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Benefits of Applying
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.
SMALL BUSINESSES
If you're the owner of a business that doesn't have a professional HR staff, you already know that workforce management tasks can be frustrating and time-consuming. That's why participation in the HR Excellence Awards program is so valuable. The application process gives you a comprehensive self-assessment of your organization's current practices. The feedback process gives you access to the area's top human resources experts whose guidance will help you develop new and better ways of responding to the most common people-related problems. Here are just a few examples:
You can't keep employees. As soon as you hire and train employees, they're giving their notice. How can you stop the bleeding?
You have morale problems. Remember that one bad apple? He's working for you. How can you keep employees with attitude from hijacking your entire workforce?
Your business is changing. Competitors are moving in and they're offering lower prices. How can you rely on your workforce to help you compete?
You suspect you have compliance issues. You've watched other business owners make mistakes with payroll, hiring or terminations that have ended up costing them big. How can you avoid the same traps?
Participation in the HR Excellence Awards program will:
Show you how to identify profitability leaks caused by turnover, performance problems and morale issues, and to minimize the risks of non-compliance.
Give you new ways to solve people-related problems that have always seemed like an unavoidable cost of doing business.
Reveal whether your organization might be ready for a professional human resources function and, if so, give you the direction you need to get one started.
You'll also get a detailed feedback report prepared by the panel of examiners and three complimentary seats at the fall Best Practices workshop.
LARGE BUSINESSES
Participation in the HR Excellence Awards program gives you a great way to assess your current human resources function and evaluate their results. The application process gives you a comprehensive self-assessment of your organization's current practices, while the feedback process answers questions that many executives ask:
How do you define excellence in HR practices?
How do I know if my HR initiatives are focusing on the right things?
How do I measure the results of my HR staff?
How do the world's best companies run their HR organization?
Participation in the HR Excellence Awards program will answer these questions -- and more. It will also help fine-tune your company's HR systems and processes, prepare you to face any future challenge and give you:
A comprehensive HR audit. You'll learn how your firm's HR programs and processes stack up against benchmarks of excellence and you'll know what to do to improve.
Reconnaissance. You'll get feedback about how your HR processes stack up against your top competitors in the talent marketplace.
New ideas. You'll get exposure to best practices in the HR field and learn how to apply them in your organization.
You'll also get a detailed feedback report prepared by the panel of examiners and three complimentary seats at the fall Best Practices workshop.
BENEFITS FOR ALL APPLICANTS
All applicants will receive:
Recognition at the annual award luncheon.
A detailed feedback report prepared by the panel of examiners.
Company listing in the annual luncheon invitation.
Three complimentary seats at the fall Best Practices workshop.
BENEFITS TO HR EXCELLENCE AND FACET AWARD WINNERS
Winner(s) will be recognized at the HR Excellence Award luncheon on June 12, 2008. Attending winner representatives will receive specially placed seating.
A slide show featuring company photography will be shown during HR Excellence Award luncheon
Winner(s) will be recognized in press releases sent to local media, including photographs.
Winner(s) will receive recognition at a monthly MT|SHRM membership meeting.
The HR department of each winning organization will receive an engraved award in recognition of their achievement.
Winning organizations will receive a special logo recognizing them as an HR Excellence awardee to use in their marketing and recruiting.
Award winners will receive feedback and results of their HR program evaluation based on information submitted.
Winning companies will have the opportunity to lead a follow-up "Best Practices" program in fall 2008.
A representative of the winning organizations may be asked to serve on the panel of examiners for the 2009 HR Excellence Awards.
To the HR Professional
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? Are you looking for a way to demonstrate that you deserve a seat at the table?
The HR Excellence Awards program can help. Whether you're a top HR executive who wants to see how your programs compare to industry rivals, or a lone HR professional serving a small organization, participation will benefit you. In fact, it may be a career-enhancing move! By guiding your company through the application and evaluation process, you are sending a clear message to line executives:
You're proactive. Dedicated to continuous improvement, you're constantly scanning the horizon for anything that will make your HR initiatives more effective.
You're strategic. You're a big-picture thinker who is eager to help your executive team anticipate the people-related implications of every operational decision.
You care about the bottom line. Your dedication to getting results motivates you to hold your programs up for examination by the area's leading HR experts.
Do it For the Feedback or Do it to Win
Whether your company is shooting to win an HR Excellence Award or a Facet Award, or you're in it strictly for the feedback, the important thing is to apply. The application process benefits you every step of the way.
1. Get your application. The application deadline has already passed for the 2008 HR Excellence Awards. Look for the 2009 application to be available in fall 2008.
2. Attend the informational meeting to get your application, learn more about the process and network with like-minded business and HR leaders. Click here for more information.
3. Attend both HR Excellence Award Criteria workshops. You'll learn how HR excellence is defined and measured and learn about the criteria that will be used to evaluate your company. You may even pick up a few best practices that you can use right away. Click here for more information.
4. Complete your application. The application deadline has already passed for the 2008 HR Excellence Awards. Look for the 2009 application to be available in fall 2008.
5. Get your feedback from the panel of experts in late May.
6. Attend the HR Excellence Awards Luncheon on June 12. Visit the MT|SHRM online event calendar for details as they are established.
7. Attend the HR Excellence Best Practices Workshop in the fall. Date and time are TBA; visit the MT|SHRM online event calendar for details as they are established.
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