February 8, 2012

Are you setting the standard in HR?

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Has your company’s HR department worked hard over the past twelve months to achieve exceptional results? If so, let the world know about it! You have until the end of today, 25th March to get your entries in for the Haymarket Human Resources Excellence Awards 2010.

The awards recognise creativity, originality and differentiation in HR and the fifteen categories open this year are:

  • Best Talent Management Strategy
  • Most Successful Change Management Programme
  • Most Effective Benefits Strategy
  • Most Effective Use of Internal Communications
  • Outstanding Employee Engagement Strategy
  • Most Effective Recruitment and Retention
  • Best Learning and Development Strategy
  • Health and Well-being Award
  • Best Use of CSR in HR
  • Most Innovative Use of Technology
  • Best HR Strategy in a Company Under 1000 Employees
  • Best Public Sector HR strategy or initiative
  • Best Third Sector HR strategy or initiative
  • Best Workplace Diversity Strategy
  • Best HR Team

 
In a 2000 word submission, entrants must demonstrate their eligibility for the award by describing their performance between January 2009 and March 2010.

A single entry costs £300 + VAT, with further submissions charged at £180 + VAT. A discounted fee of £150 + VAT is offered for charitable or voluntary bodies.

The awards ceremony will take place at Grosvenor House in London on 30th June. Tickets are £240 per head.

To enter, or for more information visit Haymarket Human Resources Excellence Awards.

Think your consultancy delivers the best results?

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Are you in the business of providing management consultancy? The MCA Management Awards are looking for the most effective or innovative management consultancies in the UK.

The awards are open now to those companies who have really excelled for their clients this year. This year’s awards also feature two categories celebrating the most innovative and collaborative companies.

There are 14 categories available:

  • Environment
  • Change management in the public sector
  • Change management in the private sector
  • Customer engagement
  • Operational performance in the public sector
  • Operational performance in the private sector
  • Innovation
  • International
  • Business strategy
  • Human resources
  • Outsourcing consultancy
  • Technology
  • Most Innovative Firm
  • Most Collaborative Firm

Companies must have been operating in the UK for three years and employ at least ten full time consultants to be eligible for entry.

MCA members will be charged £399 plus VAT per entry, while non-members will be charged £599 plus VAT.

Entries must be submitted by Friday 13th November 2009.

Please visit MCA Management Awards 2010 for more information.

Is people management at the core of your business success?

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There can be little doubt that effective people management and development is an essential factor in making a business a success, and never more so than during a recession.

If you want to win your HR team the recognition it deserves, you have until 5th June to get your entries in to the People Management Awards 2009.

Organised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and People Management magazine, the awards recognise excellence in HR.

There are six categories, including two new additions:

  • Change management through HR impact
  • Employee engagement
  • Excellence through technology (New)
  • Learning and development
  • Talent management
  • Total reward (New)

The key dates for the awards are as follows:

  • 5th June: Closing date for all entries
  • 13th July: 24 finalists announced
  • 24th September: Judging day
  • 18th November: Winners revealed at ceremony in Manchester
  • 3rd December: Winners profiled in People Management magazine

Visit the People Management Awards for more information.

Get recognition for the HR stars in your team

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Human Resources is vital to many business’s successes, managing recruitment and retention, motivating staff through effective employee engagement, and helping shape the future of the company through succession planning and talent management.

If an HR individual or team in your company has achieved exceptional results, the Personnel Today Awards 2009 represent your chance to get them the recognition they deserve.

The categories available for entry this year are:

  • HR Impact Award
  • HR Director of the Year Award
  • Award for Talent Management
  • Award for Excellence in HR Through Technology
  • Award for Diversity in the Workplace
  • Award for Managing Change (New)
  • Hays Human Resources Award for Innovation in Recruitment and Retention
  • NorthgateArinso Award for Best HR Strategy in Line with Business
  • Employer Branding Award
  • Employee Engagement Award
  • Learn HR Award for Excellence in Learning and Development
  • Award for Reward and Recognition
  • Award for Health at Work

Any company entering the awards can enter two categories free of charge, with further entries charged at £250 + VAT each.

The closing date for entries is 5th June and winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 26th November at the A JW Marriott Hotel, Park Lane, London.

For more information, visit the Personnel Today Awards.

Can you demonstrate excellence in public sector HR?

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The Public Sector People Managers Association Human Resource Awards recognise excellence in HR practices within the public sector.

To enter, you will need to submit 1,000 words to the organisers by 29th March, explaining why your organisation deserves to win one of the nine awards on offer.

The categories available are:

  • Wellbeing strategy
  • HR innovation
  • Best PPMA region
  • Total rewards
  • Talent Management
  • Human Capital Management
  • HR Transformation
  • HR Efficiency and Business Impact Award
  • Outstanding professional contribution

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 29th April at the Midland Hotel Manchester.

The awards ceremony coincides with the PPMA Annual Conference 2009, which takes place in Manchester from 29th April to 1st May.

Speakers at the conference include:

  • Dave Ulrich – HR expert and author
  • Jackie Orme – Chief Executive of CIPD
  • Vance Kearney – Vice President HR (EMEA) at Oracle
  • Professor L Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge – Change & Organisation Development commentator
  • David Fairhurst – Senior Vice President (People) Northern Europe, McDonalds Restaurants

Prices for the conference range from to £100 for a ‘Friday am only’ ticket to £1,100 for a ‘Full delegate 3 day VIP pass’.

Visit the PPMA website for more information.

Get recognition for exceptional HR performance

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If your company has achieved exceptional results in HR that you want the world to know about, you have until midnight tonight to get your entries in for the Haymarket Human Resources Excellence Awards 2009.

The awards recognise creativity, originality and differentiation in HR and categories include:

  • Best talent management strategy
  • Most successful change management programme
  • Most effective benefits strategy

The organisers have also added three new categories this year:

  • Best use of CSR in HR
  • Best Third Sector HR strategy or initiative, and
  • Best Public Sector HR strategy or initiative

A single entry costs £295 + VAT, with further submissions charged at £175 +VAT. A discounted fee is offered for companies working with charitable or voluntary bodies.

The shortlist of entrants will be published online in May and also in the June edition of HR magazine.

Visit Haymarket Human Resources Excellence Awards for more information.