Hemsley Fraser named in Training Industry’s Top 20 Leadership Training Companies list for 17th year in a row

Training Industry’s Top 20 listing recognises a learning provider’s ability to provide enterprise learners, including front-line managers, middle managers or senior leaders, with high-impact and engaging learning and development offerings. These stand-out offerings draw on a provider’s continuous innovation, stand-out capabilities and commitment to exceptional learning. 

Training Industry’s analysts scrutinise the global training market each year to identify the best leadership training providers. They based their annual Top 20 list based on key criteria of:

• Scope and quality of program and service offerings for leadership training
• Market presence, brand visibility, innovation and impact
• Strength of client portfolio and customer relationships
• Business performance and growth trajectory.

This latest global award is another milestone in Hemsley’s development. While the company has a long-standing reputation for game-changing leadership and people development for its worldwide clients, Hemsley’s offerings continue to stand out because they balance innovation with being highly engaging and human-centric. Their learning solutions also provide a full service suite to help bring learning to life in busy global environments while driving the performance shift that organisations need.

Hemsley meets organisations, teams and individual learners’ changing leadership training needs through a proven blend of transformative learning content, cutting-edge technology and a complete suite of services.

Lynsey Whitmarsh, CEO, Hemsley Fraser, said: “We are delighted to be included in Training Industry’s Top 20 Leadership Training Companies. Customers and partners use this listing as part of benchmarking their learning and development options each year: inclusion means you’re a top tier provider. 

“We are committed to continual innovation and evolution of our leadership offerings to meet our clients’ different needs. We love to help top brands supercharge their teams and move the needle on performance.”

Jalen Banks, Market Research Analyst, at Training Industry, Inc., said: “These Top 20 providers offer wide-ranging and comprehensive leadership development programs that meet company leaders’ changing learning needs. The innovative solutions we have identified and evaluated for the 2026 list use different modalities to deliver coaching and courses, whether through proprietary frameworks, custom solutions, or off-the-shelf content, as needed.”