{
  "id": 3496370,
  "title": "People-strategy meets business impact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/people-strategy-meets-business-impact",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-26T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/awards/hr-excellence-awards/three-dimensions-of-hr-excellence-where-people-strategy-meets-business-impact/articleshow/133509814.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The modern workplace is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by advancements in technology and shifting employee expectations. This shift has pushed people-focused functions beyond traditional roles such as hiring, retention, and engagement. Organizations now face the challenge of translating their people practices into tangible business outcomes that can be measured and quantified.\n\nTo navigate this evolving landscape, the Economic Times HR Excellence Awards 2027 have been established to recognize three key dimensions of excellence: Organisation Excellence, Team Excellence, and Leadership Honours. These categories aim to highlight workplaces, teams, and individuals that have successfully turned people-focused strategies into measurable business impact.\n\nThe Organisation Excellence segment evaluates businesses across 22 categories, focusing on how they are creating stronger workplaces and connecting people priorities with performance. This includes areas such as transformation, technology, talent acquisition, people analytics, learning, employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, rewards, and business impact.\n\nTeam Excellence honors in-house teams that bring initiatives to life. This includes departments like Talent Acquisition, Learning & Capability, HR Operations & Analytics, Employee Experience, and Business Partnering. The segment acknowledges the collaboration, innovation, and execution skills that drive tangible results.\n\nLeadership Honours recognize individuals who have taken a vision-driven approach by prioritizing people within their organizations. The awards celebrate People Leaders, People-First CEOs, and Women HR Leaders who have demonstrated innovation, inclusion, organizational success, and talent development.\n\nIn essence, these awards provide a comprehensive framework for measuring excellence in today's workplace. They focus on the outcomes rather than just the initiatives launched, emphasizing the importance of sustained business impact. As the workplace continues to change, the benchmark for excellence will be determined by how well organizations, teams, and leaders adapt to these changes and drive measurable success.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}