The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations says the government will throw in the needed support behind organizations who are poised to stay innovative, as the world continues to stay relevant in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This was disclosed by the HR Director at the Ministry, Mrs. Gloria Borteley Noi at the Industry Awards at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra.
The awards ceremony gathered HR Practitioners, Business Leaders, Parastatals and other industry think-tanks to witness the 2021 HR Focus Awards, a biennial event organized by HR Focus Africa that usually pulls one of the largest crowds.
The evening paved way for an interesting catalogue of award recipients for both Individuals and Organizations with a few new categories injected into the mix this time around to further highlight best practices.
A total of thirty-nine categories of awards were given to the Awardees as presented below:
SECTOR AWARDS
- âBest HR Management in Financial Servicesâ â Fidelity Bank
- âMost Promising HR Management in Financial Servicesâ â Ecobank Ghana
- âBest HR Management in Hospitalityâ â African Regent Hotel
- âBest HR Management in Manufacturingâ â Olam Ghana
- âBest HR Management in Healthcareâ â Nyaho Medical Centre
- âBest HR Management in Energy & Natural Resourcesâ â Newmont Ghana
- âBest HR Management in Telecommunications and ITâ â MTN Ghana
- âBest HR Management in Public Sectorâ â Bank of Ghana
- âBest HR Management in SME Sectorâ — Herbalife
- âBest HR Management in NGO Sectorâ â WorldVision
FUNCTION AWARDS
- âBest Organization in Learning and Development Practiceâ â Newmont Ghana
- âMost Promising Organization in Learning and Development Practiceâ â VIVO Energy
- âBest Organization in Employee Relations Practiceâ â Vodafone Ghana
- âMost Promising Organization in Employee Relations Practiceâ â Cirrus Oil
- âBest Organization in Rewards Management Practiceâ â MTN Ghana
- âBest Organization in Performance Managementâ â MTN Ghana
- âMost Promising Organization in Performance Managementâ â ABSA Ghana
- âBest Organization in Recruitment and Selectionâ â Vodafone Ghana
- âBest Organization in HR Information Systemsâ â Newmont Ghana
- âBest Organization in Organizational Cultureâ â MTN Ghana
- âBest Organization in Employer Brandingâ â MTN Ghana
- âBest Organization in Safety, Employee Wellbeing and Workplace Designâ â Vodafone Ghana
- âMost Promising Organization in Safety, Employee Wellbeing and Workplace Designâ — DVLA
- âBest Organization in Diversity and Inclusionâ â Newmont Ghana
- âMost Promising Organization in Diversity and Inclusionâ â Standard Chartered Bank Ghana
- âBest Organization in Localizationâ â Newmont Ghana
COVID-19 SPECIFIC CATEGORIES
- âMost Exemplary Employerâ â Vodafone Ghana
- âMost Outstanding Corporate Responseâ â MTN Ghana
- âMost Promising Corporate Responseâ â Advans Ghana
- âMost Outstanding Public Sector Responseâ â Volta River Authority (VRA)
- âMost Outstanding Non-Profit Organization (NGO) Responseâ â WorldVision
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
- âHR Rising Starâ â Jehoshaphat T. Abaya (Category Winner — Old Mutual)
- âHR Manager of the Yearâ â Peter Mate Crabbe (Vodafone Ghana)
- âHR Oriented CEO of the Yearâ â Patricia Obo-Nail (CEO, Vodafone Ghana)
- âHR Team of the Yearâ â MTN Ghana
- âMost Promising HR Team of the Yearâ â Enterprise Group
- âHR Practitioner of the Yearâ â Hannah Ashiokai Akrong (Vodafone Ghana)
- âOverall Best Organization in HR Practiceâ â Newmont Ghana
- âHonorary Award for HR Excellence in Diversityâ â ABSA Ghana
MTN Ghana, Vodafone Ghana and Newmont Ghana were evidently the âshow stopping contendersâ for the night bagging several categories of awards amongst the lot. One of the new categories for this year being the âHonorary Award for HR Excellence in Diversityâ which was bagged by ABSA Bank due to a people-centred initiative they championed by acquiring a Braille Machine for an employee who lost his sight in line of duty.
In a keynote speech read by Mr. Ewool, Executive Director for Buena Vista Homes and a Board Member of LâAINE Services Ltd, he beseeched organizations and businesses to fully embrace technology as this was the sure way of staying relevant in todayâs world of work even in the face of the pandemic and further admonished business leaders to create the right atmospheres for the changes the âNew Normalâ has presented us with. In a response to a question posed by the Master of Ceremonies (MC), Mr. Jerry E. Adjorlolo Jnr which sought to find out how newly churned out University Graduates could find a fit in the employment space, he retorted that students should look more to job creation as opposed to job seeking as there were lots of problems around the world awaiting solutions which could inevitably be realized once they developed that co-creation spirit.
To cruise event attendees through the evening were the Music sensation Kofi Kinaata as well as the âWhite Chapel Bandâ who intermittently took turns to wow the crowd.
The âHR Practitioner of the Yearâ Award recipient Hannah Ashiokai Akrong , HR Director of Vodafone Ghana who took over from Amma Benneh Amponsah (HR Director of MTN Ghana) expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the HR Focus Africa Team first and foremost and then to her amazing HR Team at Vodafone for pushing harder during the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic to forge new Policies and break new grounds all in a bid to achieve shareholder value and put their people at the forefront of the business.
Awo Quaison-Sackey, Regional VP of HR for Newmont Africa who picked up the Award for âOverall Best Organization in HR Practiceâ appreciated her Team for putting in the work to realize this feat and further stated that she dedicated the recognition to all colleague award recipients who demonstrated one form of best practice or the other.
This yearâs 2021 HR Focus Awards could not have been a reality without the special kindness of the following sponsors: Goil Ghana, Â LâAINE Services, Labadi Beach Hotel, Â Akai House Clinic, Acacia, Â Zoomlion, Â Crystal Oasis, Â Hollard Ghana, Kasapreko, Enclave Ghana, Opportunity International, Petra Trust, Â Suits & More, Multimedia, TV3, BNFT, and MX24
Mr. Kofy Hagan, Executive Director of LâAINE Services and Publisher for the HR Focus Africa Magazine sent immense gratitude to this formidable team for consistently producing thunderous shows for a decade since its inception in 2012 and in the same breath assured attendees of more delectable and purpose-driven events in the future.
