This award recognises an organisation that has demonstrated an outstanding plan for employees in their career development. Entrants should show the HR strategies that have successfully attracted and developed talented individuals in the profession, while also supporting the core business strategies of the organisation. Judges will look at the effectiveness of the programmes in supporting workforce planning, improving individual performance, and driving overall business performance. Winners should showcase their comprehensive career development opportunities, including training, mentoring, coaching, and professional growth opportunities, which have resulted in a highly skilled and motivated workforce.

This award recognises excellence in an organisation’s ability to plan, execute, and manage the transformation process of a business project. Entries should show how HR contributed to all the main redesigned processes that were aligned to the business objective, and how they strengthened the organisation’s growth. Judges will look for how the transformation projects empowered employees to be receptive to the new vision, while minimising any potential negative impacts.

This award recognises an organisation that has applied a practical and innovative compensation and benefits scheme to attract, retain, and engage employees. Entrants should show how the overall HR strategic plan satisfied the employees while staying in control of the budget. Judges will look at how the C&B strategy aligned with the employee value proposition and met the overall business goals.

This award recognises an organisation that has fostered a diverse workforce that provides an equitable and inclusive workplace. Entrants should show how their best diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies were embedded within the organisational culture, HR policies, and procedures. Judges will look for action-oriented approaches that ensured a level of transparency, and removed any unfair bias, along with any measurable evidence of the initiatives’ effect on the growth and sustainability of the organisation.  

This award recognises an organisation that had a clear and personalised ongoing development plan for individual employees – from training to career development. Entrants should show how the HR programmes and policies promoted a clear vision of employee development and encouraged employees and managers to proactively participate in on-the-job trainings, coaching, mentoring, and other initiatives designed to improve employee skills and knowledge. Judges will look at how the HR strategies and programmes provided a supportive workplace culture that encouraged ongoing learning and development, and enhanced the personal growth of employees. 

This award recognises an organisation that has an effective employee engagement strategy which is aligned with its wider business objectives, and has benefited the organisation’s growth, engagement, retention, and more. Entrants should show specific engagement initiatives that supported employees’ commitment and satisfaction at work. Judges will look for high-level engagement initiatives that increased the productivity of the organisation’s overall performance. 

This award recognises an organisation with a high-value proposition and highly identifiable branding that has created value to the organisation. Entrants should show how a strong branding campaign helped in employee recruitment, retention, and engagement. Judges will look for how the campaign promoted the employer brand, growth of the brand, and the sustainability of the organisation. 

This award recognises an organisation that has an exceptional recruitment and development programme for fresh graduates or early-stage professionals. Entrants should show how their HR strategies attracted and developed new talent to the organisation and supported core business strategies, while enabling graduates and trainees to develop key skills, knowledge, and competencies required for success in their roles. Judges will look at the effectiveness of the organisation’s graduate and management trainee programmes in supporting workforce planning, improving individual performance, and driving overall business success.

This award recognises an organisation that has implemented HR technology or digital solutions to speed up the business performance and productivity. Entrants should show their best implementation of the advanced HR technology and how they harnessed the data to exceed their business objectives. Judges will look for the complexity and size of the project or business issue, results on growth opportunities, and ROI from these initiatives. 

This award recognises an organisation that has implemented a sustainable leadership development programme to strengthen the knowledge and skills of current and potential future managers. Entrants should show an exemplary leadership development plan and training processes that have supported an employee’s transition to a management position. Judges will look for how these initiatives promoted continuous learning, contributed to individual excellence in performance, and improved the business performance. 

This award recognises an organisation that has implemented an innovative learning and development programme that has exceeded its business objectives and contributed to its bottom line. Entrants should show a state-of-the-art programme that has strengthened individual and organisational performance, and promoted a culture of continuous L&D in the organisation, which has provided an engaging and effective learning environment that has fostered employee growth and development. Judges will look at the design, creation, and implementation of a specific learning and development strategy that has effectively hit organisational targets and contributed to the organisation’s bottom line. 

This award recognises an organisation that has created new and dynamic measures to celebrate and incentivise its employees’ efforts and contributions towards its business. Judges will look for entries that exhibited genuine acknowledgment and impactful initiatives that inspired employees to be at their very best. 

This award recognises an organisation that has implemented an outstanding talent development plan. Entrants should show how the HR policies and strategies were effective on talent identification, management, and retention. Judges will look for succession planning initiatives that forecast a talent pipeline and its contribution to achieving leadership succession and business goals.

This award recognises an organisation that has developed a strong workplace culture and values that have enhanced its business performance. Entrants should show how HR nurtured and communicated the cultural values to employees across all functions. Judges will look at the effectiveness of the organisation’s workplace culture initiatives in creating proactive employee engagement, and meeting business objectives. Winners should demonstrate how the positive workplace culture fostered employee growth and development, promoted diversity and inclusion, and encouraged collaboration and teamwork.

This award recognises the HR team which has excelled within its function or across functions. Entrants should show tangible results of initiatives in team morale, employee engagement, teamwork, and cohesiveness. Judges will look for the HR team’s strategic approach to all aspects of HR management and its impact on the wider business, and the employees’ experience and satisfaction.