Normally at this time of year members of the t-three and Sainsbury’s team would be getting together at a suitably snazzy venue in London to celebrate the Business Culture Awards. This event is one of the staples of the L&D awards season, and so we were delighted to hear that they planned to forge ahead (albeit virtually) with this year’s ceremony. It certainly felt very different watching along from home, but it’s safe to say that didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits when we found out the Leading @ Sainsbury’s programme had been crowned winner in one category, and Highly Commended in another!
Icing on the cake
It was very important to us to ensure that the hard work Sainsbury’s are doing to develop and support their people was celebrated this year, despite the fact that they’ve been busier than ever, and have faced and embraced a huge amount of change (haven’t we all?!) this year. We’ve always been proud to support Sainsbury’s, but that pride has grown immeasurably as we’ve watched their people go above and beyond to feed the nation.
We’re thrilled that the Leading @Sainsbury’s programme won the Best Learning Initiative Award this year. To succeed in this category, winners must detail how learning has reinvigorated organisational culture, renewed the confidence of employees and other stakeholders, as well as demonstrating the business benefits that have been achieved as a result. We were able to show that:
This was a closely contested category this year, and we are very proud to have been recognised alongside organisations such as Barclays, Cognizant, Everyday Loans and Patron Capital.
The icing on the cake this year was that we also received Highly Commended in the Best Large Organisation category, amongst Dentons, Temenos, TSB and Lloyds Banking. This is a category that looks at strategic alignment, stakeholder engagement, improving communication and enhancing innovation. We were able to demonstrate:
The judges’ comments
Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of winning one of these awards is getting to hear directly from the esteemed judges that crown each year’s winners. Some of the comments we received for this programme were as follows:
Congratulations again to the whole team at Sainsbury's and t-three. If you'd like to learn more about the Trainee Manager programme that won awards at both the Training Journal and Business Culture Awards in 2019, you can do so here.
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