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Award Winners 2022

Organizational Categories

  • Best Use of Technology in HR
    Judges are looking the best use of technology as:
    • Innovation in HR
    • Needs identification processes
    • Variety of software and solutions used
    • Efficiencies and cost-savings gained from use of technology
    • Resources allocated towards training, manpower, systems, technology etc.
    • Efficiencies
    • Best use of technology in non administrative functions including: branding, recruitment, talent development, communications and training etc.
    • ROI
  • Most Innovative Deployment of HR technology
    Judges are looking for an organisation that has used technology to move HR forward:
    • Application of HR software and analytic systems
    • Online Recruitment
    • E-learning programme
    • Demonstrating the innovative approach that ties to corporate strategy
    • Return on Investment
  • Most Effective Recruitment Strategy Using Technology
    Judges will be looking for evidence:
    • Innovation and bottom line contribution through enhanced recruitment and improved retention process.
    • Implementation of new policies covering all resourcing activities effectively.
    • Business case study supported by relevant metrics.
  • Best Use of Social Media
    • Variety of software and solutions used.
    • Efficiencies and cost-savings gained through use of social media. Use of social media in: recruitment, branding, marketing & communications, mentoring, customer service etc.
    • Innovation & ROI
  • Best Engagement Strategies
    • History, types & variety of programmes and activities used for employee engagement
    • Innovative strategies implemented within the last year
    • Impact of employee engagement on retention rates
    • Alignment of engagement strategies with career development strategies
    • Balance between employee morale and engagement
    • ROI
  • Most Effective Internal Communications Strategy
    • The communications strategy can be part of an ongoing process or related to a one-off event or development in the organisation.
    • The communication process has proved effective in the medium to long term.
  • HR Technology Team of the Year
    • Retention rate
    • Team morale and engagement
    • Team Productivity
    • Team contribution and implementation of specific HR initiatives
    • Team effectiveness in delivering cost effective HR administration services
    • Ability to improve bottom line profits and employee productivity
  • Award for Employer of Choice
    • Management's commitment to human capital
    • Communications within the company
    • Above average staff retention rates and innovative strategies
    • Talent management initiatives
    • Training, learning and development policies and practices
    • Work life balance initiatives
    • Health and safety practices and procedures
    • Compensation and benefits and rewards & recognition
    • Recruitment procedures
    • Workplace harmony and physical environment
    • Non-discriminatory practices
    • Innovation
    • Corporate Social Responsibility practices
    • Performance management
  • Outstanding Contribution to HR through Technology
    • Looking HR Professional who has contributed much to the HR industry throughout their career.
    • Individual who has helped to develop, grow and champion the HR profession, who also possesses exemplary knowledge and experience in practicing HR within the organisations they have worked.
  • HR Tech Projects of the Year Award
    • Hard work & Success stories resulting from new or ongoing HR & Payroll related projects
    • Impact of Technology on HR professionals & HR Business
    • Innovations
    • ROI
  • Best in Employee Empowerment
    • Lead employees and entrusting them with meaningful work and projects.
    • Timely rewarding their achievements and contributions.
    • Treating employees as equals & offering opportunities to the best in business.
    • Trust Employees
  • HR Technology Service Provider of the Year
    • Innovation
    • Innovation
    • Healthy track record & best in the industry by improvising the HR initiatives & HR Strategies.
    • Making Impact on the business & generate maximum returns.
  • HR Consultancy of the Year
    • Innovation
    • An "HR Consultant of the Year" candidate is defined as a self-employed individual or an individual working for an HR consulting firm.
    • Innovative Recruitment strategy used to attract the HR Professionals.
    • Past track record or history of HR consultancy as per international standard.
    • Best strategy consulting, operational improvement consulting, and change and organisation consulting.
    • ROI
  • Start-Up Company of the Year
    • Innovation
    • Company Less than 3 Year old
    • Company has less than 50 employees
    • Most Emerging Company with optimum use of capital.
    • Most Innovations in technology.
    • Delivering or practising best HR practices using technology.
    • Business Development & Marketing plans.
    • ROI
  • The Most Engaged Workplace
  • HR Tech Partners Award
  • Best HR Tech Programme
  • Best Training & Development Program / Project By an HR Team
  • Best Training & Development Team
  • Most Innovation Training & Development Program / Project
  • Best Coaching Programme
  • Best Mentoring Programme
  • Best Leadership Development Programme for Top Management
  • Training Provider of the Year
  • Best Leadership Development Programme for Workers
  • Best Organizational Development (OD) Programme
  • Award for Independent Training Consultancy Organization
  • Best Practice in Learning Transfer for Improving Business Bottom line
  • Award for the Most Innovative Use of Training & Development as an HR initiative for OD

Individual Categories

  • HR Professional of the year
    • Ability to lead and create an environment that focuses all employees on the organisations priorities, directives and their expected place in the process
    • Strategic thinking and planning attributes
    • Contribution and implementation of specific HR initiatives
    • Business sensitivity and savviness
    • Effectiveness Communication
    • Champion of change and innovation
    • Leader of organisational improvement & development
  • Young Talent of the year Achiever (35 yrs & below)
    • Contribution towards achieving organisational goals
    • Broader Knowledge of HR practices and business issues
    • Initiative demonstrated in rolling out specific plans and strategies
    • Embrace the changes and innovation
    • Grasp of aligning business interests of the organisation to its workforce.
  • Women Super Achiever of the Year
      Initiatives & projects under HR Leadership & HR Technology:
    • Innovation
    • Strategic thinking and planning attributes.
    • Aggressive approach to tackle the HR tech issues.
  • CHRO of the Year Award
    • CHRO's impact on their organization and community, the extent to which the CHRO helped drive workforce initiatives, measurable excellence in employee engagement and retention, and any professional risk taken by the CHRO in pursuit of these aims.
    • CHROs contribution to improvise or being innovative by using latest technology implementation at work place & business standards.
    • CHROs achievement in past few years & Impact on business.
  • HR Oriented CEO Award
      This award recognises a non HR organisational leader (MD, CEO Etc.) who embraces HR via:
    • A demonstrated track record in supporting HR and driving, from the top, agreed HR strategies and initiatives
    • Ability to lead and create an environment that focuses HR and all employees on the organisation's priorities, directives and their expected place in the process
    • Contribution and implementation to specific HR initiatives including talent development and retention strategies
    • Business related HR sensitivity and savviness
    • Communication effectiveness with and towards employees
    • Innovation within other HR disciplines and areas
    • Champion of strategy & change management
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    • The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has performed an outstanding service and accomplishment spanning a career in HR Profession. The nominee must (1) be a current or former HR Leader and (2) have spent a significant part of his or her career working in HR profession. The goal is to recognize a track record of excellence and service to HR Fraternity.
    • Achievements in past, being a HR Leader.
  • Leader in Human Resource Technology
  • HR Technology Executive of the Year
  • Outstanding Contribution to Global HR
  • Global Training & Development Leadership Awards
  • Distinguished Trainer Awards
  • Outstanding New Trainer Awards
  • Training Leader of the year
  • Trainer of the Year
  • Young Training Leader
  • Chief Training Officer of the Year