company; and/or prepare a workforce to meet emerging or future challenges.

This makes businesses more agile and adaptable in response to unforeseen conditions.“Just as professionals continually grow their skill sets to perform better on the job, organizations need to expand their leadership training offerings,” said Arturo Schwarzberg, SweetRush Cofounder and Chairman.

“These programs enable organizations to be agile, and help them retain top talent, particularly younger generations.”  As companies increasingly need workers who possess skills like communication, creativity, critical thinking, and empathy for others, blended learning solutions have proven effective, combining context-setting and demonstration (via eLearning), self-reflection, social learning, and coaching and practice (via instructor-led or virtual-instructor led training).

Emerging technologies such as virtual reality offer new ways to immerse learners and practice skills. “It’s an incredibly exciting time to be in L&D. Never before have there been so many remarkable technologies that are so effective at teaching leadership soft skills,” said Arturo Schwartzberg, Cofounder, and Chairman at SweetRush. “We’re thrilled that this unique collaboration has been recognized in these respected industry competitions. Having client collaborations honored is always meaningful and reaffirms our creative and instructional design strategies and our application of new media.”See all the winners of the Hermes Creative Awards, the Horizon Interactive Awards, and the Muse Creative Awards.

About SweetRush

SweetRush is trusted by many of the world’s most successful companies to help them improve the performance of their employees and extended enterprise. SweetRush is known for strategic thought leadership and exceptionally creative and effective solutions that combine the best of learning experience design with highly engaging delivery. SweetRush services include strategy consulting and analysis, custom L&D solution design and development, high-performing staff-augmentation talent staffing, certification development, and innovative learning technologies such as VR, AR, and AI. SweetRush’s work has earned a long list of awards and accolades in collaboration with its world-class clients. Discover more at www.sweetrush.com.

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