2024 Transform Awards
Award nominations are now open. Applications close Nov 17, 2023.
Our annual awards program was created to honor the most forward-thinking organizations, people initiatives, and leaders of the year.
New for 2024
The Innovators:
Transformative Tech of the Year
Recognizes the companies with the most transformative tech-enabled solutions and products impacting the way we work and live.
The Transform 10
The Transform 10 recognizes the ten most inspirational executive leaders who are leading transformation across their areas of influence and moving the world of work forward. These are the people-centric, global changemakers challenging the status quo through business, venture, or entrepreneur leadership.
The Category Awards
Celebrating the most innovative programs and inspiring initiatives that positively impact workplaces, team cultures, and communities for the better. Are you proud of your company’s achievements? Apply now and tell us about them.
Team Builder: Connected Culture of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most thoughtful and effective model for creating a thriving distributed workforce.
Inclusion Champion: DEI Initiative of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most sustainable and impactful approach to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Difference Maker: Social Impact Initiative of the Year
Recognizes the company that exhibits passion for serving others, making a positive impact in the lives of their employees and local communities.
Space Pioneer: Workspace Design of the Year
Recognizes the company that provides an innovative workspace design to inspire productivity, collaboration, and creativity in both traditional office settings and coworking spaces.
People Activator: Employee Experience of the Year
Goes to the company with the most exciting approach to building an incredible employee experience to attract, retain, and grow their people.
Team Magnet: Talent Strategy of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most exciting and exceptional approach to recruiting, onboarding, and growing both internal and external talent.
Rewards Trailblazer: Total Rewards Strategy of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most forward-thinking approach to total rewards that includes a compensation, equity, benefits, and perks package that reflects the true value they place in their people.
Wellness Advocate: Wellbeing Program of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most holistic approach to supporting individual and family mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
People Accelerator: L&D Program of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most forward-thinking approach to building an incredible employee experience to attract, retain, and grow their people.
Mission Messenger: Employer Brand of the Year
Recognizes the employer that’s making a name for itself among job seekers, employees, and the general public as being a simply great company to work for.
Data Master: People Reporting & Insights of the Year
Recognizes the employer setting the bar for use of data, analytics, and insights to improve their people-strategy decision making.
Power Pair: Executive Partnership of the Year
Industry Mobilizer: Inspiring Resource of the Year
Recognizes the most inspiring and valued educational resource for the Transform community. A resource may be a blog, podcast, online community, email series, etc.
What are the Transform Awards?
Considerations before you nominate
Thank you for taking part in the global Transform Awards to honor the most forward-thinking organizations, people initiatives, and leaders of the year!
How you can participate:
- Nominate a leader for The Transform 10 which recognizes the ten most inspirational executive leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs challenging the status quo, and setting a new standard for people-driven leadership
- Nominate your company for any or all of the 15 company-level awards across DEI, mental health, employee experience, L&D, and more.
Nominating take less than 10 minutes per award. If you need more time, please contact awards@transform.us.
If you’d like to preview the questions before you get started, you can do so here.
How are the nominations judged?
Each nomination, whether for the category awards or the Transform 10, will be evaluated and scored by a panel of expert judges.
When are the finalists announced?
How will winners be recognized?
We will celebrate the finalists and winners on our social channels and highlight select winners at Transform 2024 through onstage recognition, signage, and more!