Congratulations to our winners!
The Transform 10: Meet the 2023 Winners
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 change makers challenging the status quo through business, venture, or entrepreneur leadership.
Alex Kweskin
EVP & CHRO, Banc of California
Harpreet Basran
CPO, Sanfrancisco 49ers
Allison Baum Gates
General Partner, SemperVirens Venture Capital
Karen Pavlin
Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ServiceNow
Beth Grous
SVP & CPO, Tripadvisor
Kat Kennedy
General Partner, Kickstart Fund
Chip Conley
Founder & CEO, Modern Elder Academy
Mala Singh
CPO, Electronic Arts
Deborah Hanus
Cofounder & CEO, Sparrow
Taylor McLemore
Managing Director, Techstars
2023 Transform Category Award Winners
Team Builder: Connected Culture of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most thoughtful and effective model for creating a thriving distributed workforce.
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Inclusion Champion: DEI Initiative of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most thoughtful and effective model for creating a thriving distributed workforce.
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Difference Maker: Social Impact Initiative of the Year
Recognizes the company that exhibits passion for serving others, making a positive impact in the lives of their employees and local communities.
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Boundary Breaker: Hybrid Work Policy of the Year
Recognizes the company rising to meet the needs of their employees through innovations in their workforce policies.
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Space Pioneer: Workspace Design of the Year
Recognizes the company delivering the year’s most unique, unconventional workspace design to inspire productivity, collaboration, and creativity in the workplace.
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People Activator: Employee Experience of the Year
Goes to the company with the most exciting approach to building an incredible employee experience to attract, retain, and grow their people.
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Team Magnet: Talent Acquisition Strategy of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most exciting and exceptional approach to recruiting and onboarding.
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Rewards Trailblazer: Total Rewards Innovation of the Year
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.
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Wellness Driver: Mental Health Program of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most holistic, progressive, and positive approach to supporting employee mental health.
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Family Ally: Caregiver Program of the Year
Recognizes the company that shows appreciation for people and their families first with the most generous and inclusive caregiver leave policies.
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People Accelerator: L&D Program of the Year
Celebrates the company with this year’s best approach to supporting the goals, growth, and potential of its workforce through higher learning, mentorship, and career pathing.
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Mission Messenger: Employer Brand of the Year
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.
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Data Master: People Reporting & Insights of the Year
Recognizes the employer setting the bar for use of data, analytics, and insights to improve their people-strategy decision making.
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Power Pair: Executive Partnership of the Year
Celebrates the power of partnership to lead business transformation. This pair exemplifies how strategic alignment between business operations and people operations drives positive outcomes for the business and its people.
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Industry Mobilizer: Inspiring Resource of the Year
Recognizes the most inspiring and valued educational resource for the Transform community. A resource may be a blog, podcast, online community, email series, etc.
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What are the Transform Awards?
We created the awards as a part of the Transform conference to honor the most forward-thinking organizations, people initiatives, and leaders of the year.
How were the nominations judged?
Each nomination, whether for a company or an individual, was evaluated and scored by a panel of expert judges.
How are winners recognized?
We celebrate the winners on our social channels and highlighted select winners at the Transform 2023 conference onstage, via signage, and more!
