Introduction
It is now well established that effective HR strategies have a real and quantifiable impact on organisational success across all sectors; public, private and not for profit.
Our aim in organising these prestigious Awards is to identify the best current examples of HR excellence while recognising and rewarding the hard work and ingenuity that went into them. The Awards also facilitate the development of benchmarks that others can apply, thus creating a dynamic for the continued growth and development of HRM in Ireland.
I would like to thank our partner in the Awards, Watson Wyatt, for again lending their passion and support to the initiative. We would also like to thank our other sponsors for joining us in this celebration of good practice human resource management.
We are deeply honoured to have such a distinguished panel of judges, all of them outstanding leaders in their respective fields. Their willingness to contribute so much time and effort underpins the importance of effective people management and development practices in today’s complex, knowledge driven society.
What better way to be recognised for your efforts in working at the cutting edge of HRM than to be acknowledged by your professional peers as being amongst the very best.
We look forward to this year’s Awards with a sense of excitement and expectation. Do please enter so that you too can be a winner.
Michael McDonnell
Director CIPD in Ireland
