Diageo Demand best large place to work in Ireland

Alan Cox, the managing director of Core Media, a media buying group, was named Ireland’s Most Trusted Leader at the 11th Best Workplace Awards last night. The awards were presented by Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.

Ms Creighton commended the organisations for “creating high-trust workplaces”, which she said leads to “a clear competitive advantage – especially when trading internationally”.

Diageo Demand was named the Best Large Workplace in Ireland for the first time, pushing four-time winner Microsoft into second place.

The Great Place to Work list “highlights organisations that create and maintain an environment of trust in the workplace”, according to a spokesman.

Confectionery giant Mars Ireland won the Best Medium-sized Workplace award while estate agent Jones Lang LaSalle was Best Small Workplace.

Genzyme Ireland received the Great Place to Work Team Award, while the Great Place to Work Ambassador Award went to Valeria Mannu of EMC.

Microsoft award

Microsoft Ireland received the Developing Award, which was defined as “helping people nurture their gifts to grow professionally and personally”, for its Spirit Programme through which almost 700 employees attended workshops, presentations and career fairs aimed at helping them discover and develop their talents.

Kuehne and Nagel received the Caring Award for having systems in place to create “a caring environment for the individual and their family”. It provides debt resolution services and tax clinics to employees.

Listening Award

The Listening Award went to a workplace where “special open systems for incorporating people’s ideas, for including people in decision-making, and for airing concerns and grievances are prevalent”.

This award went to eBay Inc for its Lab Rats programme and Innovation Dating, which was described as “a competition to reward inventors across the organisation for coming up with new inventions and innovations for products and services which add strength and value to the business and their customers”.