The dentsu Canada Award for HR champion (CEO)
In winning her award, Sujata Connors, CEO of Menno Place, reflected on her three years at the company. The HR director was retiring so Connors needed to act quickly to fill the top HR role.
“I wanted a team that [would] really support people, the people that work there, and put that first. So, we shifted the title, so now the title is People and Culture. And I hired an executive director… specifically to develop a strategy,” she said.
“It’s really about taking everything that we can do to support and create incentives for people to be there and just love working there.
And then they can do better at serving the residents that we serve.”
The O.C. Tanner Award for Lifetime Achievement in the HR Industry
Nicole Desloges, former SVP, People at Lifelabs where she worked for seven years, said she felt “so fortunate” to be given this award because many other people are not given the same kind of recognition.
“I share this award with them and all of the colleagues that have worked with me in the past. Whether they were cheerleaders or naysayers, I think that we learned from all those interactions,” she said.