Again a very well founded and thought provoking article from Dr Sullivan, and one that contain a lot of value and wisdom.
@Jeff Perry; absolutely correct, I have in Microsoft had the fortune of working in and for a division that 5 years in a row won the local in country Best Place To Work and I tell you it is a ‘talent magnet’ like nothing else. 80% direct hire rate due to this fact.
As fo the deeper and wider implications of excellence awards, this is what I like the most about Dr. Sullivan’s article. One thing is what it does for the individual nominee and winner, but at the same time it spurs teams and individuals on to excel, to apply metrics while at the same time enable learning and development. In that way this is not only a question of benefitting the immediate excellence award community but much wider and deeper. It becomes a tool to not only provide internal focus and quest for excellence, but in fact enable a whole industry to strive for more and according to best practice.
Whether the yearly Oscar Academy Awards nominations and winners has contributed to motion pictures reaching a higher and higher standards throughout the years is difficult to say, I would however think that their presence and influence has had something to do with it. Any awards in relation to Talent Acquisition should be able to do the same.
