TJ Awards 2014 - the winners
Best practice in L&D was celebrated at a sell-out event in London recently. Debbie Carter reveals more
The TJ Awards held its third annual Gala Dinner at the Brewery last month when this year’s winners were announced. The evening, hosted by TJ columnist and motivational speaker, Alisdair Chisholm, was buzzing with excitement and anticipation as around 550 sponsors, guests and finalists gathered to celebrate best practice in learning and development and to recognise the very best in the field.
Over the course of the evening, 16 trophies were presented by guests and sponsors, led by headline sponsors DPG, whose managing director Sarah Aubrey presented the award for the L&D Professional of the Year. She said: “We were delighted to sponsor the TJ Awards again this year. It was great celebrating the achievement of outstanding L&D practice and seeing everyone having so much fun! Our congratulations go to the winners who inspire us all to make extraordinary contributions to L&D.”
Other sponsors included APM Group, Belbin, Boost Marketing, The Charity Learning Consortium, Go to Training by Citrix and Skill Pill. Without their support the celebrations would have much less enjoyable. The evening ended in the early hours with partying at a nearby club.
TJ AWARDS 2014 – WINNERS
Public Sector
Gold – Berkshire Consultancy Ltd and National Offender Management Service
Silver – Luton Borough Council
Bronze – NHS Litigation Authority
Not for Profit
Sponsored by The Charity Learning Consortium
Gold – St Monica Trust
Silver – Circle Housing
Bronze – The RSPB
Commercial
Sponsored by Go to Training by Citrix
Gold – GSK R&D Chemistry, University of Kent and University of Strathclyde
Silver – BT plc in association with Co Company
Bronze – Intercall Conferencing Services Ltd
Training Partnership
Sponsored by DPG
Gold – Learningzone – Bank of Ireland with Accenture
Silver – E.ON UK PLC and The Learning Curve (TLC)
Bronze – W. M. Morrisons Plc in partnership with Elix-IRR
Elior UK with Age UK Training (Special Commendation Certificate)
Technology in Learning
Sponsored by Skill Pill
Gold – Worldmark International
Silver – McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd
Bronze – W. M. Morrisons Plc in partnership with Elix-IRR and LEO
Coaching and Mentoring
Gold – BT plc in association with Co Company
Silver – E.ON UK and The Learning Curve Ltd (TLC)
Bronze – Lyreco
Change Management
Sponsored by the APM Group
Gold – ATKINS: My Career
Silver – Ageas Insurance Limited
Bronze – Arcadia Group
Leadership Development
Gold – VINCI Construction UK Ltd and Blue Sky Performance Improvement
Silver – Nationwide Building Society and Talent & Potential
Bronze – Berkshire Consultancy Ltd and National Offender Management Service
Sales
Gold – Celebrity Cruises
Silver – RCL Cruises Ltd
Bronze – CEB in partnership with Statoil Fuel and Retail
Customer Service
Gold – Gatwick Express
Silver – PPHE Hotel Group, Learning and Development in association with Merlin Consulting
Bronze – East Coast Mainline
Apprenticeships
Gold – Spirit Pub Company
Silver – CBRE
Bronze – Aintree University Hospital in association with West Cheshire College
Operational
Sponsored by Boost Marketing
Gold – St Monica Trust
Silver – ERS
Bronze – Zizzi Restaurants
Organisational Development
Gold – Ashfield Meetings and Events
Silver – Cheshire West and Chester Council in partnership with Aspire Europe
Bronze – Ageas Insurance Limited – the ‘Ageas Way’
Supplier of the Year
Gold – Innovation Central
Silver – Talent & Potential
Bronze – Head Light
L&D Team of the Year
Sponsored by Belbin
Gold – Policing Through Technology Training Team, South Wales Police
Silver – Virgin Holidays
Bronze – Norton Rose Fulbright
L&D Professional of the Year
Sponsored by DPG
Gold – Dave Buglass, Tesco Bank
Silver – Carrie White, Barclays Internal Audit
Bronze – Jerry Arnott, Civil Service Learning
Who decides?
The TJ Awards 2014 judging panel is a broad mix of L&OD experts and practitioners who provide an independent and robust assessment process to ensure impartiality, rigour and fairness in the judging of entries.
