Update | ABAs Call for Entries, People's Choice Winners, Aygaz

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February 16 2012

	Follow the Stevie Awards     Share | More Information     • Advertise • Contact Editors • Mailing List • Calendar				IN THIS ISSUE 10th American Business Awards Announces Call for Entries   Winners Announced in 2012 People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service   How HR Award Winner's "One Company" Vision Increased Employee Retention Rates   IN BRIEF: Call for Speakers for America Means Business; Vote for the Top Business Leader of the Past Decade; Apply to Judge the ABAs or IBAs   Upcoming Stevie Awards Calendar 10th American Business Awards Announces Call for Entries   Tweet The Stevie® Awards have issued the call for entries for The 10th Annual American Business Awards, the USA’s only all-encompassing business awards program, and invited all organizations nationwide to publicly recognize the achievements of their executives and employees by nominating them for a Stevie. The entry deadline is March 28. Late entries will be accepted through April 25 with a late fee.  All individuals and organizations in the U.S. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.   The 2012 awards will honor work since the beginning of 2011.   The entry kit is available online, here. Nominations are now being accepted in various category groups for  management awards, public relations awards, marketing awards, new product awards, human resources awards, information technology awards,  web site awards, and more. There are many new categories for 2012, including 18 new categories for smartphone and tablet apps, as well as the Best of the ABA Awards, five best-of-competition prizes that will awarded to the organizations that submit the best overall body of work to the competition. Learn More About The American Business Awards' Call for Entries ... Winners Announced in 2012 People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service   Tweet More than 250,000 votes were cast in the 2012 People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service, part of the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, the world’s top honors for contact center, customer service, and sales professionals.  This worldwide public vote was conducted between January 26 and February 10, 2012, with the highest number of votes deciding the winners in 11 categories.  The winning companies, which will each receive the coveted crystal People's Choice Stevie Award at the gala ceremony in Las Vegas on February 27, are: -      Airlines, Distribution & Transportation: TATA Motors -      All Other Industries: eCornell -      Computer Hardware: Apple Inc./Apple Stores -      Computer Services: Rosetta Stone -      Computer Software: Photodex See the Rest of the Winners of the People's Choice Stevie Awards... How HR Award Winner's "One Company" Vision Increased Employee Retention Rates   Tweet Aygaz of Istanbul, Turkey, received the Stevie® Award for Human Resources Team of The Year in the HR awards categories of The 2011 International Business Awards. (Entries are now being accepted for The 2012 International Business Awards, the world's premiere business awards program. Get your entry kit here and submit entries by the April 11 early-bird deadline for discounted entry fees.) Here we look at the steps the HR Team took to pull Aygaz and its subsidiaries together under a “one company” vision. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Aygaz is the main provider of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in Turkey, and is one of the largest LPG providers in Europe. In addition to producing and selling gas appliances, Aygaz has a subsidiary portfolio ranging from liquid petroleum gas trade to electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and maritime logistics. Led by Yagiz Eyüboglu, Aygaz's General Manager, the HR team was charged with adopting a single management policy to accommodate their numerous subsidiaries. Integration The human resources awards winning team at Aygaz seized the single-management policy as an opportunity to derive extra benefits through an integrated HR management within the new structure. The aim was to create synergy in HR through a shared vision and to provide benefits for all the new group’s stakeholders. “One Company” Approach The Aygaz Group’s HR processes were overhauled with the participation and contribution of all its subsidiaries.  The resulting “One Company” shared vision of HR processes followed five steps:  1. Recruitment Process The first step was improvement of the recruitment process. Interviews were integrated for similar vacant positions. This saved time for the HR team and provided candidates with information about different positions within the Aygaz Group. (The HR team also integrated their recruitment process with an internal job-posting system within the Koç Group of Companies, of which Aygaz is one.) This has allowed employees to manage their own careers, and in turn led to reduced employee turnover and increased employee motivation. Read the Rest of This Article ... IN BRIEF: Call for Speakers for America Means Business; Vote for the Top Business Leader of the Past Decade; Apply to Judge the ABAs or IBAs The Stevie Awards have issued a Call for Speakers for America Means Business, its new celebration of entrepreneurship to take place in New York City on June 13-15 2012. We're looking for case studies of business start-ups and presentations by organizations that help start-ups succeed. Learn more at www.AmericaMeansBusiness-NYC.com... Who's the top business leader of the past 10 years? That's this month's question in our 10th anniversary poll series. Select your choice now on the Stevie Awards Facebook page... Apply to be a preliminary-round judge in The American Business Awards and/or The International Business Awards. ABA judging begins in April, IBA judging in May. You'll learn how many of the world's top organizations are achieving success, and you'll receive a certificate of appreciation suitable for framing... Upcoming Stevie Awards Calendar February 27: Awards banquet for 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, USA March 28 : Entry deadline for 2012 American Business Awards. April 11: Early-bird entry deadline for 2012 International Business Awards April 25: Late entry deadline for 2012 American Business Awards. May 16 : Entry deadline for 2012 International Business Awards June 13-15: America Means Business. Celebration of entrepreneurship, featuring educational, networking, and social events throughout New York City, presented by the Stevie® Awards.

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