2025 HRO Today Association Awards

**Nominations are Now Open for the 2025 HRO Today Association Awards**

The HRO Today Association Awards is an annual recognition program that exemplifies the essential work that HR professionals do every day and provides people, teams, partners, and companies an opportunity to share best practices and successes so colleagues, and the industry, can benefit from their experience.

The awards are presented in three regions: APAC, EMEA, and North America and we offer award categories for individuals and teams. Click here to submit a nomination now!

Company and Team Award Categories

Best in Class: Employee Experience
Best in Class: HR Technology
Best in Class: Innovation (non-technical)
Business Partnership Excellence
HR Team of the Year
Workplace Culture & Inclusion Excellence

Individual Award Categories

Excellence in HR Achievement
Mentor & Coach of the Year
Member Leadership Award

Click here to view awards category definitions

Company and Team Awards Nomination Forms by Region

(NOTE: Nominations are open to members and non-members and there are no fees.)

North America

EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)

APAC (Asia-Pacific)

Individual Awards Nomination Forms by Region

(NOTE: Nominations are open to members and non-members and there are no fees)

North America

EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)

APAC (Asia-Pacific)

Award Presentation Dates

North America and EMEA awards presented: December 4, 2025; 11:00AM – 1:30PM ET as part of the HRO Today Association Conference and Awards Program (virtual).

APAC awards presented: Q4 2025 APAC Board of Advisors Meeting – Time & Date: TBD.

Click here to view the award program rules and deadlines

“Recipes for Success”

“While it is wise to learn from experience, it is even wiser to learn from the experience of others.”

Information from award nominations submitted may be selected for inclusion in HRO Today Association’s “Recipes for Success” program. Best practices and concepts may also published as “Recipes for Success”. These provide our members with the ingredients to learn new ideas, innovative concepts and gain valuable insights into how others have achieved success. Therefore, this program provides not only an opportunity for recognition of winners in a specific category, but for all awards finalists the chance to share their “recipes for success” and be showcased as a Leader of Distinction, within our awards program and the industry!

Click here to access the library of Recipes for Success livestream recordings. (Members-only)

We love to hear about people and companies doing great things! The HRO Today Association Awards are an opportunity for you to formally and publicly recognize those individuals, teams, and companies for the exceptional and inspirational work they are doing!

Now is the time to nominate your team, a star employee or colleague, a boss or leader in your company, a successful partnership, a customer, a mentor, or someone you look up to and respect as a role model and leader in HR!

Click here to place your nomination!

Previous Award Winners

Questions?

For questions about the award process and/or assistance needed in completing an awards nomination, please contact Connor Feeney, Director of Membership Services at Connor.Feeney@SharedXpertise.com.