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RECOGNISE. ACKNOWLEDGE. REWARD.

CELEBRATING THE CHAMPIONS OF SCOTTISH HR IN 2022

By Teresa Flannigan

The Hr NETWORK National Awards 2022 in partnership with Roffey Park Institute will celebrate 15 years of recognising, acknowledging and rewarding the champions of the Scottish HR profession this year.

The hugely anticipated annual awards gala dinner, anticipated to attract around 800 top HR & people industry professionals, will see the presentation of 15 Awards for a range of people, project and organisational categories and will take place at the hugely impressive Glasgow Hilton on Thursday 10th November 2022.

The Gala Dinner will be hosted once again by broadcaster and presenter Stephen Jardine, who has hosted the Gala Dinner since November 2007.

The nominations process for this year’s Hr NETWORK National Awards 2022 has now closed with nominations entered from all business sectors across Scotland, in all categories.

Table sales for this year’s Awards Gala Dinner are in extremely high demand as anticipated and organisations wishing to host a table of 10, are strongly advised to secure their table as soon as possible.

Introducing the Judging Panel for 2022

Julian Bell

Julian is a senior HR professional with over 20 years experience supporting business improvement through people-change programmes in many industries from blue chip, FMCG industries to, more recently, Private Equity funded growth companies. He recently became Global HRD for EC English, an English language training company with 27 schools in 8 countries across the globe. Julian started his career in Sales & Marketing with M&M/Mars confectionery in Slough but quickly “saw the light” and moved into HR and held a number of Business Partnering and European Internal Communication/ Engagement roles. He then returned to Scotland, working for Diageo in a number of UK, European & Global roles covering M&A, OD, Business Partnering, Talent Management and Resourcing. Staying in Food & Drink he then spent five years as HRD for Robert Wiseman Dairies and latterly, assisting the transition to Muller-Wiseman Dairies. In 2014 he became Director of Group HR for Redeem, a P/E backed, global provider of mobile phone recommercing services and sales before moving be CPO for Cloudreach, a P/E backed global cloud-enablement startup. Julian was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and holds a BSc in Economics from St Andrews University where he is a visiting lecturer in HR, and also met his wife, Pauline with whom he has three ballet dancing children and lives in Dollar.

Susan DeFazio

Susan is a recognised expert in strategic workforce planning, business growth and organisational effectiveness with 20+ years global experience. With a passion for empowering internal capabilities by making ‘the how’ possible for leaders and practitioners, as the founder of Be Future Ready Today, she acts as an advisor, coach, speaker, organisational health and strategic workforce planning expert. She is passionate about simplifying the world of work. Susan is a partner with The Human Capital Institute to deliver a well established and proven strategic framework that allows learners to advance their careers and prepare them to lead the future of HR. Prior to running her own consultancy, Susan lead and developed a Global Consulting Practice which was designed to help companies build strategic capabilities for workforce planning, transformation, business analytics and differentiated people practices.

John Ferguson

John is Founder and Managing Partner of John Ferguson Leadership Ltd a results-based leadership company with particular emphasis at Executive and Board levels. John is recognised as a specialist in strategy facilitation and enabling high performing teams. With over 25 years leadership development background, John is recognised for his wealth of international experience and practical insights to support clients to optimise their leadership and achieve their commercial organisational objectives for today and tomorrow. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors and Deputy Chair of a community service organisation.

Fiona Martin

Fiona is a highly experienced Chief Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry. Skilled in negotiation, business planning, coaching, environmental awareness, and business transformation, Fiona is a strong business development professional with a Post Graduate Diploma focused in Personnel Management from Glasgow Caledonian University.

