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HR Business Partner of the Year Award
The adviser leaders trust with their toughest people decisions.
About this category
This award recognises an HR business partner whose advice and partnership with senior leaders has made a measurable difference to the part of the business they support. Judges look for influence, commercial understanding and outcomes for people and the business.
Eligibility
Open to HR business partners and senior HR business partners in any sector.
Judging criteria
- Influence with leaders
- Commercial understanding
- Outcomes delivered
- Quality of advice
- Handling of complex issues
Qualitative criteria
- Trusted
- Challenging and practical
Metrics
- Engagement and retention in the client area
- Change delivered
- Casework outcomes and leader feedback
Additional criteria
Entries should include a concise case study of the HR work, supporting figures such as engagement, retention, absence, capability or cost, and, where possible, comments from leaders, managers or employees. Never include names or any detail that could identify an individual employee, especially in employee relations, wellbeing or casework examples: describe cases in anonymised terms and give results as percentages or ranges. Nothing in an entry is shared beyond the judging panel. Judges consider the size of the organisation and the HR team, so a one person HR function competes on equal terms with a large people directorate.
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