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Transcend, an award-winning leadership development company, has become the first company in Alabama to become a Certified B Corporation®. Called "the highest standard for socially responsible businesses" by Inc. magazine, B Corp™ certification recognizes companies who voluntarily meet standards of transparency, accountability and social impact. Transcend joins a growing community of more than 1,900 Certified B Corporations globally, including Warby Parker, Etsy, Ben & Jerry's and Patagonia, and is the first company in the state to meet the rigorous standards that measure a company's impact on its employees, suppliers, community and the environment.

Transcend, The Fearless Company, was named Business/Professional Services Business of the Year last night at the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County's 31st-annual Small Business Awards. "This is a tremendous honor for our company," said Laura Huckabee-Jennings, Transcend CEO. "We congratulate the other winners and nominees, and are proud to be part of such a thriving business community."

As part of National Small Business Week, Laura Huckabee-Jennings, Founder and CEO of Transcend celebrates graduation from the Babson Cohort of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses. This national program was created to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital and business support services. Huckabee-Jennings joined over a hundred entrepreneurs from 33 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico in completing the program that delivers intensive entrepreneurship training and practical training from Babson's business experts and peers alongside educational teams.

The Women's Business Center of North Alabama (WBCNA) along with BizTech and AL.COM presented the 1st Annual Entrepreneur Awards today and Laura Huckabee-Jennings, Founder and CEO of Transcend, was named WBC Entrepreneur of the Year. The award is given to an outstanding female entrepreneur in the North Alabama Region and the winner is submitted to the Small Business Administration's Small Business of the Year Award National Award. Several other awards were presented, including Entrepreneur Champion of the Year, which was presented to Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle.

Wiley, a powerful force in the workplace learning industry, has tapped Transcend as one of its fastest-growing partners and Laura Huckabee-Jennings, its founder, has been invited to speak at the Wiley 2016 Partner Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The MindLab48 Partner Conference offers high-quality learning and networking opportunities for Authorized Partners of Everything DiSC© assessment-based learning tools and the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ program.

Laura Huckabee-Jennings, founder of Transcend in Huntsville, Alabama, announced today that Transcend is now among an exclusive group of coaches and consultants authorized to provide The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ to their clients after successfully completing the required applications, authorization and training process. Wiley’s Workplace Learning Solutions Group has partnered with Patrick Lencioni, the best-selling author of more than 10 books and one of the most sought-after business speakers in America, to provide a new tool designed to help organizations with their single most untapped competitive advantage: teamwork.