Hudson will reward best practices led by HR managers

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Hudson, a global talent solutions company, has announced the names of the finalist projects of its Awards to Human Resources management within the category of companies with less than 2,500 employees. These awards, which seek to recognize the best practices in people management, have a novelty in this twelfth edition, given that they are now called 'Morgan Philips Hudson Awards to Human Resources Management', instead of 'Hudson-ABC Awards to the Human Resources management'.

The jury of the new edition of the Hudson awards, convened under the slogan "Organizations that learn: learning potential to improve competitiveness", is formed by Ignacio de Orúe, Managing Director of People, Communication and Institutional Relations of Orange; Itziar Vizcaino, Human Resources Director of Metlife Iberia; Luis Blas, director of Human Resources of Altadis Iberia; Luis Expósito, director of Human Resources and Services of Mediaset; María Paramés, Director of People and Communication at Bankinter; and Amalia Rodríguez, Director of Human Resources at Heineken.

These managers have been responsible for distinguishing one more year, the projects launched by companies to anticipate the skills that make them a benchmark in their activity. Specifically, the finalist initiatives within the category of companies with less than 2,500 employees have been made known, which coincide in highlighting the importance of promoting in organizations a deep culture of continuous learning, in which all employees and collaborators feel involved and committed.

"Learning in progress", by ING. Isaac Vitini, General Manager of Human Resources of ING, explains the project "LearnING in progress" that its objective is to facilitate the adaptation of the organization to the new business context, allowing the entity to be more agile, promote a digital culture and a greater attitude innovative in its professionals and, ultimately, contribute to the construction of "an organization that learns."

"ULearn: high perfoming teams", by Uquifa. It is a project with which the company intends to transform its culture and adapt it to the new times that are marking the changes in the global pharmaceutical industry. For Maria Llosent, Uquifa's Chief People and Transformation Officer, the key to its success lies in the attitude with which the leaders have focused on "creating an inclusive and sustainable future that has combined the needs of the markets with the care of their people and the robustness of the results ".

"Cultural transformation in Cinesa", of Cinesa Spain and Portugal. Aimed at promoting cultural change and involving all employees of the company, the project has been possible thanks to the leadership that has been exercised from HR, which has allowed the professionals to be aligned with Cinesa's strategy, "developing 853 people in commercial action with more than 4,800 hours of training ", as explained María Vallés, Human Resources Director of CINESA Spain and Portugal.

"Contributing Professionalism", by Saint-Gobain Placo. Framed in the group of Installers of Laminated Gypsum Board (PYL), the main objective of the project launched by Saint-Gobain Placo is the professionalization of the sector, as well as "insert new professionals through Vocational Training and Certificates of Professionalism (CP)," especially due to the deficit of talent that this profession has, according to Ricardo Rodríguez Trigos, HR director Saint-Gobain Placo, Isover and Ach.

Last year, the winning projects were - and in the category of more than 2,500 employees - the project "Change: get on the change" of Orange, an initiative that seeks to promote a profound cultural transformation centered on the experience of the 7,000 company employees in Spain and that is an essential part of its 2020 strategic plan; and in the category of companies with less than 2,500 employees, the "Building Our Future" project of MetLife, whose purpose is to reinvent the employee experience and give voice to the ideas of transformation of its associates, which resulted in the creation of the MetLife Academy or a flexible work scheme, as well as the promotion of physical well-being with a program of access to a network of gyms.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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