PPMA Conference Brochure 2018 Final

We have had a fantastic awards
programme this year
We absolutely love our Annual Excellence in People Management awards programme. It’s an
opportunity to celebrate the incredible work going on across the sector. But as important as the
celebrations are, the best thing about the awards for us is that it provides an opportunity to share great
practice and prevent us from reinventing the wheel.
In financially challenging times, the capacity to share and learn is a massive advantage for each of us as
practitioners, but also for our employers. Reinventing the wheel is a waste.
Longstanding members of PPMA will know that we updated our award categories again last year. We
also put a real focus on evidence. So it’s not enough to have just done a great piece of work, it’s more
important to show what difference it made over time. That’s a real imperative for us and one that ties
in with Professor Rob Briner’s championing of Evidence Based HR.
This past year we’ve put a huge effort into making sure that the Awards process is known about right
across Public Service. We’re really pleased with the response this year. We have had entrants from
Local and Central Government, Blue Light and NHS colleagues.
We hope to see even more next year, but for now please take a look at the fantastic shortlisted entrants
for each category. Wish them well – they have all put a huge amount of effort into their submissions.
Best of luck to all of them! We can’t wait to announce our winners on Thursday night!
Our Award Finalists