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LHH and Equip Super Win Brandon Hall Group Gold Award for Excellence in Senior Leadership Development

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The 2025 Brandon Hall Group^™ HCM Excellence Awards^® recognises best practices for initiatives in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Performance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and the Future of Work.

MELBOURNE, AU / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / LHH, the integrated professional talent solutions provider and global business unit of the Adecco Group, in partnership with Equip Super, a leader in the Australian Superannuation industry, have been awarded the prestigious Brandon Hall Group Gold Award in the category of Best Senior Manager Development Program for their transformative Senior Leaders Program.

Co-designed and delivered with LHH, Equip Super's Senior Leaders Program empowers mid-level managers to elevate their leadership capabilities, drive team effectiveness, and transition from tactical to strategic thinking. By aligning leadership behaviours with organisational goals, the program prepares leaders to navigate complex challenges, manage cross-functional teams, and deliver impact at an executive level.

In the second phase of its program in 2024, first partnering together since 2022, Equip Super leveraged LHH's Team Effectiveness framework and learning and development software Actionable's Habit Builder as part of its Senior Leaders Program, to maintain momentum and further elevate leadership capability, introducing new leadership models, embed behaviours, and mindsets. Key areas of focus included cultivating purpose, belonging, and adaptability, while strengthening collaboration and communication within the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive leadership alignment and execution.

LHH's Team Effectiveness solution, grounded in the pillars of belonging, purpose, and agility aimed to foster trust, alignment, and adaptability for Equip Super's competitive edge in today's dynamic work environment. Through the program, participants developed skills and strategies to strengthen team culture, drive meaningful outcomes, and lead with agility. The goals were fully achieved, and the program's outcomes are strongly aligned with Equip Super's strategic imperatives.

The program delivered measurable benefits aligned with Equip Super's strategic priorities:

• Nearly all participants (95%) found the program engaging and directly applicable to their roles.

• There was a 9% increase in employee engagement scores for effective communication after the program, indicating stronger collaboration and alignment with the leadership team.

• A 15% uplift in self-awareness of leadership style was observed, driving better decision-making.

• An 8% improvement was noted in balancing advocacy and inquiry, critical for adaptive leadership.

• Sustained adoption of leadership practices such as Peer Consultation and Learning Circles also continued beyond the formal program.

"The Senior Leaders Program reflects Equip Super's continued commitment to fostering a values-driven organisation capable of navigating both strategic and operational challenges. The completion of Phase II of the Senior Leader's Program with LHH's Team Effectiveness solution, positions Senior Leaders to lead their teams effectively, building trust, purpose and adaptability, while cultivating high-performance and connected leadership culture in a shifting external environment," said Amanda Veldman, Chief People Officer at Equip Super.

"This recognition celebrates the Senior Leaders Program's outstanding impact in elevating leadership capability, driving team effectiveness, and aligning leadership behaviours in pursuit of strategic goals. The award is a testament to Equip Super's commitment and strategic approach, powered by LHH solutions, to building a resilient, purpose-driven leadership culture capable of navigating complexity and change," said James McIlvena, LHH Managing Director, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

Brandon Hall Group^™ HCM Excellence Awards^® entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives based on these criteria:

• Alignment to their business needs and environment.

• Program design, functionality and delivery.

• Adoption, integration, user experience, innovation and creativity.

• Overall effectiveness, impact, and measurable benefits.

"This year's Excellence Award winners exemplify the transformative power of strategic human capital management. Through their innovative approaches to talent development and employee engagement, these organisations have not only achieved remarkable business outcomes but have also redefined what it means to create truly people-centric workplaces. Our comprehensive evaluation process has identified these programs as benchmarks for organisational excellence and innovation," said Brandon Hall Group Chief Operating Officer Rachel Cooke, HCM Excellence Awards^® program leader.

Excellence Award winners will continue to be honoured at Brandon Hall Group's HCM Excellence Conference, February 9-12, 2026, at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida. Select winners will also serve as presenters in breakout sessions, sharing their leading practices during the conference.

To learn more about the Equip Super's Senior Leaders Program and LHH's Team Effectiveness Framework or to explore how LHH supports organizations in building leadership capability, visit LHH.

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About LHH
LHH empowers professionals and organisations to achieve bold ambitions and secure lasting impact through unique advisory services and professional talent solutions.

LHH's full suite of offerings connects solutions that are traditionally siloed, making LHH a single talent partner for organisations. In a rapidly evolving landscape with complex challenges, we create value across the entire professional talent journey. From hiring great people, developing skills and nurturing leaders, to advancing individuals to the next stage of their careers, LHH makes talent a competitive edge.

We believe the future of work lies at the intersection of exceptional human care and innovation. Powered by science, technology, and proprietary data analytics, LHH's approach is crafted to align with business strategies and cultures, delivering powerful, sustainable, and measurable impact.

LHH has a team of over 12,000 professionals, across 60+ countries and more than 50 years of experience. As part of the Adecco Group, we bring together global excellence, local knowledge and centralized coordination for thousands of companies and millions of people worldwide.

LHH. A beautiful working world.

To learn more about LHH, visit: lhh.com.

About Equip Super
Equip Super manages $34 billion for over 140,000 members across both Equip Super and Catholic Super. Equip Super is a leader in the superannuation industry in bringing funds together through successful successor fund transfers and continues to look for new opportunities to grow the fund.

Across Equip Super and Catholic Super, we service employers and members from the energy, resources, water, infrastructure, manufacturing, education, health, legal and services sectors. Equip Super is an industry super fund, operating accumulation, defined benefit and pension plans. Our key objective is to deliver the best retirement outcome possible for members, while operating as a trusted partner for participating employers.

Equipping members today, so they're ready for tomorrow.

^{Togethr Trustees Pty Ltd ABN 64 006 964 049, AFSL 246383 is the Trustee of Equipsuper ABN 33 813 823 017. Product Disclosure Statement & Target Market Determination available on the website at equipsuper.com.au.}

About Brandon Hall Group^™
Brandon Hall Group^™ is the only professional development company that offers data, research, insights and certification to Learning and Talent executives and organisations. The best minds in Human Capital Management (HCM) choose Brandon Hall Group^™ to help them create future-proof employee development plans for the new era.

For over 30 years, we have empowered, recognized and certified excellence in organisations worldwide, influencing the development of over 10 million employees and executives. Our HCM Excellence Awards^® program was the first to recognize organisations for learning and talent and is the gold standard, known as the "Academy Awards of Human Capital Management."

About Actionable:
Actionable equips leadership consultants with the system (technology, methodology & advisory services) to prove and amplify the impact of their training programs.

Actionable's technology and impact sustainment methodology has been utilised across 9000+ people development programs in over 3000 organisations.

Our collective mission is to better quantify the impact of people development programs and - through that work - elevate the organisational value of the L&D function.

To learn more about Actionable, visit: actionable.co

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