Based on detailed criteria compiled over years of research, the Learning Leaders Program, now in its fourth year, recognizes organizations that have developed and implemented effective and efficient approaches to employee learning and talent management, resulting in significant business improvement.

"Cornerstone's smart and innovative approach to enterprise social networking and collaboration succeeds in taking traditional talent-management strategies to a whole new level", says David Mallon, principal analyst of Bersin & Associates.

"By integrating collaboration tools with its core talent suite, Cornerstone is helping organizations transform and dramatically improve existing initiatives for employees and the extended enterprise. This includes connecting with new hires during the onboarding process, engaging former employees through alumni networks, and supplementing training programs with social learning."

Premier organizations such as Advantage Sales & Marketing, Bright Horizons Children's Centers, London Business School, Money Advice Trust, Oberthur Technologies, RSA, Sanford Health, and Virgin Media have invested in Cornerstone's comprehensive enterprise social-networking solution to drive workplace collaboration, foster informal learning and innovation, capture valuable corporate knowledge, and engage and support external customer and partner communities.

Features include rich user profiles, communities of practice, status updates, live feed views, content rating and sharing, expertise location, blogs, wikis, and much more.

In addition to Cornerstone's win for Connect, global workforce-management services leader Kelly Services was honored as a 2010 Bersin Learning Leaders Award recipient in the "Learning Organization and Governance Excellence" category. Kelly uses Cornerstone's comprehensive software suite - including platforms for onboarding, learning, performance, succession, and compensation - to manage and develop its 700,000 temporary and full-time employees around the globe.

"We are honored to be recognized by Bersin & Associates as a top innovator in the learning and talent-management software space", says Adam Miller, President and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. "We also congratulate our client partner, Kelly Services, for its industry-leading achievements in organizational and governance excellence."