2025 Transform Awards
Award nominations are now closed.
Our annual awards program was created to honor the most forward-thinking organizations, people initiatives, and leaders of the year.
The 2025 Transform 10
Inspirational Executive Leaders
The Transform 10 recognizes the ten most inspirational executive leaders who are leading transformation across their areas of influence and moving the world of work forward. These are the people-centric, global changemakers challenging the status quo through business, venture, or entrepreneur leadership.
The Category Awards
Celebrating the most innovative programs and inspiring initiatives that positively impact workplaces, team cultures, and communities for the better. Are you proud of your company’s achievements? Apply now and tell us about them.
Transformative Tech of 2025
Recognizes the companies with the most transformative tech-enabled solutions and products impacting the way we work and live.
Connected Culture of 2025
Celebrates the company with the most thoughtful and effective model for creating a thriving distributed workforce.
DEI Initiative of 2025
Celebrates the company with the most impactful approach to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Wellbeing Program of 2025
Recognizes the company with the most holistic approach to supporting individual and family mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Reporting & Insights of 2025
Recognizes the employer setting the bar for use of data, analytics, and insights to improve their people-strategy decision making.
Employee Experience of 2025
Goes to the company with the most exciting approach to building an incredible employee experience to attract, retain, and grow their people.
Social Impact Initiative of 2025
Recognizes the company that exhibits passion for serving others, making a positive impact in the lives of their employees and local communities.
Employer Brand of 2025
Recognizes the employer that’s making a name for itself among job seekers, employees, and the general public as being a simply great company to work for.
Talent Strategy of 2025
Recognizes the company with the most exciting and exceptional approach to recruiting, onboarding, and growing both internal and external talent.
L&D Program of 2025
Celebrates the company with the most forward-thinking approach to building an incredible employee experience to attract, retain, and grow their people.
Inspiring Resource of 2025
Recognizes the most inspiring and valued educational resource for the Transform community. A resource may be a blog, podcast, online community, email series, etc.
Total Rewards Strategy of 2025
Recognizes the company with the most forward-thinking approach to total rewards that includes a compensation, equity, benefits, and perks package that reflects the true value they place in their people.
Executive Partnership of 2025
Celebrates the power of partnership to drive transformation. This pair exemplifies how strategic alignment between business and people operations drives positive outcomes for the business and its people.
What are the Transform Awards?
Hear from past award winners and judges why the Transform Awards are so important, and the impact that recognition and celebration has on our community.
How are the nominations judged?
Each nomination, whether for the category awards or the Transform 10, will be evaluated and scored by a panel of expert judges. Meet the judges here.
When are the finalists announced?
Finalists will be announced in early February 2025 leading up to the Transform 2025 conference.
How will winners be recognized?
We will announce and celebrate the finalists during a live event at Transform 2025, in addition to featured promotion to the global Transform community via social media, emails and more!