Judging demands a lot of time and TJ thanks all the judges for their commitment. It shows the high regard in which TJ and its awards programme is held in the L&D, training and coaching community.
The judges
John Baker is strategic L&D adviser for Capita Learning and Development and he was previously learning and development director at Legal & General. (Commercial)
Margaret Burnside is the head of People Development for eras ltd. (L&D team of the Year)
Stella Collins is the founder of Stellar Learning and co-founder of Brain in Business and the Brain Friendly Learning Group. (Operational)
Sarah Cook is managing director of The Stairway Consultancy which she founded in 1989. (Change Managemnt and Customer Service)
David Cotton is a training and development consultant covering all aspects of management development, personal and behavioural change. (Training Partnership)
Jane Elliott Poxon is a learning and development specialist. (Not for Profit)
Clare Forrest is a director with Structured Learning and she regularly lectures at Manchester Business School and the Manufacturing Institute. (Training Partnership)
David Goddin is the founder and managing director of Change Continuum. (Coaching and Mentoring)
Cheryl Harding is the founder of sales training company, Effectiv8. (Sales)
Julia Hart is L&D manager at the Motor Insurance Bureau. (L&D Professional of the Year)
Anne-Marie Hearne is retail skills training manager for B&Q. (Customer Service)
Linda Holbeche is co-director of the Holbeche Partnership and is a visiting professor at Cass, Imperial and London Metropolitan University Business Schools. (Organisational Development)
Andy Holmes is the L&D lead at Ernst & Young for their EMEIA FSO Advisory practice. (Commercial)
David James, was until recently, director of talent, learning and organisational development for The Walt Disney Company EMEA and now works in L&D tech start-up venture, WeCommend. (Supplier of the Year)
Sati Kaur is a senior HR professional who has more than 20 years’ experience in organisation development and learning. (Supplier of the Year)
Jo Keeler is business director of Belbin UK and is responsible for managing strategic and operational activities and building the Belbin brand both in the UK and worldwide. (L&D Team of the Year)
Sarah Lindsell is global director of digital learning and Transformation at PwC. (Technology in Learning)
Steve Macaulay is a learning development executive at Cranfield School of Management, designing and implementing learning strategies for managers using online networking methods. (Change Management)
Andrea Moffat is an experienced training & development consultant who established The Learning Interventions Company in 1995. (Operational)
Shaun O’Brien works for Cape plc managing the deployment of a new competency framework across the offshore business. (Supplier of the Year)
Graham O’Connell is a freelance consultant, writer, facilitator and conference speaker. (Public Sector)
Laura Overton is the managing director of Towards Maturity which provides research and online resources to help organisations deliver effective learning interventions. (Technology in Learning)
Larry Reynolds is managing partner of 21st Century Leader. (Leadership Development)
David Robertson is an executive consultant and vice-president at Forum with more than 25 years’ experience in the learning and development and performance environment. (Leadership Development)
Myles Runham is head of online for the BBC Academy managing all digital and online activity of the professional learning and development functions for staff and the industry. (Technology in Learning)
Jane Saunders is the coaching network manager in the College of Leadership, as part of the BBC Academy. (Coaching and Mentoring)
Martin Saville is co-founder of Mayvin and a former director of strategic planning and operations at London Business School. (Organisational Development)
Martyn Sloman is a research academic who specialises in learning, training and development. (Apprenticeships)
Richard Smith has been chief examiner at APMG-International since 2005 and he has his own consulting practice. (Change Management)
Keith Tanner is a director of his own consultancy that specialises in management and behavioural skills training and development. (Public Sector)
Perry Timms is the founder of PTHR which aims ‘to change the world of work; one conversation at a time’. (Not for Profit)
Karen Velasco is the MD of PeopleSolve. (L&D Professional of the Year and L&D Team of the Year)
What next?
The January edition of TJ will carry a supplement with pictures from the night and outlines of the winning entries and throughout 2015 there will be more about the winners and what made their work so outstanding.
The TJ Awards 2015 will open for entries in late January 2015 so watch out for details at www.trainingjournal.com/awards or for specific enquiries email awards@trainingjournal.com or call 01353 865340.
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