, /PRNewswire/ -- The world's most trusted human capital advisory firm, , has presented its "HR Hero" awards to two highly impactful HR leaders at the . The award calls out the huge care and support for employees these leaders drove across their organizations during and after the recent global pandemic. The recognition acknowledges the significant impact each leader has made in enhancing the employee experience (EX) within their organizations, making them so exceptional that employees never want to leave.
This transformation has rendered their workplaces truly "irresistible." The Josh Bersin Company is delighted to announce that the recipients of the 2024 Irresistible HR Hero award are: and Marriott International led a swift but sensitive response to the pandemic. The hospitality company's revenue dropped by 90% in March of 2022, necessitating the furlough of a significant portion of its workforce.
However, as sharply as business fell, it rebounded as restrictions eased, leading to a surge of customers returning to its hotels. As soon as they could travel, Marriott's Senior Leadership Team went back on the road, embarking on an extensive listening tour to ask, "What's going on?" and "What can we do to help?" They also explored, "How do we need to think differently?" From that exercise, a new strategy emerged: Growing Forward. said, "We're very purposeful with the words we use.
This was at a point in time where a lot of individuals were looking backward when we wanted to go fo.
