HR Rising Star of the Year Award

TASCHA HERMANN

Tascha launched Green Grass Consulting in 2012 after spotting the need for a recruitment experience that didn’t leave clients pulling at their hair. From day one, Tascha vowed to take every client and every candidate seriously – no matter how big or small. Surrounded by her strong and loyal team, Tascha is bringing more and more top people together with the right roles, and earns high praise from her clients across South Africa. Tascha, YOU are the Rising Star of 2017!

HR Hall of Fame Award

JEANETT MODISE

Jeanett has been Santam’s much loved Executive Head of HR since 2014. She also serves as Non-Executive Director for Indwe Broker Holdings. Previous roles have seen her shine at SAP Africa, AngloGold Ashanti, IDC and Mutual & Federal. Amongst many, many other achievements, Jeanett has been a Non-Executive Director for Save the Children SA. A qualified Nurse and Midwife, her impressive academics include an MBL, B.Com & MDP (Unisa), SEP and AMP. Throughout all of her years as a high-achiever, Jeanett has remained  the ultimate embodiment of a true people-leader: empathic, wise, humble and down to earth. Congratulations and welcome to the Future of HR Hall of Fame, Jeanett Modise.

HR Leader of the Year Award

Sponsored by Thomas International

DIRUSHA GANAPATHY JUTA

Dirusha’s many previous accolades attest to her extraordinary charisma and passion. At IBM, she was awarded for her contribution to a Global HR transformation project. She was awarded Group Services Excellence Award at Africa Bank for setting a new standard of HR excellence. Her most recent accolade, in February this year, saw Dirusha awarded by the World HRD Congress as one of the “100 Most Influential Global HR Professionals.”

She is a respected member of COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of SA), the Institute of People Management and the South African Career Development Association. Motivated by a desire to make a difference and a game-changing contribution to the HR industry, Dirusha recently set up an HR and Life- Coaching Consultancy, Beyond Transform,  aimed at addressing the fundamental HR gaps identified during her own corporate career. Dirusha is truly a key thought leader in redefining the Future of HR for all of us.

HR Rising Star of the Year

Beth McBride – Toll Global Forwarding – Freight Logistics

Dirusha Ganapathy Juta – Beyond Transform –

Kamoho Mofokeng – Thabo Mofutsanyana Education District – Education and Training

Khuselwa Mtetwa – ALCM Solutions – Information Technology

Lee Watts – Travel Start – Travel and Tourism

Mafeto Mailula – Eskom – Energy Sector

Phillip Tshikotshi – Aegis Outsourcing South Africa – Telecommunication Services

Tascha Hermann – Green Grass Consulting – IT Services

Tim Barry – African Heart Celtic Soul Consultancy – Recruitment

HR Leader of the Year

sponsored by

Carol Weaving – Reed Exhibitions -Exhibition & Conference Facilities

Dirusha Ganapathy Juta – Beyond Transform – Consulting

Francois Wilbers – Work Dynamics – Business Support Services

Geraldine Mokgethi – Mustek Ltd – ICT

Gerhard Fouché – Aspen Pharmacare – Health

Heather Swinerd – Accountability – Legal Services

Loueen Jones – Otis a United Technologies Company – ICT

Nina SternBerg – Home of Living Brands – Retail

Taryn Macus – Imperial Holdings – Transport & Logistics

Teryl Schroen – Accsys – Software

Thomas Mphahlele – Umsinsi Health Care – Health

Trevor van Wyk – Pioneer Foods – Food Processsing Groups

Verna Robson – Sun International – Gaming and Leisure

Hall of Fame

Adam Craker – IQ Business – IT Sector

Bertina Engelbrecht – Clicks Group – Retail / Pharmaceutical

Celeste Sirin – Employer Branding South Africa – Consulting and Training

Jeanett Modise – Santam – Financial Sector

Jules Newton – Avocado Vision – Skills Development

Employer of Choice: Large Organisations

This award recognises the best large organisation – with a turnover greater than R35-million – to work for in South Africa. At the core of any great organisation is an HR department whose innovative approach creates a productive and enjoyable place to work. As an employer of choice, your reputation will precede you and talented individuals will seek you out as their chosen place to work. That’s the first goal of any effective recruitment strategy – to be the employer of choice to superior employees.

Employer of Choice: Public Sector Organisations

This award recognises the best Public Sector organisation to work for in South Africa. Key for ensuring delivery of services is an HR department whose innovative values create a productive environment and play a major policy role in establishing norms and standards for the Public Service. These policies ensure that service-delivery mechanisms, integrated systems and access, human resources, institutional development and governance initiatives are responsive to the needs of the country’s citizens.

Employer of Choice: Small to Medium Organisations

This award recognises the best small-to-medium-sized organisation (with a turnover between R5 – R35-million) to work for in South Africa. The Employer of Choice must show how they have implemented HR policies to retain and enrich the employee experience in the company.

Best Learning and Development Strategy

This award recognises and celebrates the HR team that has delivered the most outstanding organisational benefits by directly linking the training and skills development of their employees to the business needs of their organisation. The organisation must demonstrate an investment in the development of employees across the entire organisation through coaching, mentoring and upskilling.

Best Workplace: Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

This award highlights the employee engagement strategy that has made the most impact on employee morale and performance across an organisation; taking into consideration the inclusion of history, types and variety of programmes and activities used for employee engagement. Organisations in this category must show innovative strategies implemented within the last year and the impact of employee engagement on retention rates.

Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy

This award recognises excellence in the area of corporate health and wellbeing. The entrant should show commitment to employee health and wellbeing; discuss awareness policies and programmes for employee health and wellbeing; outline future programmes planned to enhance and improve health and wellness for employees; and demonstrate a recorded impact on employee productivity and retention.

Best HR Team of the Year

This coveted award recognises the year’s most outstanding HR team for its collaborative approach to the HR function as a whole, its innovative and successful strategic plan, and its successful methods for marketing and communication, recruitment and change management. Key to this category: the demonstration of outstanding operational and financial performance; a well-rounded and integrated HR team; excellence in talent acquisition, leadership and development; achievements in staff health and wellness; benefits and administrative.programmes that enhance and improve the job satisfaction of employees; demonstrable recorded impact on employee productivity and retention.

Best HR Industry Innovation Using Technology

This award honours excellence in businesses where activities best demonstrate a proven ability to develop creative and insightful practices that improve the performance of the organisation by using technology and create a significant impact on the work environment. The award identifies excellence in the area of human capital technology as applied by an in-house HR team.