HR Rising Star of the Year Award

Sponsored by SABC

LEE WATTS – TRAVELSTART

Lee Watts is the recruitment and people analytics manager for online travel company Travelstart, where he’s really … taking off.

Future of HR Hall of Fame Award

DR NCEBA  NDZWAYIBA – NETCARE

Dr. Ndzwayiba is Netcare’s Head of Transformation and People Development. He is known as a leader who truly cares for his people.

Pictured with McDonalds SA CEO Greg Solomon.

HR Leader of the Year Award

PHILLIP TSHIKOTSHI – AEGIS OUTSOURCING

Associate Vice President & Head of HR for Aegis, Phillip has won several global awards in his career before taking this trophy. Outstanding!

HR Rising Star of the Year

• Lee Watts – Travel Start
• Beverley Rosan – Work Dynamics
• Praveshan Naidoo – E-Waste
• Cedrick Diphoko – DNA Brand Architects
• Nkonya Magdeline Makgalemele – Lotshephe Development Engineers

HR Leader of the Year

• Teresa Badenhorst – Ricoh
• Basetsana Magano – Phetogo Consulting
• Phillip Tshikotshi – Aegis Outsourcing
• Ogotlhe Satekge – Transnet
• Shanitha Singh – METSO
• Shadrack Mbaiwa – Builders Warehouse
• Gerhard Fouche – Aspen Pharmacare
• Nikhil Dabhole – Tata Consultancy Services
• Carol Weaving – Reed Exhibitions

Hall of Fame Award

• Benedicta Mahlangu-Durcan – Saldanha Bay IDZ
• Nceba Ndzwayiba – Netcare
• Gerhard Fouche – Aspen Pharmacare
• Dirusha Ganapathy Juta – Beyond Transform
• Hawa Charfaray – Training Excellence
• Keitumetse Lebaka – Cathsseta

CEO of the Year

• Francois Wilbers – Work Dynamics
• Maphefo Anno-Frempong – Transport Education Training Authority
• Jonathan Goldberg – Global Business Solutions
• Basetsana Magano – Phetogo Consulting
• Devon Moonsamy – ICHAF Training Institute
• Jacqueline Pillay – Jasjian

Employer of Choice: Large Organisations

This award recognises the best big companies to work for in South Africa. At the core of any great organisation is an HR department whose innovative values create a productive and enjoyable place of work. As an employer of choice, your reputation precedes you and jobseekers view you as a desirable place to work. That’s the first goal of any effective recruitment strategy – to be a 1st choice employer for top talent.

Aim to demonstrate:

• A fulfilling workplace environment that brings out the full potential of the workforce.
• Effective recruitment, engagement and retention of superior employees.
• Low rate of staff turnover.

Employer of Choice: Small to Medium Organisations

This award recognises the best small-to-medium-sized organisation (annual revenue R5 – R35-million) to work for in South Africa. Organisations must show how they have implemented effective HR policies that have enriched the employee experience and attracted top people to the organisation.

Aim to demonstrate:

• Achievements in areas such as organisational culture and leadership; employee education, training & development; employee health, safety & satisfaction; Evidence of performance management and employee recognition.
• Low rate of staff turnover.

Employer of Choice: Public Sector Organisations

This award recognises the best Public Sector organisation to work for. Key to any efficient Public Sector entity is an HR department whose innovative values create a productive, happy environment – because this plays a major policy role in establishing standards of excellence in response to South Africans’ service delivery needs.

Aim to demonstrate:

• High rate of efficiency, testifying to employees’ motivation.
• The calibre of people working for you.
• A culture of staff development and advancement.
• Low rate of staff turnover.

Best Learning and Development Strategy

This award recognises and celebrates the HR team, HR-strong organisation or employee learning service provider, that has delivered impressive outcomes by maximising the training and skills development of employees, with positive business results. “Learning and Development” can encompass coaching, mentoring programmes, bursaries, internships, e-learning, etc.

Aim to demonstrate:

• The effectiveness of your learning strategies or solutions in upskilling employees.
• The cost-effectiveness of your strategies or solutions.
• Their positive impact on both employee motivation and business performance.

2018 Technology Champion – Organisation

This category’s trophy will go to a company that has fully embraced digital disruption and motivated its employees to do the same, by evolving its workplace culture to become rich in the use of innovative technology; including “smart office” systems, cloud-based worksharing solutions; cutting-edge conferencing technology, digital learning opportunities for staff, etc.

Aim to demonstrate:

• An innovation-driven workplace environment, drawing on a variety of technological solutions.
• Significant level of capital invested in technology within the last 1-2 years.
• Improved business performance due to the successful integration of your human and tech capital.

2018 Technology Champion – HR Team

This award goes to an HR team that is using the latest HR-specific technology to greatest effect – making it a highly responsive and effective HR department. The result: a higher staff retention rate and effective talent acquisition; improved engagement with staff; efficient HR processes and high staff satisfaction levels.

Aim to demonstrate:

• High levels of efficiency.
• Consistent staff engagement.
• Particular tech solutions you have introduced, with positive outcomes.
• Improved departmental cost-efficiency.

Social Media Talent Sourcing Award

59% Of employees say that their company’s social media played a role in them taking the job. The winning organisation, recruitment company or HR team will be deploying a variety of social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+, etc.) to source and acquire industry-best talent.

The judges want to know about more than acquisition numbers; they will also consider the size of entrants’ online communities, as well as the use of social media tools such as targeted post-boosting, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Conversion Tracking; and Google Analytics.

Aim to demonstrate:

• An effective social media-recruitment strategy – and the results thereof.
• High levels of inbound enquiries due to an extensive social media reach.

HR Tech Service Provider of the Year

This award looks for innovative South African service providers that create and distribute HR technology solutions to clients in business or government – for example, payroll software solutions or user-friendly digital HR platforms for employees. Enter now if you can showcase cost-effective tech solutions that you have provided to clients, to boost their HR function’s impact and efficiency.

Aim to demonstrate:

• Examples where your South-African-made tech solutions have had an effective, positive impact on the HR function of a client company.
• Plans to evolve or expand your offering going forward.

Corporate Wellness Champion

The winner of this category will show sustained commitment to, and investment in, employee health and wellbeing. The Judges will look for awareness campaigns or programmes focused on employee health and wellness; and a corresponding positive impact on attendance and productivity. The scope is broad: examples might range from in-office wellness classes to rest rooms, healthy catering, flexitime or natural light and aeration.

Aim to demonstrate:

• Examples of successful awareness campaigns or workplace health & wellness programmes.
• Decreased absenteeism.
• Improved employee wellness, motivation and productivity.

HR Consultancy of the Year

An “HR Consultancy of the Year” candidate is defined as an independent service provider contracted by clients, on an ad hoc or project basis, to advise on or oversee change management, improvements to HR processes, or one-on-one engagement with employees as a diplomatic and impartial resource.

Aim to demonstrate:

• Expertise in change management and human capital strategy.
• Past track record or history of successes in HR consulting, to international standards.
• Examples of ad hoc or project work for clients that has resulted in the expected outcomes.
• Testimonial material from clients may form part of your submission.