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By Taylar Ramsey
Dec. 2, 2015
Press Release
For Immediate Release
The 25th anniversary of award program receives
record-breaking number of nominations
Chicago, Dec. 2, 2015 — Workforce magazine, a publication of Human Capital Media (HCM), the largest media company serving the human capital industry, announced the winners of its acclaimed Optimas Awards on Nov. 22. Below is a full list of the winners and their ranking within each category.
This year marked the 25th anniversary of the awards, which recognizes HR and workforce management initiatives that achieve business results for the organization. Each winner produced measureable business results and pushed their organizations to record profits, greater market share, higher stock value and better corporate reputations.
WVU Medicine’s Special Event Readiness Program was awarded the coveted General Excellence Award, in recognition of the company excelling in at least six of the nine categories and making human resources a function that drives performance.
“Companies are not just realizing their people are their strongest asset, they are acting on it and setting in motion HR initiatives and solutions that develop and empower their workforce,” said Rick Bell, managing editor of Workforce. “The groups named Optimas Award winners are some of the top performing organizations producing fruitful and lasting change where it was needed.”
General Excellence
WVU Medicine — Special Event Readiness Program
Benefits
Gold: Tallahassee (Florida) Memorial Healthcare
Silver: Kronos Inc.
Business Impact
Gold: LaSalle Network
Silver: LyondellBasell Industries
Corporate Citizenship
Gold: Hnedak Bobo Group
Silver: Hydro Ottawa
Global Outlook
Gold: Level 3 Communications
Silver: MOL Group
Innovation
Gold: Oakland County, Michigan
Silver: Global iLabs
Managing Change
Gold: Cyberjaya University College
Silver: Washoe County (Nevada) School District
Partnership
Gold: Imajine That
Silver: County of San Mateo (California)
Recruiting
Gold: Zoombezi Bay
Silver: Inflection
Training
Gold: Tenaris
Silver: Red Robin International Inc.
Vision
Gold: NCR Corp.
Silver: Peterbilt Motors Co.
For more information about the Optimas Awards, please visit workforce.com/optimas.
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ABOUT WORKFORCE MAGAZINE
Workforce is a multimedia publication that covers the intersection of people management and business strategy. Our content helps HR professionals approach their jobs from a more strategic, big-picture, business-results perspective.
ABOUT HUMAN CAPITAL MEDIA
Human Capital Media (HCM) is the largest integrated media company serving the human capital, management and workforce development industries. Through award-winning content, events, awards and research, they deliver valuable news, analysis, tools and solutions to make the most of human capital, as well as create a vibrant community where decision makers and solution providers connect to solve their workplace challenges.
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Human Capital Media
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