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NATIONAL AWARDS 2022

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Learning & Development Award of the Year

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Search Consultancy provides recruitment solutions to organisations across all major industry sectors and they are absolutely committed to offering their sponsorship

Gala Dinner, Glasgow Hilton,Roffey Park Institute and support to identify, develop and recognise talent in each of their specialist areas. Working so closely with

Thursday 10th November 2022Hr NETWORK, they believe gives them incredible insight into the HR profession, your passions and your Based in the UK, Singapore and Ireland, Roffey Park Institute delivers high impact Leadership and Management Development, and Organisational challenges, and as an industry where so many clients are

For further details contact the Awards Planning Team on also candidates, where better to invest? Search HR is Development programmes and qualifications, as well Tel: 0131 625 3267 or email: awards@hrnetworkscotland.co.uk www.hrnetworkjobs.com one of 30 niche specialisms within their exceptional recruitment service offering as development and coaching for HR and HRD leaders and business partners. They improve leadership, management and organisational development performance and capability. They equip learners with For further information, please visit: 35 the skills, resilience and agility they need to navigate www.search.co.uk the change and uncertainty of today’s organisations. They also want to make the world of work a better place. So they are unapologetically and passionately HR Graduate of the Year people-focused, as they believe this is key to sustainable sponsored by: organisational performance.

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Brodies LLP is Scotland’s largest law firm. Home to more Leading Individuals than any other firm in Scotland, Brodies has 43 top tier rankings in the independent legal directories, including employment, where it has been regarded as a leader in the field for many years. The team consists of specialists in employment, immigration, pensions, health & safety, and remuneration & employee benefits. The team provides high-quality, innovative services to a wide variety of clients in the private and public sectors and is praised for its commerciality with personality. Its specialist lawyers apply common sense and practical, in-house experience to ensure delivery of relevant, high quality legal services, tailored to the needs of each client.

For further information, please visit:

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HR Project of the Year

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AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR

Benefits of sponsoring this category: By sponsoring this category, you are directly supporting the HR community in Scotland. Hr NETWORK has been committed to supporting HR professionals and those closely associated with this vibrant and energetic community for more than 14 years.

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Diversity & Inclusion Award of the Year

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Three is committed to creating an engaging and inclusive culture. Their Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Steering Committee – made up of volunteers from across their business – is making some great progress, aligning with the Race at Work Charter and the Talent Tech Charter, celebrating diverse calendar of events and ensuring their policies and processes support their people. They believe that being diverse and inclusive, with a strong sense of belonging is not only the right thing to do but it will make them a stronger and better business. And they’re committed to making it part of their very DNA.

For further information, please visit:

www.three.co.uk/

HR Business Partner of the Year

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Right Management from ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions has more than 40 years of expertise in the talent lifecycle, helping organisations ensure they have the right people, in the right place, at the right time. Their workforce solutions include outplacement, workforce career management, leader development, coaching and assessment. Right Management’s solutions blend high-tech and high-touch, providing the strategies and insights to ensure your workforce is equipped for the future, whilst empowering employees to take charge of their careers.

For further information, please visit:

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Employee Engagement Award of the Year

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AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR

Benefits of sponsoring this category: By sponsoring this category, you are directly supporting the HR community in Scotland. Hr NETWORK has been committed to supporting HR professionals and those closely associated with this vibrant and energetic community for more than 14 years.

For further information, please visit:

www.hrnetworkjobs.com/events/awards/

Organisational Development Award of the Year

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Based in the UK, Singapore and Ireland, Roffey Park Institute delivers high impact Leadership and Management Development, and Organisational Development programmes and qualifications, as well as development and coaching for HR and HRD leaders and business partners. They improve leadership, management and organisational development performance and capability. They equip learners with the skills, resilience and agility they need to navigate the change and uncertainty of today’s organisations. They also want to make the world of work a better place. So they are unapologetically and passionately peoplefocused, as they believe this is key to sustainable organisational performance.

For further information, please visit

www.roffeypark.ac.uk

Attraction & Resourcing Award of the Year

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Be-IT is Scotland’s largest independently owned technology and digital resourcing company. From their offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Belfast they support over 180 clients across the UK to source the hard to fill skills within technology. They are experts in their field and operate across 14 business sectors from start-ups, SMEs to blue chips and multinationals, and they’ve helped thousands of professionals find permanent, interim and contract roles across the full spectrum of IT, change, development and communications. So, if you’re looking to add to your technology or digital team, speak with the local experts.

