2023 Winners
Please see below the winners and finalists from the 2023 HR Leadership & Management Awards.
The winners were announced on Thursday, October 5th, at the Crown Plaza Santry, Dublin.
Overall Excellence in HR
WINNER:
Embedding a culture of flexibility - CluneTech
FINALISTS:
- Approach People Recruitment
- Compliance and Risks
- Embedding a culture of flexibility - CluneTech
- Embrace Equity Strategy - Trigon Hotels
- Evolve - Avolon
- HSE Career Hub
- ICON Global Rewards
- Implementation of a Successful Joint Industrial Council - Iarnród Éireann
- Pathways at Digital Marketing Institute
- Woodie's Great Places to Work Strategy
HR Leader 2023
RECIPIENT:
Gareth McGrane
Best Talent Management Strategy
WINNER:
Pathways at Digital Marketing Institute
FINALISTS:
- Catalyst – Bus Éireann
- Pathways at Digital Marketing Institute
Best Change Management Programme
WINNER:
Implementation of a Successful Joint Industrial Council - Iarnród Éireann
FINALISTS:
- Connecting the DoTs - Department of Transport
- Department of Health Culture Project
- Implementation of a Successful Joint Industrial Council - Iarnród Éireann
- One PTSB People and Culture - Permanent TSB
- Oriflame R&D Transition Programme
- Tusla Coaching Network
Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy
WINNER:
Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy - Compliance and Risks
FINALISTS:
- #Wellbeingworks - Fragomen Ireland
- Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy - Compliance and Risks
- Building a home for employee wellbeing - DPD Ireland
- Embedding a Culture of Health & Wellbeing - Iarnrod Éireann
- Prioritising Wellbeing in a Hybrid Environment - CluneTech
- SD Worx, formerly Intelligo
Best Use of CSR in HR
WINNER:
A CSR Programme created by our people, for our people - CluneTech Cares
FINALISTS:
- A CSR Programme created by our people, for our people - CluneTech Cares
- TY Programme Relaunch and other CSR activities - Department of Transport
Best Workplace Diversity Strategy
WINNER:
Embrace Equity Strategy - Trigon Hotels
FINALISTS:
- Best Workplace Diversity Strategy - McKesson
- Diversity & Inclusion Strategy - Woodie's
- Embrace Equity Strategy - Trigon Hotels
- First Derivative
- Inclusive Ireland - Fragomen Ireland
- National Council for the Blind Of Ireland
- Our DEI Stratgey brought to life through our people - Cpl
Most Innovative Use of Technology
WINNER:
Colleague Experience Strategy - Valeo Foods Ireland
FINALISTS:
- Automating Decision Making- The Project Foundry
- Colleague Experience Strategy - Valeo Foods Ireland
- Engaging and Hiring - VMware
- HR Automations - TELUS International Ireland
Most Effective Use of Internal Communications
WINNER:
Woodie's
FINALISTS:
- Cpl
- Internal Communications Evolution - Department of Transport
- Voices of Valeo - Valeo Foods Ireland
- Woodie's
Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategy
WINNER:
Woodie's Great Places to Work Strategy
FINALISTS:
- Effective Employee Engagement - Carton House, A Fairmont Managed Hotel
- Employee Engagement - Mater Private Network
- Empowering our people to shape our culture - CluneTech
- Gleneagle Hotel
- McKesson's Employee Engagement Strategy
- National Council for the Blind of Ireland
- SD Worx, formerly Intelligo
- Woodie's Great Places to Work Strategy
Most Effective Rewards & Benefits Strategy
WINNER:
ICON Global Rewards
FINALISTS:
- ICON Global Rewards
- McKesson Total Rewards
- Rewards Strategy - Approach People Recruitment
- SD Worx, formerly Intelligo
Most Effective Recruitment & Retention Strategy
WINNER:
Retention Strategy - Approach People Recruitment
FINALISTS:
- A Career Built around You - Bus Éireann
- Gleneagle Hotel
- Recruitment Re-Defined – Using our bespoke Liquid Methodology to inspire and influence human behaviour – CPM Ireland
- Retention Strategy - Approach People Recruitment
- Tusla Recruit Return to Practice Social Work Permanent Employment Initiative
Best Employer Branding Programme
WINNER:
Woodie's
FINALISTS:
- VMware
- Woodie's
Best Flexible Working Strategy
WINNER:
Embedding a culture of flexibility - CluneTech
FINALISTS:
- Adapting Workplaces, Empowering Lives – Voltedge Management
- Embedding a culture of flexibility - CluneTech
- McKesson's Future of Work Strategy
- Pobal Blended Working Strategy
- Putting Our People First - Tusla
Graduate Training Programme of the Year
WINNER:
Capital Markets Training Programme (CMTP) - First Derivative
FINALISTS:
- BUILDING A TALENT PIPELINE - PTC Therapeutics
- Capital Markets Training Programme (CMTP) - First Derivative
- Fota Island Resort and The Kingsley
- Graduate Programme - Circet
- Green and Growth - Bus Éireann
- Permanent TSB
Best Workplace Award
WINNER:
Avolon
FINALISTS:
- Avolon
- DeCare
- SD Worx, formerly Intelligo
HR Team of the Year
WINNER:
Chadwicks Group
FINALISTS:
- Chadwicks Group
- Dublin Midlands Hospital Group
- HR Division - Department of Transport
- HR Team - NIBRT
- Northern Trust
- OnePTC OneHR - PTC Therapeutics
- People Team - First Derivative
- Woodie's
HR Manager of the Year
WINNER:
Helen McDowell - First Derivative
FINALISTS:
- Dylan Loughlin - Copacetic Business Solutions
- Hege Sollie Zetlmayer - PTC Therapeutics
- Helen McDowell - First Derivative
- Nicola O'Sullivan - Kerry Diocesan Youth Service
HR Rising Star of the Year
WINNER:
Donal Hurley - Cyara
FINALISTS:
- Donal Hurley - Cyara
- Mairead McCormack - Chadwicks Group
Best Public Sector HR Initiative
WINNER:
HSE Career Hub
FINALISTS:
- 'uStart' Tusla's Online Induction Resource
- Capability Redefined - Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
- Department of Health Culture Project
- HSE Career Hub
- Tusla Recruit Graduate Permanent Employment Initiative
Best Learning & Development Strategy
WINNER:
Evolve - Avolon
FINALISTS:
- BUILDING A STRENGTH BASED CULTURE - PTC Therapeutics
- Circet Mentoring Programme
- Education in a Learning and Development Strategy - DPD Ireland
- Evolve - Avolon
- Pathways Programme at the Digital Marketing Institute
- Strength In Balance Leaders - Version 1