This year has been a record year for the awards, giving our panel of 15 HR director and CEO judges, a difficult task on the judging day. Competition was fierce. therefore the entries that made the shortlist for 2013 had to be at the top of their game, and doing something exceptional to get recognised.
Best HR strategy from overseas
NWS Holdings
Qatar Museums Authority
Telecom Argentina
Tough Mudder
Turkcell
Yunus Textile Mills
Best HR team - private sector
Amey
Ceridian
Childbase Partnership
Fujitsu
Gap
Irwin Mtichell
KFC
Best HR team - public & not-for-profit sector
Edge Hill University
Essex County Council
One Vision Housing
Royal Mail Group
Best learning and development strategy
Haslimann Taylor
HgCapital
Jones Lang LaSalle
KFC
Norton Rose
Random House Group
Wolseley
WSH
Best talent management strategy
AmicusHorizon
Edinburgh City Council
Fujitsu
KFC
Best use of CSR in HR
Cisco
IHG
ITV
Health and wellbeing award
AmicusHorizon
London Overground Rail Operations Limited
Propellernet
Random House Group
Starcom MediaVest Group
Most effective benefits strategy
CSC
JP Morgan
Holiday Extras
Most effective recruitment and retention
Allied Bakeries
Carphone Warehouse
Life Technologies
LV=
One Vision Housing
Opus Energy
Most effective use of internal communications
Capital One
Cisco
Southeastern
Most innovative use of technology
Accenture
Birmingham City Council
DHL Express
TalkTalk
Most successful change management programme
Circle Group
Covea Insurance
Unilever
Outstanding employee engagement strategy
Cisco
DHL Express
Essex County Council
KFC
MBNA
Plantronics
Southeastern
Vaultex
Virtusa
The shortlist for the following categories will be unveiled soon:
HR rising star
Most people-focused CEO
HR director of the year
When will the winners be announced?
The winners are unveiled at the prestigious gala dinner and awards ceremony, taking place at the London Hilton on Park Lane on July 2. A black tie dinner attended by more than 500 HR professionals, enjoying a top class host, three course meal and of course celebrating the best in HR.
The awards ceremony is a night not to be missed, click here to find out more.
Follow @hrmagazine and keep checking www.hrexcellenceawards.co.uk for any further updates.
