2025 People Success Awards

HR’s role is often a thankless one. That’s why we created the People Success Awards. These awards celebrate organizations — and their leaders — building a people-powered future. 

All the nominees have made significant impacts in their organizations with innovative people strategy initiatives. The incredible nominations submitted from companies around the globe this year proved that HR practitioners and teams deserve all the love. Join us in congratulating the winners below:

Retainer Award

Recognizes an HR team making incredible strides to retain top performers with the help of Lattice. 

• Valimail didn’t just roll out Lattice Grow – they built a movement around it. From behavior-based growth tracks to a custom Career Development Menu, they saw a 23-point eNPS jump and retention 86% above industry benchmarks. 

Innovator Award

Recognizes a company that has used Lattice solutions to deliver measurable ROI and drive strategic impact. 

• Huge reimagined feedback by embedding it into the flow of work — creating a project-based feedback system in Lattice that increased manager clarity and improved performance scores by 9 points. Their success is proof that process design and technology can unlock leadership at scale. Read Huge’s customer story to see how they did it.
• Tide operationalized their entire people philosophy through Lattice. Their custom RISE framework (Review, Insight, Support, Engage) powers 100% participation in surveys, reviews, and feedback — well above benchmarks. With tools like Lattice AI and pulse surveys embedded across the lifecycle, Tide is setting the pace for what a truly modern people strategy looks like. Read Tide’s customer story for more.

LattiChamp Award

Recognizes an HR leader that has partnered with Lattice through references, product feedback, events, and participating in product betas.

• Kaitlin Graves, VP of People at PageFreezer has been a true partner in innovation participating in product betas, webinars, a customer story, and reference calls. As an HR team of one, she has helped shape the future of Lattice solutions like HRIS — we’re grateful for her generous support every step of the way.

Growth Accelerator Award

Recognizes a company that has demonstrated the most innovative initiatives in promoting employee career development through its use of Lattice.

• Strive Health built a career development engine that reaches every corner of the company. They expanded structured career tracks for clinical and tech teams, trained over 50 new managers on Lattice, and launched IDPs to re-engage middle managers — proving that development done right can fuel both engagement and retention. Read Strive’s customer story for more.
• Property Finder Group turned growth conversations into a cultural cornerstone. By investing in structured development paths and embedding those into performance conversations, they’ve created a growth mindset that touches every role, team, and level.

Fractional Leader of the Year Award

Celebrates a standout member of Lattice's Fractional HR Program. 

• Lori Osborne of Mindful First HR helped a fast-growing tech company upgrade from spreadsheets to a scalable, accountability-driven performance process with Lattice. Through thoughtful change management and strategic alignment, she ensured strong adoption and long-term success — demonstrating the power of modern fractional leadership.

People Success Visionaries of the Year

Honors leaders who are making a transformative impact through innovative people strategies. 

• Gary Chow, Head of People Operations and Systems at Lyra Health, is bringing HR into the age of AI — launching internal HR bots that streamline support and enable global scaling. His work is laying the digital foundation for a future-ready People function.
• Karishma Barua, VP of HR, at Fairmarkit is being awarded for her powerhouse partnership with her finance team in developing programs grounded in experience, exposure, empowerment, and education, proving that people success really is business success. 
• Julie Zimmerman, Global Talent Strategy and CSR at PAR Technologies, is leading AI enablement from the ground up. Her “Hack Your Job” initiative encourages employees to use generative AI to innovate in their own roles, while her work in employer branding and external recognition has helped PAR win major industry awards. Julie is a true force for future-forward talent strategy.

Resources for Humans Community Member of the Year​​

Honors an exceptional Resources for Humans Community member who goes above and beyond to foster meaningful connections, spark insightful discussions, and actively contribute to the growth and success of the community.‍

• Rachel Denyer, cofounder of PeopleStorming, is the heart of the Resources for Humans community. Through mentorship, encouragement, and her consistent presence in the Ambassador program, she brings the RfH mission to life — leading with empathy, insight, and community spirit. Rachel shows what it means to build people success not just in the workplace, but across the entire HR ecosystem.

Sending a heartfelt congratulations to all of our winners — you inspire us every day with your commitment to building great cultures and empowering your people. 

Got an award-worthy HR team of your own? 2026 nominations will open in a few months, so start crafting your nominations and stay tuned.