HR Excellence Awards: Asia’s best L&D accomplishments wanted

Embedding professional growth in strategic workforce planning requires vision, long-term analysis, and reliable systems. Those who have shown incredible dedication in developing top talent and leaders will be recognised at the HR Excellence Awards, Asia's only regional awards recognising and celebrating excellence in outstanding human capital strategy. The winners of the Excellence in Leadership Development award and the Excellence in Learning & Development award will be unveiled in Kuala Lumpur on 4 October and in Singapore on 12 October.

Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor of Human Resources magazine, said that the Excellence in Leadership Development award is for L&D programmes that go beyond traditional elements while the Excellence in Learning & Development will shortlist efforts that truly amplified the organisation’s bottom line. “The HR teams that will bag these accolades are those that prioritise the welfare and future of their employees, positioning them as the top companies to work for in the region.”

Last year in Singapore, BNP Paribas was declared the gold prize winner of the Excellence in Learning & Development award at the HR Excellence Awards in Singapore. ANZ Banking Group came second with the silver award while Nanyang Technological University landed on the third spot with the bronze award. For the Excellence in Leadership Development award, telecommunications firm Singtel received the gold award. BASF and BNP Paribas shared the silver prize while Amcor grabbed the bronze prize.

HR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016 - SINGAPORE: EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
	2015	2016
Gold	Unilever	BNP Paribas
Silver	BNP Paribas	ANZ Banking Group
Bronze	ANZ Banking Group	Nanyang Technological University

 

HR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016 - SINGAPORE: EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
	2015	2016
Gold	Unilever	Singtel
Silver	Yahoo	BASF BNP Paribas
Bronze	Mitsubishi	Amcor

Meanwhile in Malaysia, the HR Excellence Awards last year announced the consumer goods company Unilever as the recipient of the gold prize for the Excellence in Learning & Development award, followed by Coca-Cola and CIMB for the silver prize and Federal Express for the bronze prize.

Meanwhile, CIMB climbed to the top under the Excellence in Leadership Development award. Unilever took home the silver award and INTI International University & Colleges went home with the bronze prize.

HR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016 - MALAYSIA: EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
	2015	2016
Gold	Lumileds	Unilever
Silver	UMW Corporation	Coca Cola
Bronze	Media Prima	Federal Express

 

HR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016 - MALAYSIA: EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
	2015	2016
Gold	UMW Corporation	CIMB
Silver	Media Prima	Unilever
Bronze	British American Tobacco	INTI International University

 

“The Excellence in Leadership Development and the Excellence in Learning & Development awards will reveal the best practices of organisations that genuinely value the roles of people in driving business growth,” said Nikita Erpini, regional producer at Human Resources magazine. “The HR Excellence Awards jury will not only look into the elements of each programme but also the teamwork and leadership behind its execution.”

With 25 categories this year, the HR Excellence Awards invites all HR organisations, whether privately-owned, government, or NGOs to submit their entries. They can send entries based on this year’s categories, such as HR strategy, compensation & benefits, learning & development, HR technology, employee engagement, diversity, employer branding, leadership development and many more.

The HR Excellence Awards 2017 entries will be judged by over 50 seasoned regional heads of HR from around Asia, making the HR Excellence Awards the only HR awards in Asia based on a peer review system. Companies represented on the HR Excellence Awards jury are some of the most respected Fortune 500 organisations and some of the biggest employers in Asia.

Past HR Excellence Awards winners are a who’s who of the most respected HR teams in Asia – American Express, ANZ, Astro, British American Tobacco, Country Heights Holdings, DBS Bank, HIS Global, Human Resource Development Fund, Inland Revenue Board - Malaysia, IPG Mediabrands, Leaderonomics, Lumileds, Madison Communications, Manulife, Maybank, Media Prima, Mindvalley, Mitsubishi, National Environment Agency, Schneider Electric, Sime Darby Holdings, Singtel, UMV Corporation, Unilever, Venture Corporation and many more have all proudly accepted HR Excellence Awards trophies over the year.

For more information on the HR Excellence Awards, to review the award categories and the judging panel and to download the entry kit, please visit www.hrexcellenceawards.asia or contact:

- For Singapore: Renamel Torres, renamelt@humanresourcesonline.net, +65 6423 0329- For Malaysia: Hemalatha Siranjeevi, hemalathas@humanresourcesonline.net, +65 6423 0329