Human Resources Awards Blog

3 HR Awards Categories in The International Business Awards

Posted by Liz Dean on Wed, Apr 25, 2012 @ 01:26 PM

There are 3 HR awards categories The 2012 International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards competition, to help you showcase your organization's successes. (All organizations and individuals worldwide may submit nominations. The entry deadline for the 2012 IBAs is 16 May, request your entry kit here.)The Stevie Awards

Our human resource awards categories include: 

Information to be submitted online for entries in these categories include:

  • An essay of up to 500 words describing the nominee's accomplishments since January 1 2011,
  • A biography of the nominee or the leader of the nominated department or team of up to 100 words, and
  • Optional (but highly recommended), a collection of supporting files and web addresses that you may upload to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges.

The 8th Annual International Business Awards were presented in October 2011 in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. 2011 HR award honorees included:  

2012 honorees will be celebrated at the 9th annual awards banquet on Monday, 15 October in Seoul, South Korea.

Need tips for submitting
human resource award entries? Download our 10 Tips for Winning HR Awards in the 2012 Stevie® Awards tipsheet. Our tipsheet will provide helpful tips and tools for making the most out of your entries.  

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3 HR Awards Categories in The 10th Annual American Business Awards

Posted by Liz Dean on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 @ 03:44 PM

The entry deadline for 2012 (10th Annual) American Business Awards, the premier business awards program in the U.S.A., is Wednesday, April 25. If you haven't already done so, you can request your entry kit here and you will receive it right away.

To help you recognize your organization's achievements, we want to highlight our HR awards categories.

The 2012 ABA HR award categories are:The American Business Awards

In order to make the most out of your submissions, we recommend reviewing our 2011 human resources award winning entries:

Information to be submitted online for entries in these categories include:

  • An essay of up to 500 words describing the nominee's accomplishments since January 1 2011,
  • A biography of the nominee or the leader of the nominated department or team of up to 100 words, and
  • Optional (but highly recommended), a collection of supporting files and web addresses that you may upload to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges.

Want more ways to showcase your organization's HR professionals? We have several awards categories that may be of interest including: app awards, live event awards, video awards, and website awards.

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Five Tips for Winning HR Awards in The 2012 American Business Awards

Posted by Liz Dean on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 @ 09:28 AM

The entry deadline for 2012 (10th Annual) American Business Awards, the premier business awards program in the U.S.A., is this Wednesday, March 28. If you haven't already done so, you can request your entry kit here and you will receive it right away.

To make the most out of your HR awards entries, we suggest the following five tips:

The Stevie Awards1. Review the business awards categories.
There are three award categories that are specifically labeled as human resource awards:

We have several other human resources award categories including:

  • App Awards categories include Professional Education and Training
  • Live Event Awards categories include Best Internal Recognition/Motivational Event and Best Sales Meeting
  • Video Awards categories include Internal/Employee Communications, Motivational, Orientation, and Training, among others
  • Website Awards categories include Best Training Site and Best Video Site

2. Review the entry submission criteria.
Make sure your HR award entries include all required submission information.

3. Download our 10 Tips for Winning HR Awards in the 2012 Stevie® Awards tipsheet.
Our tipsheet will provide helpful tips and tools for making the most out of your entries.  

4.  Watch our video, How to Enter The 2012 American Business Awards.
Get step-by-step instruction on how to submit your 2012 entries.

5. Contact us!
We love to answer your last minute questions. Contact us at help@stevieawards.com and we'll help direct you to categories that are right for your organization.

Looking for more ways to connect with the Stevies?
Join us on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn for the latest ABA updates.

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6 Strategies for Strengthening Workforce, From HR Awards Winner

Posted by Liz Dean on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 @ 06:22 PM

Accenture Services Ltd of India won a Stevie® Award for Human Resources Department of the Year in the HR awards categories of The 2011 International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards  program. (The 2012 IBAs are now open for entries. We invite all organizations and individuals worldwide to submit entries by the April 11 early-bird deadline for discounted entry fees; you can request your entry kit here.)

Accenture LogoAccenture Services is a global management, technology services, and outsourcing company. In 2010, Accenture's human resource department implemented a new initiative- The Human Capital Strategy - to support workforce engagement and strengthen business.  The human resource award winning department focused on six strategies:

1. Recruit Talent
One major focus of the HR department was hiring talented employees. The new initiative allowed the HR department to:

  • Source 6 resumes every minute,
  • Conduct 170 interviews per hour, and
  • Offer 2 new employee orientation sessions each day.

