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Welcome to our annual Excellence in HR awards. For five years, Crain's Detroit Business has recognized Southeast Michigan's outstanding human resources executives and teams.

The deadline to nominate an individual or team for Excellence in HR is March 8 at 11:59 p.m. EST. 

Ready to submit your application? Start here.

Categories for nomination: 

  • HR Leader or Team of the Year: How did this individual or team positively impact business results? 
  • Innovations in HR: How has this individual or team crafted and implemented creative or unique ways to lower employee-related costs or significantly enhance employee engagement, efficiency and productivity? 
  • Improving Employee Wellbeing: Tell us how this individual or team made employees safer and/or improved their physical and mental wellbeing.
  • Innovations in Recruiting: What unique methods did this this individual or team use in the past two years to recruit new staff members? 
  • Fostering a Culture of Learning and Upskilling: How has this individual or team helped employees grow professionally and personally?

How to nominate: 

  • To get started, click the application link and sign into your account. If you do not have an account, you will be asked to create one before you can proceed with the nomination form. We recommend using Chrome or Firefox web browsers to complete your application. 
  • To submit someone for consideration, there is a nomination fee of $25, which must be paid before the nomination can be formally submitted. The fee ensures your nominee will be considered by judges. It does not ensure your nominee will be selected

Honoree notification: Excellence in HR honorees will be notified by phone or email approximately 5 weeks before publication day. Please note that we do not notify all applicants, only those we have selected as honorees.

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Contact us: To address technical issues with the submission form or payment process, please contact our customer service department at customerservice@crainsdetroit.com. 

 

Nominate a candidate for Excellence in HR: Click here.

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