For further information, please visit:

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Corporate Responsibility Award of the Year

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AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR

Benefits of sponsoring this category: By sponsoring this category, you are directly supporting the HR community in Scotland. Hr NETWORK has been committed to supporting HR professionals and those closely associated with this vibrant and energetic community for more than 14 years.

For further information, please visit:

www.hrnetworkjobs.com/events/awards/

Health & Wellbeing Award of the Year

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Love Your Employees is a platform to help employers improve employee wellbeing to help drive employee and company performance. Employers can score themselves across the five pillars of wellbeing (mental, financial, physical, career and social) and use this score to shape their reward, benefits and wellbeing support. Organisations can easily review their provisions online, arrange free reviews with independent consultants quickly and simply find support with no sales pressure. The wellbeing marketplace brings together established providers, consultants, tech-based services and more to make it easy to get inspiration and find new solutions. For further information, please visit:

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Best Employer/Workplace of the Year

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Seamless, flexible, and leading-edge applicant tracking systems – Jobtrain pioneered online recruitment technologies in 1999. They are regarded as the UK’s most innovative and client-focused ATS / Talent Acquisition Management Software provider and deliver solutions for SMEs up to Enterprise organisations. They are a trusted partner to organisations including, NHS Scotland, Cornerstone Care, Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports, Toshiba, Odeon Cinemas, Wheatley Housing Group and Scottish Canals. They enable you to manage the sourcing, assessment and hiring of the right people with minimum effort and maximum efficiency. This automation of recruitment administration frees up recruiters’ time to focus on the important elements of hiring – people and relationships.

For further information, please visit:

www.jobtrain.co.uk/home/talent-acquisitionsuite/?source=hr-network-scotland

HR Team of the Year

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Navigator is Scotland’s leading legal services practice specialising in Employment Law, Human Resources, Health & Safety, Data Protection, GDPR and Immigration Law. From their offices in the West End of Edinburgh, they support clients across the UK which operate across a broad spectrum of sectors. They provide legal advice, conduct employment law, health & safety and GDPR audits, write policies and procedures and represent at employment tribunal. They also write and deliver bespoke training and development sessions on a range of topics that can be tailored to your needs.

For further information, please visit:

www.navigatorlaw.co.uk

CEO of the YEAR

sponsored by:

AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR

Benefits of sponsoring this category: By sponsoring this category, you are directly supporting the HR community in Scotland. Hr NETWORK has been committed to supporting HR professionals and those closely associated with this vibrant and energetic community for more than 14 years.

For further information, please visit:

www.hrnetworkjobs.com/events/awards/

HR Director of the Year

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LHH exist to help people, teams and organisations find and prepare for what’s next. Their end-to-end HR solutions future-proof organisations and careers all over the world. Through Advisory, Career Transition & Mobility, Learning & Development and Recruitment Solutions, they enable transformation, and their job is never done because there’s always another tomorrow to prepare for. They make a difference to everyone they work with, and they do it with local expertise, backed by global infrastructure and industry-leading technology. LHH’s over 8,000 colleagues and coaches span 66 countries, working with more than 15,000 organisations, a majority of Fortune Global 500, and nearly 500,000 candidates each year. Together they address needs across the entire talent journey, helping organisations build their capabilities and individuals build brighter futures. There is a world of opportunity out there. Let’s get to work. LHH is a part of the Adecco Group, the world’s leading talent advisory and solutions company, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

For further information, please visit:

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Outstanding Contribution to Scottish HR

The Outstanding Contribution to Scottish HR Award is Scottish HR’s most prestigious award made to an individual who has an established history of distinguished service to the HR profession either as a practitioner, academic or consultant or may be someone who has successfully transcended different areas of the HR profession.

If you have any enquiries in relation to sponsorship or becoming a table host at he Gala Dinner at the Glasgow Hilton on Thursday 10th November 2022, please contact: Tel: 0131 625 3267 or email: awards@hrnetworkscotland.

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