2020 Winners

The 2020 HR Leadership & Management Awards were revealed on Wednesday, November 18th, 2020, in front of a live digital audience. View the winners below.

The standard of entries really impressed the judges and because the results were close, we also announced 2nd & 3rd places across selected categories.

VIEW THE 2020 SHORTLIST

Overall Excellence in HR

Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland

HR Leader 2020

RECIPIENT: Mark Redmond, Three UK & Ireland

View the full announcement

HR Team of the Year

WINNER

WaterWipes

2ND PLACE:

MSD Ireland

3RD PLACE:

Taxback Group

HR Manager of the Year

Gillian O'Sullivan - Irish Water

HR Rising Star of the Year

Ashleigh Martin - Clanwilliam Group

Best Employer Branding Programme

WINNER

MSD Ireland

2ND PLACE:

Beckman Coulter Ireland

3RD PLACE:

Coca-Cola HBC Ireland

Sponsored by:

Best Public Sector HR Initiative

WINNER

Irish Defence Forces

2ND PLACE:

Enterprise Ireland

3RD PLACE:

National Rehabilitation Hospital

Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy

WINNER

Beckman Coulter Ireland

2ND PLACE:

Ervia

3RD PLACE:

GlaxoSmithKline

Sponsored by:

Best Talent Management Strategy

Dalata Hotel Group

Best Workplace Diversity Strategy

WINNER

MSD Ireland

2ND PLACE:

Beckman Coulter Ireland

3RD PLACE:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Best Change Management Programme

WINNER

Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland

2ND PLACE:

Wipro Technologies

3RD PLACE:

Dublin City University

Sponsored by:

Best Recruitment Agency & HR Team Partnership

Approach People Recruitment Partnership

Most Effective Recruitment & Retention Strategy

WINNER

MSD Ireland

2ND PLACE:

Mercury

3RD PLACE:

Goodbody

Best Use of CSR in HR

Cornmarket

Best Learning & Development Strategy

WINNER

Goodbody

2ND PLACE:

Peninsula

3RD PLACE:

Depaul

Most Effective Rewards & Benefits Strategy

RSA Insurance Ireland

Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategy

WINNER

Obelisk

2ND PLACE:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

3RD PLACE:

Enterprise Ireland

Most Effective Use of Internal Communications

WINNER

Ervia

2ND PLACE:

Making a Difference - KPMG

3RD PLACE:

Bus Éireann

Most Innovative Use of Technology

WINNER

MANNOK

2ND PLACE:

Bus Éireann

3RD PLACE:

LinkedIn

Excellence in Education & Training

Tallaght University Hospital​