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By Staff Report
Nov. 30, 2014
This year’s crop of Optimas Award winners are problem-solvers. With the economic malaise of the past several years ebbing away, our winners have turned to setting up their companies for future success.
As the list of retiring baby boomers grows each day, companies are looking to transfer generational knowledge to younger groups of workers. And advancements in computer technology have made the products and services companies provide more complicated than ever before, but those technological advancements also allow employers to train their employees in innovative ways that keep pace with their high-tech products.
These trends and others, like health care reform, a shifting benefits landscape and the war for talent, create both challenges and opportunities for employers. Our winners have embraced these changes and found ways to incorporate them into their human capital management strategies.
The 2014 Optimas Awards winners are redefining leadership by partnering with their community to improve the lives of those living in it, using technology to develop recruiting processes that address candidate shortages and finding unique ways to make their workplaces safer.
Each winner has tackled important workplace challenges and some, like Amtrak, our General Excellence winner, have found ways to transform the way their organization does business.
We applaud all the Optimas Award winners for their efforts, and we look forward to seeing your entries in next year’s competition. (See competition details at Workforce.com/Optimas.)
—Max Mihelich
GENERAL EXCELLENCE | |
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Amtrak
For its workforce initiative, which demonstrates excellence in several winning categories, including Benefits, Business Impact, Managing Change, Recruiting, Training and Vision, Amtrak is the 2014 Optimas Award General Excellence winner. To read more, click here.
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BENEFITS | |
Gold |
![]() For its program that uses employee benefits to facilitate workplace diversity, the city of Kansas City is the 2014 Optimas Award winner for Benefits. To read more, click here. |
Silver |
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McKesson Corp.
For its efforts to improve employee health with its wellness program, McKesson is the winner of the silver 2014 Optimas Award for Benefits. To read more, click here.
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BUSINESS IMPACT | |
Gold |
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BorgWarner, Inc. – Dixon, Illinois Manufacturing Plant
For its ongoing commitment to employee health and safety, BorgWarner is the 2014 Optimas Award winner for Business Impact. To read more, click here.
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Silver |
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For its innovative talent management programs with business implications, ConAgra Foods is the winner of the silver 2014 Optimas Award for Business Impact. To read more, click here.
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CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP | |
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SRC Inc. |
Silver |
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InfoMart Inc.
For its programs focused on employee total well-being, InfoMart is the winner of the silver 2014 Optimas Award for Corporate Citizenship. To read more, click here.
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GLOBAL OUTLOOK | |
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Silver |
![]() For its efforts in standardizing learning in all of its global locations, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is the winner of the silver 2014 Optimas Award for Global Outlook. To read more, click here. |
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INNOVATION | |
Gold |
![]() For its ability to use video as a communication platform, Rehearsal VRP is the 2014 Optimas Award winner for Innovation. To read more, click here. |
Silver |
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MANAGING CHANGE | |
Gold |
![]() For its initiative to launch a new medical-coding apprentice program to help smooth the transition to a new industrywide system, the flagship hospital at the University of Miami is the 2014 Optimas Award winner for Managing Change. To read more, click here. |
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. |
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PARTNERSHIP | |
Gold |
![]() For its ability to work with two organizations to form an all-inclusive strategic plan aimed at transparency, Common Ground is the 2014 Optimas Award winner for Partnership. To read more, click here. |
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City of Peoria, Arizona |
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RECRUITING | |
Gold |
General Motors Service Technical College |
Silver |
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Brad’s Deals |
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TRAINING | |
Gold |
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G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. |
Silver |
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Allied Bank Limited |
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VISION | |
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Year Up |
Silver |
![]() For its staffing program, UC Riverside School of Medicine is the silver 2014 Optimas Award winner in Vision. To read more, click here. |
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