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Tips for entering HR or People Development Team of the Year Award
24 January, 2024 | by Natalie Fresen
Considering entry to The People in Retail Awards 2024? Here are 5 tips to showcase your people-centric excellence:
To submit an entry for the People Development Team of the Year at the People in Retail Awards 2024 is an opportunity to shine a light on the exceptional commitment of your HR team in fostering the growth and development of employees within the retail sector.
This accolade (won by The Perfume Shop in 2023), celebrates teams that go above and beyond in creating a thriving learning culture, inspiring personal and collective achievements, and ultimately contributing significantly to the success of their organisations.
Tips for submitting an outstanding entry for this category:
- Showcase tangible impacts on employee development: Provide concrete examples and success stories that illustrate how your team has empowered employees to enhance their skills, competencies, and advance in their careers. Highlight measurable impacts, such as promotions, increased performance, or career progression resulting directly from your team’s initiatives.
- Demonstrate adaptability to learning trends: Outline how your team has embraced new training methods, technologies, and the latest trends in employee development. Showcase your commitment to staying current in the field by detailing specific instances where your team successfully adapted to emerging learning trends, ensuring that your programs are innovative, relevant, and effective.
- Highlight initiatives for a fulfilling work experience: Provide a comprehensive overview of the initiatives your team has implemented to create a fulfilling work experience for employees. Share insights into development programs that have positively influenced employee feedback, participation, morale, and retention. Use testimonials and quantitative data to emphasise the direct impact of your initiatives on the overall employee experience.
- Illustrate collaborative efforts and team impact: Emphasise the collaborative nature of your team’s efforts. Showcase instances where your team worked collaboratively with other departments or teams within the organisation to enhance the overall employee development ecosystem. Highlight how your team’s initiatives have contributed to a positive and collaborative organisational culture.
- Quantify success: Where possible, quantify the success of your team’s initiatives. Use data and metrics to support your achievements, whether it’s increased employee engagement scores, higher participation rates in development programs, or improvements in retention rates. Quantifiable results provide a compelling narrative of your team’s impact.
We can’t’ wait to receive your entry.
