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By Sue Mennell (27-06-2007)
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The TJ Awards, a programme of awards which recognises excellence in learning and development, were presented in a ceremony which took place after the TJ Conference at The Commonwealth Centre in London on Tuesday.
Entry numbers were up nearly 40 per cent on last year, with a particularly high number of entries in the categories for public sector, small and large commercial initiatives, externally delivered programmes, change management and customer service.
The panel of judges responsible for deciding on the merits of the applications and choosing the eleven winners were Richard Barkey, Sarah Cook, Kimberley Hare, David Laughrin and Gladeana McMahon.
Best Public Sector Initiative
Supported by Skill Boosters, this category was open to government departments, the NHS, local authorities and housing associations and was aimed at L&D initiatives that had made substantial contributions to organisational success, either in general terms or with reference to a specific project or innovation.
The winner was Diane Gowland of Newham College.
Not-for profit Initiative
This category was sponsored by Conference Centres of Excellence. Here the judges were looking for entries from third sector organisations, on both a national and local level who could demonstrate that their project had real impact on the organisation and its client group.
The winner was Marianne Brooker, from The Yarn.
Best Commercial initiative for an organisation with over 1000 employees
In this category the judges were looking for an entry that demonstrated that the L&D team clearly understood their organisation’s objectives and could produce a programme to deal with those goals.
The winner was Darren Bartlett of Barclays Business Banking Learning Team.
Best Commercial Initiative for organisations with under 1000 employees
This award was presented by Rod Webb of sponsors Glasstap.
The winner was Suzanne Lowe of the Picture Financial Group
Best externally developed and delivered programme
Applications in this category, which was all about successful collaboration, were joint entries from external providers and their clients.
The winner was The winner is Bi-jingo with Specsavers Optical Superstores.
Best customer service programme
This category recognised achievement in that most important area for all organisations – customer service – with an award supported by ENTO.
The winner was Learning & Development at HSBC, UK.
Best e-learning programme
With technology’s increasing importance in delivering learning solutions this new e-learning category came as an important addition to the TJ accolades this year.
The winner was Norwich Union.
Best coaching programme
The use of coaching as a learning and development tool has been growing fast over the past few years and TJ introduced the award for Best Coaching Programme, supported by DPG, this year to reflect its increasing popularity and importance.
The winner was Caroline Prendergast, BBC Training & Development.
Best change management programme
Change is an almost constant feature of today’s modern organisation, so it was no surprise that this category received an enormous number of entries from a broad spectrum of applicants.
The winner was Ian Robertson of Edinburgh Building Services.
TJ’s Learning and Development Professional
Arguably one of the most important awards of the evening, TJ’s Learning and Development Professional of the Year was sponsored by Belbin Associates.
The winner was Leslie Silverlock of the YARN.
TJ’s Special Achievement Award
Finally, the ‘Big One’, the TJ Special Achievement Award for the best overall entry for 2007, was selected by the judges from all the individual category winners. This award for the ‘best of the best’ was announced by Guy Cleaver, publisher of TJ.
The winner was Suzanne Lowe of the Picture Financial Group.
Congratulations to all the winners.
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