2. Develop Leadership
As part of The Human Capital Strategy, Accenture's human resource awards winning department placed a large focus on developing the talent of its leaders. Accenture now offers tailored development programs, certification programs for new managers, and hosts business information seminars to strengthen leadership.

3. Give Back to Employees
In addition to offering educational opportunities, the team introduced personal development programs including employee recognition programs, free career counseling, and vacation balance sharing to keep employees engaged.

4. Focus on Client Needs
The Human Capital Strategy also places a strong emphasis on client needs through employee development. The HR award winner was able to:

  • Increase  market facing capacity by staffing 40% additional senior executives,
  • Provide a  sales academy to employees to increase customer satisfaction and sales,
  • Deliver technology boot-camp for targeted employees, and
  • Collaborate with leading universities/institutes to deliver higher education programs.

5. Integrate Global Offices
The Human Capital Strategy was not only adopted in the India office but globally as well. The HR strategy provides cross-business career opportunities, promotes integration across geographies, and encourages employees to take advantage of internal social media platforms as means to connect with other employees.

6. Update Processes
The HR department of the year also restructured several processes including performance excellence methodologies and the HR organization structure. In addition to these changes, Accenture was able to hire more than 200 new employees and advance more than 125 current employees.

About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company, with nearly 245,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. Accenture collaborates with organizations and governments across the globe to help them become high-performance businesses through their unparalleled services, business capabilities and research methods. During the 2010-2011 fiscal year, Accenture generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion.

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How HR Award Winner's "One Company" Vision Increased Employee Retention Rates

Posted by Liz Dean on Wed, Feb 15, 2012 @ 12:19 PM

Aygaz of Istanbul, Turkey, received the Stevie® Award for Human Resources Team of The Year in the HR awards categories of The 2011 International Business Awards. (Entries are now being accepted for The 2012 International Business Awards, the world's premiere business awards program. Get your entry kit here and submit entries by the April 11 early-bird deadline for discounted entry fees.) Here we look at the steps the HR Team took to pull Aygaz and its subsidiaries together under a “one company” vision.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Aygaz is the main provider of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in Turkey, and is one of the largest LPG providers in Europe. In addition to producing and selling gas appliances, Aygaz has a subsidiary portfolio ranging from liquid petroleum gas trade to electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and maritime logistics. Led by Yagiz Eyüboglu, Aygaz's General Manager, the HR team was charged with adopting a single management policy to accommodate their numerous subsidiaries.

Integration Yagiz Eyüboglu
The human resources awards winning team at Aygaz seized the single-management policy as an opportunity to derive extra benefits through an integrated HR management within the new structure. The aim was to create synergy in HR through a shared vision and to provide benefits for all the new group’s stakeholders.

“One Company” Approach
The Aygaz Group’s HR processes were overhauled with the participation and contribution of all its subsidiaries.  The resulting “One Company” shared vision of HR processes followed five steps: 

1. Recruitment Process
The first step was improvement of the recruitment process. Interviews were integrated for similar vacant positions. This saved time for the HR team and provided candidates with information about different positions within the Aygaz Group. (The HR team also integrated their recruitment process with an internal job-posting system within the Koç Group of Companies, of which Aygaz is one.) This has allowed employees to manage their own careers, and in turn led to reduced employee turnover and increased employee motivation.

2. Training Program
Costs were significantly reduced through an integrated training program, while the average training time per employee increased. (In 2009, the average number of training hours per employee per year was 18; in 2010, this increased to 21 hours; and the current training time per employee is 25 hours.)

The HR team also designed an orientation program that provides information about all the group’s companies to more rapidly integrate new employees into the company.

3. Performance Management
The integration and “one company vision” necessitated an overhaul of the performance management system. This system now enables top management to share its objectives with all employees—and at the same time recognizing their achievements. Since 2009, all personal scorecards have been prepared in conjunction with Aygaz Group goals.

4. Compensation
Compensation management policies were also reviewed. New adjustments meant that Aygaz determined salary levels of employees by considering similar positions at other companies in the group. An “Equal Pay for Equal Work” policy was adopted.

