AlliedBarton Security Services Wins ASTD BEST Award
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA--(Marketwire - October 15, 2008) - AlliedBarton Security Services,
www.AlliedBarton.com, the industry's premier provider of highly trained
security personnel, has received an ASTD BEST Award. These awards recognize
organizational commitment to employee learning, which is a critical part of
AlliedBarton's culture of excellence.
Organizations from Hong Kong, India, and the United States received an ASTD
BEST Award. ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the
world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance
professionals. Through an online application, the 2008 BEST Awards received
entries from organizations in seven countries. These organizations
submitted quantitative and qualitative information to ASTD about their
learning and development practices and programs.
The ASTD BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate
enterprise-wide success through employee learning and development.
According to Tony Bingham, ASTD's president and CEO, "The BEST Award
winners set the standard for exceptional learning and performance. They
excel at aligning learning with business needs, demonstrating business
impact, and providing a broad range of learning opportunities for
employees. And, senior leaders in BEST organizations provide deep support
for learning and model leaders as teachers."
"Learning and development are at the core of AlliedBarton's culture and
this award is an important symbol of our commitment to helping our
employees learn and grow," said Jim Gillece, AlliedBarton Chief People
Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Capital Management. "Receiving
this award, as well as awards from Training magazine and the Corporate
University Xchange in the same year, is a great honor. We are proud to not
only take the lead on training in our industry but to also be held to the
high standards of an organization such as ASTD and compete against
companies in many industries around the world."
"This award was received at the cusp of an exciting time for AlliedBarton,"
Gillece added. "Our training community and our entire Human Capital
Management group are preparing for the launch of exciting new initiatives
for 2009 that will take AlliedBarton to an even higher level training
excellence."
Earlier in 2008, AlliedBarton also earned national recognition for its
training programs for the third consecutive year on Training magazine's Top
125 list, and for its leadership development practices by the Corporate
University Xchange and with an ASTD Excellence in Practice Award.
AlliedBarton Security Services is the industry's premier provider of highly
trained security personnel to many industries including commercial real
estate, higher education, healthcare, residential communities,
chemical/petrochemical, government, manufacturing and distribution,
financial, and shopping centers and malls. Responsive, customer-focused
security officers and managers at our client sites are supported by
award-winning national resources developed from over 50 years of security
experience. Our more than 50,000 employees and 100 offices service a client
base of several thousand which includes approximately 200 Fortune 500
companies across the country. AlliedBarton was the first security services
company selected as one of Training magazine's Top 125 training companies
for three consecutive years. For more information call 1-866-825-5433 or
visit www.AlliedBarton.com.
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and expectations of Allied Security Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries
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Actual results may differ materially from such
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