Announcing the 2024 People Success Awards

At Lattice, we believe in a people-powered future. After all, people are the heart and soul of every organization. 

Over the years, Lattice has been trusted by thousands of customers globally to help them put their people first. We’ve seen time and again that they’ve achieved better business outcomes as a result.

HR’s role is often a thankless one. That’s why we created the People Success Awards. These awards celebrate organizations — and their people leaders — building cultures that help employees align, engage, and achieve real business impact. 

The nominees have all made powerful, measurable impact through their impressive and innovative people strategy initiatives. More than 200 nominations were submitted this year, proving that HR practitioners and teams deserve all the love. Join us in congratulating the finalists and winners below:

ROI Innovator Award

Recognizes an HR team who has leveraged their expertise and Lattice solutions to deliver measurable ROI and drive strategic impact for their organization.

• Winner: NPact helped drive engagement in a fully remote organization by reintroducing Lattice. They also spearheaded a recognition program that increased retention rates and improved 1:1 participation by 62%. The data-driven approach has transformed performance management, reduced turnover by 6%, and fostered a connected, remote workforce. 

• Finalist: FairMarkit

Community Member of the Year Award

Recognizes outstanding contributions to Resources for Humans by participating in the community, bringing people together, and helping to push the community forward.

• Winner: Fred Leong, CPO at dv01 exhibited warmth, selflessness, and dedication that has been felt by so many in our Resources for Humans community. Fred’s have consistently provided thoughtful career advice, welcomed new members, and skillfully answered inquiries with kindness and expertise. His positive impact on our Resources for Humans community is inspiring as both a community member and ambassador.

• Finalist: Nic Hopkins, Up & to the Right Consulting

Onboarding Trailblazer Award

Recognizes a company with the most creative strategy to onboard its employees onto Lattice solution.

• Winner: Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages has led an extraordinary effort, training over 400 non-email employees on how to use Lattice, and even securing iPads to ensure seamless access for everyone. Through personalized onboarding sessions and change management initiatives, they have transformed the way they integrate new employees into the company culture. 
• Finalists: Strive Health, Platinum Cubed

Insights to Impact Award

Recognizes a company that has applied insights taken from Lattice solutions to improve its people programs.

• Winner: Superside has applied Lattice’s 1:1s, growth areas, and engagement insights to develop a product-like approach to people experience. Their HRBP enablement has improved coaching, engagement tracking, and even reduced regretted churn to 8-9%. Their commitment to continuous improvement through data-driven insights is truly inspiring. 

Accelerating Growth Award

Recognizes a company with the most innovative initiatives promoting employee career development through their use of Lattice solution.

• Winner: Envoy has truly raised the bar with their strategic people initiatives. They've developed nearly 40 detailed career ladders, ensuring employees have clear growth paths, which has contributed to a 10% year-over-year retention increase. With full integration of Lattice’s Individual Development Plan (IDP) tool, every manager at this company has been trained in career goal planning. Their efforts to align performance with development have improved goal achievements across departments by 50%. This dedication to growth is remarkable. 

• Finalist: Ruffwear

Lattice Champion Award

Recognizes a global company that has partnered with Lattice through references, in product betas, and actively provides product feedback.

• Winner: Long-Term Stock Exchange were key partners in our HRIS beta testing, meticulously providing feedback, developing SOPs, and migrating hundreds of employee profiles into the platform. Their work has enhanced HR technology scalability and efficiency at their company, making them true champions of Lattice. 

• Finalist: Torchy’s Tacos, BSE Global

People Success Visionary of the Year

Recognizes outstanding people leaders who are significantly influencing their company strategy or the HR space by innovating in people strategy practice.

• Winner: Kayshia Kruger, director of organization development at O.R. Colan Associates was instrumental in driving initiatives that led to a 20% increase in internal promotions and a 30% reduction in onboarding time. Their leadership in rolling out a new Learning & Development platform at their company has improved training completion rates by 25%. Their focus on continuous feedback and leadership development has fostered a culture of recognition, increasing employee satisfaction scores by 40%, while also developing future leaders within the organization. Their efforts have transformed their workplace’s culture, making them truly deserving of this award. 

• Finalists: Will Leahy VP of people at Greenhouse, Madeeha Khan, people operations manager at Heady