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This year’s finalists for the CIPD People Management Awards have been announced after judges considered a record number of entries. The awards, which acknowledge the valuable contribution that HR makes to the overall success and sustainability of organisations, this year include two new categories as well as the widening of the Michael Kelly Outstanding Student Award, which this year includes separate categories for foundation/intermediate and postgraduate students.A winner for each category and an overall winner will be chosen from the shortlist by our senior panel of judges in early September. The official announcement of the winners will take place at the Awards night on 17 October, to be celebrated in London at The Brewery.The shortlisted organisations will be hoping to emulate last year’s overall winner Amey, a leading UK public service infrastructure provider which demonstrated ingenuity and innovation in the rapid transformation of their HR function.Stephanie Bird, director of HR capability at the CIPD, said: “I am delighted by the record number of high quality entries received for this year’s awards and would like to thank all the organisations taking part for the excellent work they are doing in the development and management of people.“It was great to receive entries from a mixture of public sector and private sector organisations demonstrating the positive impact HR is having across different types of businesses. With such an excellent array of finalists I am proud to be a member of the CIPD People Management Awards winners judging panel and wish the best of luck to all those shortlisted.”
Full list of finalists:
Building HR capability• Fujitsu Services Limited • Hastings Direct • Infosys Technologies Ltd • Lincolnshire County Council • Magnox Ltd • The Riverside Group Change management • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • Magnox Ltd • Norbert Dentressangle Transport Services • Plymouth City Council • Republic • Sunderland City Council Corporate responsibility NEW• AXA PPP healthcare • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • E.ON UK • Marks & Spencer • RCT Homes • Royal Mail Group Employee engagement • Busaba Eathai • Coca-Cola • Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust• HM Revenue & Customs entry 2 • Richmond Housing Partnership • RSA Health and well-being• Antrim Borough Council • Atos • City of Edinburgh Council • Melin Homes Ltd • One Vision Housing • Provident Insurance plc HR innovation through technology • Birmingham City Council • Changeworknow Ltd • Jaguar Land Rover • The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (shortlisted for two initiatives) • World Careers Network Managing HR across boundaries NEW • Bupa • Dell • Infosys Technologies Ltd • Welsh Government • West Midlands (South) HIEC • William Grant and Sons Limited Michael Kelly Outstanding Student Award – Foundation and Intermediate-level NEW• Natalie Bourne - Circle Express Ltd • Hayley Brown - Big Lottery Fund • Lisa Joyce - One Vision Housing • Viv Rees - Lundbeck Ltd • Becky Shailer - Kent County Council Michael Kelly Outstanding Student Award - Postgraduate-level • Karen Bateman - D Young and Co LLP • Diane Dixon - Derwentside Homes Ltd. • Harry Gasiorski - Royal Mail Group • Claire Haywood - Norgren • Amy Selway - Transport for London • Naila Suleman - West Midlands Police Organisational learning• Isle of Man Constabulary • Harrods • HMV UK • London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games • Scottish Water • Steelite International plc Performance and reward• Cornwall Council • Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust • Tata Consultancy Services • Towry Services Ltd • Which? Ltd • William Grant and Sons Limited SME HR initiative of the year• Brown's Hotel • International Logistics Group • JustGiving • The Gap Partnership Limited • The Royal Society Talent attraction and management• Barclays Bank Plc • Boots UK • Cape Industrial Services Ltd • MITIE Group PLC • NHS London (Strategic Health Authority) • Serco