The winners of the CIPD Jersey Awards were announced at the CIPD Jersey Gala Dinner at the Royal Yacht Hotel on Saturday 2 November, as follows:
• Outstanding HR Professional – Lisa Higgins, LGL Group
• Outstanding Student – Katie Grant, Intertrust Group
• Best Learning & Development Strategy – Ocorian
• Best Health & Wellbeing Initiative – Fairway Group
• Most Successful Diversity & Inclusion Programme – Longueville Manor
• Outstanding Employee Engagement Initiative – Ports of Jersey
• Commendation Award – HSBC Channel Islands and Isle of Man, for its entries for the Most Successful Diversity & Inclusion Programme and Best Health & Wellbeing Initiative
The event's judges included Steve Warner, Managing Director at Rossborough Financial; Jo Smeed, International Sales Executive at Utmost Corporate Solutions; Richard Clarke, Managing Director at Rossborough Healthcare; Carla Benest, Partner at Mourant; and Beverley Le Cuirot, Founder and Director of WellBeing World.
Guest speaker on the night was Tony Vickers-Byrne, CIPD's Chief Adviser for HR Practice, who delivered a presentation on the importance of kindness and compassionate management in a world of competing priorities.