The Company | About Edie Hutton | Partial Client List | Our Values

The Company

5 Level Training is a leading provider of Train-the-Trainer Training and Customized Training for business and industry. 5 Level Training leverages the power of trainers and training systems to increase organizations’ capacity, performance and competitiveness.

Companies, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and small businesses have relied on 5 Level Training to develop their trainers’ critical competencies, create training systems aligned with their business, establish corporate universities, and design customized, proprietary training programs and services.

About Edie Hutton

Edie Hutton is President and Principal of 5 Level Training. Long recognized for achieving demonstrable business results and Return on Investment, Edie trains trainers and consults with training leadership “to create, deliver and achieve 5 level results from training programs and systems.”

Training trainers for more than 20 years, Edie was credited by Training Directors’ Forum with creating System-Wide Accelerated Training (SWAT), an innovative training system of SMEs-turned-trainers providing the organization with immediate training bench strength, fast planning and execution of training, and enterprise-wide support for training. An innovative change agent, Edie has earned a reputation as “THE go-to person” for training, training management and performance improvement consulting.

Edie is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) through the Society for Human Resource Management and a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) through the International Society for Performance Improvement. Edie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Education and a Master’s in Adult Vocational Education from the University of Missouri, Columbia. 

An inspiring (and sometimes irreverent) trainer, Edie is the Trainer-Acclaimed leader in results-driven design, delivery, and evaluation of training. Organizations benefiting from Edie’s work include:

Partial Client List

  • Frontenac Bank

  • General Motors

  • Monsanto Electronic Materials Company

  • Saint Louis University Health Sciences

  • The Audit Group, Inc.

  • Humane Society of Missouri

  • Landmark Bancshares Corporation

  • Sisters of Mercy Health System

  • St. John’s Mercy Medical Center

  • Missouri Foot Care Centers, Inc.

  • Fox Creek Veterinary Hospital

  • Monarch Fire Protection District

  • Linn Technical State College

  • ALPLA

  • Bonacare LLC

  • American Red Cross

  • St. Charles School District

  • St. Clair Ambulance District

  • East Central College

  • Missouri Vocational Association

  • City of St. Charles

  • City of St. Clair

  • Clinton Vocational Technical School

  • Missouri Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education

  • CareerStrategies, LLC

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Our Values

Relationships. We nurture long-lasting and forward-looking relationships with our training program participants and business clients who rely on us to help them achieve their training objectives. We promote a collaborative partnership and view ourselves as an integral extension of their business.

Integrity. We insist on honesty and fairness as the criteria against which all of our actions are measured, and we dedicate ourselves to walking the high ground in all our actions.

Passion. We are passionate about the trainers and clients we serve and meeting their individual needs.

Expertise. We bring in-depth expertise to Training and Performance Improvement. Our staff is comprised of recognized professionals in Training, Organization Development, and Human Resources.

Service. We provide the highest level of service in every training program and on every consulting engagement. We give our trainers and clients our complete attention and commitment.

Responsiveness. We are committed to meeting the needs of our clients with all possible speed yet are obsessive about quality and details.