HR
with attitude is probably the best way to describe the fantastic achievements
of the 52 shortlisted teams in this year’s Personnel
Today Awards. The line-up for 2004 exceeds anything that has gone before in
terms of innovation, speed of change and contribution to the business.
This
year, we chose to shortlist four instead of three HR teams in all 13 categories
in a bid to reward and recognise more organisations for their people
strategies. Independent judges had a tough time sifting through a record number
of entries.
Their
decisions will be revealed as profiles of the top teams begin this week and run
until the awards on 25 November. Turn the page to see the success stories in
our first category.
10 August 2004
Award for Managing Health at Work
Judge: Cary
Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health, Lancaster
University Management
School
Shortlisted teams: Preston
Primary Care Trust, Severn Trent Water, Sheffield City Council, South Wales
Police
24 August 2004
Award for HR Collaboration
Judge: John Smythe,
organisational fellow, McKinsey and Company
Shortlisted teams: Fujitsu Services, HBOS, The AA,
Yorkshire Water
7 September 2004
Award for Innovation in Measuring Human
Capital
Judge: Denise Kingsmill,
former chair of the Government’s Accounting for People
Taskforce
Shortlisted teams: HR Dashboard, Nationwide
Building Society, T-Mobile (UK), The Gallup Organization
14 September 2004
Age Positive at Work Award
Judge: Binna Kandola, founder of diversity consultancy Pearn Kandola
Shortlisted teams: Tesco,
HBOS, Land Registry, London & Quadrant Housing Group
21 September 2004
Award for Excellence in Graduate Recruitment
Judge: Alison Hodgson, UK
and Ireland
resourcing manager, Sodexho,
and chair of the Association of Graduate Recruiters
Shortlisted teams: KPMG, PWC, Scottish Power, Shell
People Services
28 September 2004
HR Director of the Year Award
Judge: Beverley Shears, HR director and
deputy managing director at South West Trains. Beverley was the winner of the
HR Director of the Year Award 2003
Shortlisted individuals: William Gibbon, Barclays
Africa; Helen Giles, Broadway Homelessness and Support; Angela O’Connor, Crown
Prosecution Service; Mike Taylor, Hewlett-Packard
5 October 2004
Award for Innovation in Recruitment and
Retention
Judge: Janet Rubin, independent HR
consultant
Shortlisted teams: B&Q, O2, T-Mobile
UK,
Virgin Mobile
12 October 2004
Award for Innovation in Career Development
Judge: Bob Arnold, director of client
solutions, Chiumento Career Management Specialists
Shortlisted teams: Audit Commission, Crown
Prosecution Service, Quintiles Ltd, Signet Trading Ltd
19 October 2004
Award for best HR Strategy in line with
business
Judge: Terry Morgan, chief executive,
Tube Lines
Shortlisted teams: BAE Systems, CB Richard Ellis, South
West Trains, West Bromwich Building Society
26 October 2004
Employer Branding Award
Judge: Belinda Kent-Lemmon, founder of Occam HR consultancy
Shortlisted teams: Argos
Limited, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, London & Quadrant Housing
Group, Loop Customer Management Ltd
2 November 2004
Award for Global HR Strategy
Judge: Mark Childs, vice president
reward at the CIPD, and HR consultant
Shortlisted teams: BT Global Services, Compass
Group, UBS AG, US Airways
9 November 2004
Award for Excellence in HR through
Technology
Judge: John Steele, chairman of advisory
board of Accenture HR Services, and council member of
Acas
Shortlisted teams: Bupa, Defra, Jaguar & Land Rover UK, Shell People Services
16 November 2004
Award for Excellence in Training
Judge: Eric Burrows, director of
consultancy at The Work Foundation
Shortlisted teams: Asda,
Avis Rent-a-Car, GNER, Thomas Cook Tour Operators