5. Internal Mobility
Internal mobility has been actively encouraged and employees are now given the opportunity to move to other positions in the group without losing any of their rights.  A Social Activity Club was also launched to increase interactivity between Aygaz and its subsidiaries.

A Better Place to Work
By 2010 employee turnover at the Aygaz group had dropped to 2.5%, compared to the average rate of 9% in Turkey. 

The steps taken by the human resources award winning team to serve the bigger picture have resulted in Aygaz winning the Turkish Personnel Management Association’s Best Practice Award in Human Management in 2010.

About Yagiz Eyüboglu:
Yagiz Eyüboglu is the General Manager of Aygaz. Eyüboglu started his professional life as a Management Trainee at Arcelik in 1991. In 1993, he was transferred to Koç Holding Headquarters, where he worked for more than 10 years, finishing as a Financial Coordinator. Between 2004 and 2009, Eyüboglu assumed several different responsibilities within the Koç Group including CFO of Arcelik, CEO and Board Member of Beko Elektronik, and Human Resources Director of Koç Holding. Eyüboglu is a member of several boards, including the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations and the Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries. He is also the Chairman of LPG Assembly at The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey and is Vice President of the World LPG Association.

About Aygaz:
Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Aygaz manufactures and sells LPG devices and distributes LPG as auto gas, cylinder gas, and bulk gas to customers in 81 Turkish provinces as well as exports LPG devices to 22 countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Listed as Turkey’s 7th largest industrial company by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Aygaz delivers gas cylinders to over 100,000 homes, and more than one million vehicles travel with Aygaz’s auto gas product, Aygaz Euro LPG+ every day. Aygaz has more than 15,000 personnel working at its headquarters and at its facilities and dealerships around Turkey. The organization sees these employees as key to delivering its promise to consumers to provide quality products and services—and to the community to use sustainable business practices.

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How to Win HR Awards in The 2012 American Business Awards

Posted by Liz Dean on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 @ 06:30 PM

HR awardsThere are several human resources awards categories for organizations and individuals to choose from in The 2012 American Business Awards. (Request your entry kit for the 2012 ABAs and it will be emailed to you right away. The second early-bird entry deadline is December 14.)

Here are three award categories that are specifically labeled as HR awards:

Submissions to the HR awards categories require:

  • An essay of up to 500 words describing the nominee's accomplishments since January 1, 2011.
  •  A biography of the nominee or the leader of the nominated department or team of up to 100 words.
  • Optional (but highly recommended):  a collection of supporting files and web addresses.  These materials can be uploaded to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges.

Other human resources awards categories include:

  • App Awards categories include Professional Education and Training
  • Live Event Awards categories include Best Internal Recognition/Motivational Event and Best Sales Meeting
  • Video Awards categories include Internal/Employee Communications, Motivational, Orientation, and Training, among others
  • Web Site Awards categories include Best Training Site and Best Video Site

Improve your chances of winning an HR award:

  • Download our newly updated 10 Tips for Winning HR Awards in the 2012 Stevie® Awards tipsheet.

Looking for more human resources awards? Contact us at help@stevieawards.com and we will help direct you to more categories!

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10 Tips for Winning HR Awards in the 2012 Stevie Awards

Posted by Liz Dean on Wed, Nov 30, 2011 @ 05:26 PM

We've just updated our 10 Tips for Winning HR Awards in the 2012 Stevie® Awards tipsheet. Get it here.

There are several opportunities to win human resources awards for organizations including categories for individual executives, teams and departments.

Our 2012 HR tipsheet will help you to choose the categories and competitions in which you'll have the best chance of winning a 2012 Stevie® Award. The programs are:

In addition to HR categories such as Human Resources Department of the Year, Human Resources Team of the Year, and Human Resources Executive of the Year; we have expanded categories to honor HR work in competitions including best website awards, live event awards, video awards, and many others.

Download our 10 Tips for Winning HR Awards in the 2012 Stevie® Awards tipsheet and learn how you can honor your human resource executives, departments, and teams. 

After you've downloaded our tipsheet, let us know which tip you found most helpful! 

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HR Awards Judges in The 2011 International Business Awards

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Fri, Aug 05, 2011 @ 03:07 PM

This week we've been recognizing the contributions of the judges in The 2011 (8th Annual) International Business Awards, the world's only fully-international, all-encompassing business awards program.

