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HR Excellence Awards

Middle Tennessee SHRM Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce


2009 applications are now available!
Click here to download the 2009 HR Excellence Award application ().

What are the HR Excellence Awards?
The HR Excellence Awards program recognizes organizations in the Nashville area with outstanding human resources programs. Click here to learn more about the program and its objectives.

What is the timeline for the HR Excellence Awards?
  • October 1, 2008: 2009 HR Excellence and Facet Award applications available
  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008: HR Excellence Application Informational Meeting
  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009: HR Excellence Application Informational Meeting (repeated)
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009: Application period closes
  • June 2009: HR Excellence Awards Luncheon

    Why should my company enter?
    The HR Excellence program is more than just an awards competition. It offers real benefits to every company that enters.

    The HR Excellence Awards program recognizes organizations with outstanding human resources programs. But don't think you need to have an outstanding HR program -- or any HR program -- to apply. If you want to leverage the power of your workforce to help you reach your business goals, the HR Excellence Awards program is for you.

    While many prominent Nashville-area companies participate for the prestige of winning top honors, many more businesses -- large and small -- participate in order to learn about best practices and reap the benefits of feedback, guidance and support. Participation gives you access to advice, inspiration and tools that will empower you to overcome even the toughest employment, retention, compensation and workplace quality challenges.

    The HR Excellence Awards program does more than just celebrate companies with the best HR programs. It helps companies build outstanding HR programs. It can take your people management programs from non-existent to good -- or from good to great. The end result? High profits, lower costs, less risk and fewer headaches.

    Benefits for companies of every size: Whether you're running a small business with just a few employees, a multi-national corporation with thousands on the payroll, or something in between, participation in the HR Excellence Awards program will benefit your organization. Click here to find out how.

    Two levels of awards: The HR Excellence Awards program consists of two independent award programs. Click here to see which program is right for your company.

    Attention, HR professionals: Are you looking for a way to confirm that your initiatives are adding value and getting results? Do you want top executives to develop a better understanding of the strategic role you play in your organization? The HR Excellence Awards can help you get a seat at the table. Click here for details.

    Enter today. Whether your company is aiming to win, or you're in it strictly for the feedback, the important thing is to apply. Click here for an overview of the application timeline. Click here to download the 2009 HR Excellence Award application ().

    Get more details at information sessions and criteria workshops offered at no cost to participants. Click here to see the schedule.

    Who won in the past? Click here to see a list of past winners. Click here to read the press release about last year's winners.

    For more information about the HR Excellence Awards program, please e-mail hrexcellence@nashvillechamber.com.

    Sponsored by:

    Humana Lee Hecht Harrison Ogletree Deakins