Disney Institute is proud to be recognized for our accomplishments and commitment to excellence by various awarding bodies. Here we have highlighted some awards received by Disney Institute and also The Walt Disney Company.
Award from: Client Opinions
"Ranked #1 in Brand Image & Repeat Purchase with 5-Diamond ratings on Diamond Dashboard Report"
Awarded: 2009
Recipient: Disney Institute
Criteria: Diamond Dashboard is a statistical benchmark used to provide the outsource training industry with a comprehensive and objective understanding of brand images and perceptions of the top firms within the industry to determine what drives buyer behavior concentrating on: key training metrics, performance of leaders, and overall company performance.
Award from: TrainingIndustry.com
"Top 20 Leadership Training Companies"
Awarded: 2009
Recipient: Disney Institute
Criteria: A collection of top training companies based on extensive research, interactions with companies around the world, analysis of capabilities, experience, and expertise of organizations to discover a more efficient marketplace for learning.
Award from: TrainingOutsourcing.com
"Top 20 Companies in the Training Outsourcing Industry" Award
Awarded: June 2007
Recipient: Disney Institute
Criteria: Awarded to leading companies best suited for world-class outsourcing engagements. Measures expertise, experience, and capabilities, along with financial stability, research, talent leadership and marketing strategy.
"Emerging Leaders"
3rd Most Recognized Brand Among Top Training & Development Companies
Awarded: June 2009
Recipient: Disney Institute
Criteria: Awarded to leading companies best suited for world-class outsourcing engagements. Measures expertise, strengths and capabilities, along with financial stability, geographic research, talent leadership and marketing strategies.
Years Won: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Award from: Diversity Inc.
"Top 50 Companies for Diversity"
Awarded: March 2009 (#29)
Recipient: The Walt Disney Company
Criteria: Awarded based on survey carried out by Diversity Inc. The survey measures corporate strength in four areas related to diversity; CEO commitment, Human Capital, Corporate and Organization Communications, and Supplier Diversity. In 2008, 352 companies participated. Other companies recognized include, Verizon, Coca-Cola, Bank of America, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Procter & Gamble.
Years Won: 2008, 2009
Award from: Fortune Magazine
"America’s Most Admired Companies"
Awarded: March 2009
Recipient: The Walt Disney Company
Most Admired in Entertainment Industry (#1)
Best People Management (#3)
Use of Corporate Assets, Innovation (#6)
Social responsibility (#5)
Quality of Management, Long-term Investment (#7)
Financial Soundness (#9)
Long-Term investment (#10)
Overall Score: 8.44
Criteria: Executives, directors and analysts rate companies in their own industry on eight criteria. Only the best are listed as most admired: A companys score must rank in the top half of its industry survey.
Years Won: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
"World’s Most Admired Companies" & "America’s Most Admired Companies"
Awarded: 2009
Recipient: The Walt Disney Company
Most Admired in Entertainment Industry (#1)
Best People Management (#1)
Use of Corporate Assets (#1)
Innovation (#1)
Social responsibility (#1)
Quality of Management (#1)
Long-term Investment (#1)
Financial Soundness (#1)
Global Competitiveness (#1)
Overall Score: 8.53
Criteria: Executives, directors and analysts rate companies in their own industry on eight criteria. Only the best are listed as most admired: A companys score must rank in the top half of its industry survey. Fortune has revamped the Most Admired Survey by combining the former Americas Most Admired Company (AMAC) survey and the former Worlds Most Admired Company (WMAC) survey into one.
Award from: Reputation Institute
Global Pulse U.S.: "Most Respected Companies in the United States"
Awarded: June 2008
Recipient: The Walt Disney Company
Criteria: The Global Pulse 2008 study measures the overall respect, trust, esteem, admiration and good feelings consumers hold towards the largest 600 companies in the world, including the largest 150 U.S. companies.
Award from: Business Week
"The 50 Most Innovative Companies"
Awarded: 2009
Recipient: The Walt Disney Company
Criteria: Business Week’s 2009 Most Innovative Companies is based on a 20-question poll to senior executives internationally. The survey questions were based on corporations that offer innovative products, customer experiences, business models or processes.