Today we honor the participation of the human resources awards judging panel, which was an all-Turkish committee, including

Ece Alakoc, CFE, CIB HR Business Partner, Unicredit Bank CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking Division), Istanbul, Turkey
Yesim Arkis, Vice President, Head of HR, Ericsson Middle East, Istanbul, Turkey
Ozan Duman, Head of HR, Levi Strauss & Co., Istanbul, Turkey
Hale Okmen, Head of Human Resources, SHAYA, Istanbul, Turkey
Ayse Guclu Onur, Consultant, Egon Zehnder International, Istanbul, Turkey
Pinar Temizkan, Human Resources Director, Alcatel Lucent, Turkey and Azerbaijan, Istanbul, Turkey
Savas Usta, HR Director, Turk Telekom A.S., Istanbul, Turkey

Sengul DemircanSengul Demircan, Head of HR, HSBC Bank Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, chaired and formed this committee, which judged categories including

  • Human Resources Department of the Year
  • Human Resources Team of the Year
  • Human Resources Executive of the Year
  • Training Web Site of the Year
  • Training Production of the Year

This year's honorees selected by the committee include Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, Accenture, Aygaz, Orange Slovensko a.s., and Protiviti.  See the complete list of HR awards honorees here.  

What do you think of the HR awards committees selections?

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3 Best Practices for Leadership: Q&A with Jim Gillece, Senior VP of Human Capital Management at AlliedBarton

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Fri, Apr 15, 2011 @ 10:29 AM

  

Jim Gillece will chair the final judging committee for the human resources awards categories of The 2011 American Business Awards. April 27 is the final entry deadline for this year's ABAs.

Jim GilleceWhat are your top tips on best practices in Leadership?
At AlliedBarton Security Services we are strong believers in the culture of leadership, and three ways we encourage this are:

Mentoring: Those who have worked their way up to management or executive positions are encouraged to reach out and help others do the same. 

Training: Organizations that value leadership at all levels ensure that development opportunities are available for employees at all levels. Our front line employees and security officers complete voluntary training because they want to increase their knowledge and further their careers.

Recognition Programs: Employees must know what is expected of them and know that their company will support them as they perform their duties. If you have well-trained, empowered, and engaged employees, you will have satisfied customers who keep coming back.  

What item of news recently caught your eye and why?
Japan's earthquake and tsunami. I continue to be impressed by the global outpouring of assistance to this nation for the devastating losses it has suffered. I have also observed the unique role played by social media and technology in communication, relief, and response to this disaster.     

If you could choose another profession, what would it be?
I would be involved in some sort of nonprofit organization that could help provide more opportunities for children with autism or developmental disabilities.

What quality or qualities do you most value in your business associates?
Integrity, organization, and tenacity.

What do you think is the worst bad habit to have at work?
Saying “Yes” to everything, and procrastination.

As someone at the top of your profession, what keeps you inspired or makes you hit the ground running in the morning?
I really enjoy and am challenged by what I do, but I feel there is much more that needs to be improved and accomplished. Our security officers protect and secure the families and employees of our clients every single day. It is an honor to facilitate processes and programs for our “Everyday Heroes.” 

About Jim Gillece
Jim Gillece joined AlliedBarton Security Services in 2006 as Vice President, Learning and Organizational Effectiveness.  He was appointed Senior VP of Human Capital Management in 2007. Gillece oversees all human capitalmanagement including learning and development, organizational effectiveness, human resources, compensation, benefits, and recruitment.

Before joining AlliedBarton Security Services, Gillece worked for nine years at Pfizer, Inc., first as Specialty Division Manager in Union, Kentucky; then as Director, Global Leadership Education and Development in New York City, where he was responsible for the leader-of-leaders education level at Pfizer.

About AlliedBarton Security Services
AlliedBarton Security Services is a provider of highly trained, responsive security personnel. More than 50,000 employees and 100 offices provide security for several thousand clients in many industries, including approximately 200 Fortune 500 companies. AlliedBarton has been recognized by Training magazine, ASTD, Corporate University Xchange, Leadership Excellence, and the American Business Awards, among others. For more information visit www.AlliedBarton.com.

Want to win human resources awards in The American Business Awards or another Stevie Awards competition? Check out our free tipsheet, 10 Tips for Winning HR Awards in the 2011 Stevies.

