Yum! Brands Earns Top Industry Honor for Learning Technologies

Yum! Brands was recently recognized for leading the way in learning innovation, earning the 2014 Excellence in Practice Award from CorpU for Learning Technologies.

Yum! University's Learning Technology Team leads breakthrough innovation in its global work with technologies such as Learning Zone, Centra Saba Meeting and mobile platforms. Learning Zone reaches more than 708,000 associates worldwide and had a record month this May with nearly 1.4 million course completions.

CorpU, a leading talent development insight and education provider, presented the award June 2 as part of the 15th annual Global Leadership Congress at Georgetown University. Rob Lauber, Vice President of Yum! University and HR Technologies, accepted the award on behalf of Yum!.

The CorpU Awards honor corporate, non-profit and governmental learning organizations that improve business and employee performance. The program is the longest-running independent evaluation of corporate learning and talent programs.

Past winners of the CorpU Learning Technologies award include Microsoft, Paypal, HP and Boeing.