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2019 Shortlist

The HR Leadership & Management Awards 2020 shortlist of finalists has not yet been announced. View the 2019 shortlist below.

All 2020 entrants will be notified as to the status of their submissions in the weeks after the entry deadline date.

The winners will then be announced at the black tie gala awards ceremony which will be attended by hundreds of HR professionals.

Overall Excellence in HR

  • Tallaght University Hospital (winner)

HR Leader 2019

  • Liz Joyce, Central Bank of Ireland (recipient)

HR Team of the Year

  • Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport

  • Hermitage Medical Clinic

  • Irish Wheelchair Association

  • MSD Ireland

  • National HR Performance Unit, HSE

  • Three Ireland (winner)

HR Manager of the Year

  • Patricia Daly - The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

  • Nicola Dillon - St. Columcille's Hospital, Ireland East Hospital Group

  • Roseanne Killeen - Our Lady’s Hospital Navan, Ireland East Hospital Group

  • Claire McGrath - Google

  • Sinead O'Toole - Dalata Hotel Group (winner)

HR Rising Star of the Year

  • Fiona Culligan - Permanent TSB

  • Marcie Green - The Taxback Group (winner)

  • Lisa Harmer - Three Ireland

  • Aideen Hartnett - Aramex Ireland

  • Maura MacNally - Zurich Insurance

  • Andrew Magee - HSE

  • Shane O’Connor - Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport

Best Recruitment Agency & HR Team Partnership

  • Clark & Teagasc

  • Sigmar Recruitment & FS Managed Services (winner)

Best Employer Branding Programme

  • Ardmac

  • Glenveagh Properties

  • Vodafone Ireland (winner)

Best SME HR Initiative

  • Trūata

  • Voltedge Management

  • VOYA Organic Beauty (winner)

Best Public Sector HR Initiative

  • Health Service Leadership Academy - HSE

  • Introducing Agile Working – Ervia

  • People’s Needs Defining Change, Health Services Change Guide - HSE HR

  • Tallaght Hospital Heroes - Tallaght University Hospital

  • WALKways - Tallaght University Hospital (winner)

  • Workwell - Workplace Health & Wellbeing Unit, National HR, HSE

Best Talent Management Strategy

  • Ardmac

  • Aspire - Aura Holohan Group

  • Cadetship – Laya Healthcare

  • Goodbody

  • MSD Ireland (winner)

Best Workplace Diversity Strategy

  • MSD Ireland
  • Relaunch Your Career - Mastercard
  • Salesforce Ireland
  • Vodafone Ireland (winner)

Best Change Management Programme

  • People’s Needs Defining Change, Health Services Change Guide - HSE HR (winner)

  • Voltedge Management

Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy - Large Organisation

  • AbbVie Vitality

  • Actavo

  • GroupLife - The Taxback Group

  • HedgeServ

  • LIVE IT - MSD Ireland

  • Our Way to Wellbeing - Three Ireland (winner)

  • Salesforce Ireland

Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy

  • Digital Marketing Institute

  • Eversheds Sutherland

  • Goodbody (winner)

  • Tricel

  • VOYA Organic Beauty

  • WellFit - Aura Holohan Group

Best Use of CSR in HR

  • Aldi Ireland

  • Connecting Better Mental Health - Three Ireland

  • Taxback Give Back – The Taxback Group (winner)

Best Learning & Development Strategy

  • CBRE

  • Dalata Hotel Group

  • Goodbody

  • Health Service Leadership Academy - HSE (winner)

  • HedgeServ

Most Effective Rewards & Benefits Strategy

  • Glenveagh Properties

  • MSD Ireland

  • Takeda Ireland (winner)

Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategy

  • Career Spotlight - Bank of Ireland

  • Culture at the Core of Employee Engagement Excellence – Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group

  • Digital Marketing Institute

  • DPD Ireland (winner)

  • Employee Engagement Journey - Surmodics

  • HR Roadshow - Irish Wheelchair Association

  • Our Way - Three Ireland

  • Sports & Social, Bringing Us Together – Irish Life & Canada Life

Most Effective Use of Internal Communications

  • 30k30Days for Childline - Vodafone Ireland

  • Building your Future - Glenveagh Properties

  • Communicating Effectively in a Crisis - Lidl Ireland & Northern Ireland

  • Creating Employee Advocacy in a Crisis – Irish Water & Ervia (winner)

  • Delivering a Better Connected Life - Three Ireland

  • GroupTalk - The Taxback Group

  • HR Listen & Learn - Irish Wheelchair Association

  • MyALDI - Aldi Ireland

  • Strength in Balance - Version 1

Most Innovative Use of Technology

  • MyLearning - Abtran (winner)

  • The Use of Digital Learning In Safeguarding Children – Tusla

  • Voltedge Management

HR Supplier of the Year

  • CR Payroll Solutions

  • HireHive

  • Sigmar Recruitment (winner)

  • Umbrella Wellness

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