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How $54 Buys Happy Employees at HR Award-winning TMH

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Fri, Jan 14, 2011 @ 11:55 AM

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, of Tallahassee, Florida, received the Stevie Award for Human Resources Team of the Year in the HR awards categories of The 2010 American Business Awards.

TMH HR TeamThe HR division at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) includes a colleague Activities department, which is a rare, if not unique, budgeted HR function in the non-profit healthcare organization sector.  While many healthcare organizations, particularly in the not-for-profit arena, are cutting budgets and experiencing staff reductions, TMH continues to support what it considers the organization's most valuable asset, the TMH Colleagues, through year-round celebration, recognition, and reward.

TMH is a private, not-for-profit community health-care system in Florida, U.S.A. that includes a 770-bed hospital specializing in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, women's and children's health, behavioral health, surgery and emergency medicine, a Family Medicine Residency Program, and five satellite physician practices. TMH has a medical staff of over 500 physicians and in excess of 3,500 staff; its Colleagues are those people employed by TMH. 

ICARE
The entire TMH organization is dedicated to providing quality patient care in an environment governed by the “ICARE” values—a set of five values, which were created by a multidisciplinary team of leadership and non-leadership colleagues.  The ICARE values include Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence and are integrated in nearly every aspect of the organization’s operations.

Monthly Awards
The Human Resources team is charged with responsibility for colleague celebration and­—simply put—fun. While most organizations have some sort of colleague-recognition program, the TMH Colleague reward-and-recognition program offers fun and much more. Formal colleague-recognition programs consist of the ICARE Caring Hands, the ICARE Colleague of the Month, and the ICARE Ambassador and President's Awards. A monthly awards ceremony honors recipients nominated by their managers or peers, or in recognition of some “above and beyond” behavior related to customers. The celebration includes an enormous cake to celebrate colleagues with birthdays during that month.

Summer of Fun
Each year TMH celebrates seven holidays with colleague parties and contests; there are at least three colleague picnics a year; celebrations during national Hospital Week and on the Fourth of July; and a grand finale, The Seafood Fest, which marks the end of the “Summer of Fun.”

These all-colleague feasts feed in excess of 3,500 colleagues. The late shifts participate in their celebrations at midnight on the day following the event. The Summer of Fun starts in June each year and culminates in late August with the Seafood Fest, with prizes for all colleagues.

In 2009 the Summer of Fun had a pirate theme. Events such as “Walk the Plank Poker,” “Create an ICARE Treasure Map,” a “Pineapple Decorating Contest,” and a “Pirates Cove” game day were a few of the events held that summer. Department contest winners got the chance to play “Deal or No Deal,” with the chance to win up to $3,000 to spend without restriction for their department. Colleagues also competed in individual contests to gain points to spend on prizes at the end of the celebration. The 2009 top prize was $1,500, three days paid leave time, and a big-screen TV.

Low Costs, High Returns
TMH hosts numerous department-based celebrations that boost morale and recognize colleagues; additionally, a Colleague Craft Show, a softball tournament, a bowling team and tournament, a golf tournament, and games colleagues may participate in on the TMH Intranet are commonplace. Ice Cream Socials and “surprise” breakfasts are frequently held for staff in various departments of the organization.

The TMH Colleague Activities team travels to TMH-owned physician practices scattered in rural counties, bringing them food, treats and games to ensure that the more distant colleagues feel included in TMH celebrations.

The approximate budget for all of these wonderful events, contests, and colleague-recognition events is a modest $54 per employee per year. Colleagues from across the organization are involved by volunteering to support the celebrations and judging events, while the TMH HR division provides outstanding events that are stress relieving, entertaining and­—as we said before—fun.

About Felicia Polk
The Colleague Activities department is led by Felicia Polk, who is a certified Activity Director with over twenty years experience. Polk joined Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare fifteen years ago as the Activity Director in TMH's long-term care facility. She later transferred into Human Resources because she loved the idea of creating programs and events that recognize and celebrate the value of TMH colleagues.

About Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
Founded in 1948, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH), a 770-bed acute-care hospital, is the largest private employer in the region, specializing in heart and vascular, cancer, medicine, orthopedics, neurology, women’s and children’s health, behavioral health, surgery, and emergency medicine. TMH employs over 3,500 professionals dedicated to providing world-class healthcare to the Big Bend region of Florida.

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