Birmingham City Council's Human Resources department has
received a top national award for its BEST project.
This year's PPMA Award for 'HR Innovation' was presented to
Birmingham City Council for its BEST (Belief, Excellence, Success,
Trust) project. BEST is the Council's employee engagement
programme, part-designed by council workers, which helps engage and
empower staff; promoting a culture of innovation. It is designed to
motivate staff to generate and act upon ideas in order to improve
the quality of the service delivered to Birmingham citizens.
The BEST programme is being led by Councillor Alan Rudge, Cabinet
Member for Equalities and Human Resources at Birmingham City
Council.
He comments: "I am delighted at the national recognition that this
project has received, this demonstrates that the approach being
taken through the BEST programme is working effectively. The
programme is continuing to develop with new and innovation strands
and continues to be an effective tool for employee engagement and
communication - supported by passionate managers, employees and
BEST leaders".
Raffaela Goodby, Employee Engagement Officer for Birmingham City
Council, accepted the award with HR Director Andy Albon, and Head
of Organisation Development, Richard Billingham, at the ceremony in
the Midland Hotel, Manchester. The PPMA awards represent the
pinnacle of achievement in a variety of award categories and are
part of an annual national conference.
Raffaela comments: "I was delighted and honoured to be able to
accept this award on behalf of Councillor Alan Rudge, and all of
the employees in Birmingham City Council who have contributed to
the success of the BEST programme.
"This award recognises the creativity, passion and innovation of
all of our BEST leaders, managers and teams, who have put our
citizens at the heart of everything we do, and used their BEST
workshops to improve the service that we deliver.
"The PPMA awards are the ideal opportunity to showcase the work we
are doing on engagement here in Birmingham, to other councils
across the UK, and to celebrate our employees' success."