The Croner Employer of the Year

This Award will go to the organisation that can best demonstrate how the design and implementation of its Human Resources Policy has created a stimulating and supportive workplace, with a well-motivated, well-trained, ambitious, innovative and integrated workforce. Judges will look for evidence of how employees are engaged in strategic goals and company values, and how human and supporting resources have been optimised to achieve and sustain commercial and competitive success. They will also look at investment in people, initiatives to create a more collaborative culture, and the impact this has had on commercial performance. 

Open to private, public and third sector organisations, this Award will recognise the enterprise that has driven demonstrable excellence in the following key areas:

• Staff development, retention and recruitment
• Leadership and management
• Innovation and operational excellence
• An embedded ethical culture
• Creative and collaborative customer service
• Increased growth or market share
• Improved financial performance
  
   

SCORING

While each entry form has been tailored to each category, they have been designed to draw out achievements in seven core areas. Scoring for these core areas are weighted according to the criteria for each category. For each entry in The Croner Employer of the Year category, judges will compare the extent to which each candidate has demonstrated excellence in the following core areas:

Core criteria                                       Proportion of overall score

Growth                                               10%

Innovation                                         15%

Engagement – staff                        20%

Engagement – customer              15%

Leadership                                       15%

Ethics                                                15%

Financial performance                  10%

JUDGING

All entries for a National Business Award are initially scored by a short-listing panel of up to 3 independent judges, with the highest scoring candidates selected as finalists. In the event of a tie, the chair of judges may contact each candidate for further information to help the short-listing panel determine which makes the final cut. All finalists are then invited to present live to a panel of judges who will determine an overall winner based on the entry form, the presentation and responses to the judges’ questions.

The judging panel selected for The Employer of the Year Award will comprise up to five peers with experience and expertise specifically related to this category. Judging panels typically include a specialist editor or journalist, head of a relevant network or trade association, a senior consultant specialising in this area, someone who invests in or funds enterprises, and a previous winner in this category.

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