1st Annual 2009 SHAPE Awards Luncheon

SHRM-Atlanta HR Awards for Professional Excellence
February 23, 2009 from 11:00am - 2:00pm
Atlanta Marriott Century Center

Formerly known as the HR Excellence Awards, the 2009 SHAPE Awards recognized individual HR professionals and teams who exemplified the highest professional standards.

Please Meet our Individual Award Winners

Alexis Balkum Turner Broadcasting, Inc.	Sonya Buckley Hire Dynamics	Jose De La Cruz Manpower	Chad Strickland AaronRents	Teresa Stivarius Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.	Beth VanLoon McDonald's USA,  LLC - Atlanta Region

A special congratulations goes out to Jose De La Cruz for being the overall winner of the individual large organization category and Sonya Buckley for being the overall winner of the individual small organization category.

Please Meet Our Team Award Winners

Macy’s Team Nancy Pierce, Jill Wilson, Ann Hammel and Kate Linard	Purchasing Power Team Arleene Williams, Racquel Roberts & Ericka Butler	Turner Broadcasting Systems Team Scott Murphy, Loretta Walker and Jacqueline Welch

A special congratulations goes out to the Macy's team for being the overall winner of the team category. 

We would also like to thank the Atlanta Business Chronicle for their coverage of the SHAPE Awards in the February 20th edition.

SHAPE Committee:  Laura Wilson (SHAPE Chair), Rose Retter, Gary Campbell, Svy Nekrasas, Nancy Glube, Rose Retter, Eric McCartney, Lisa Bauer
SHAPE Judges:  Stacy Campbell, Robin Cheramie and Amy Henley with Kennesaw State University and Todd Maurer with Georgia State University 

Keynote Speaker:  Suzanne Yoculan, Georgia Gymnastics Head Coach In collegiate gymnastics, no program boasts more excellence, consistency and rich tradition over a span of a quarter century than the University of Georgia. The woman behind the success is the coach entering her 26th and final year – Suzanne Yoculan.  No other program in the country has been able to maintain the level of success in the past 25 years that Yoculan has produced during her quarter century in Athens. She has guided Georgia an NCAA-best nine national championships (including the last four in a row), 16 Southeastern Conference titles and 20 NCAA Regional crowns. Yoculan’s teams have placed in the nation’s top three in 19 of the last 20 years.

Coach Your Team to Their Maximum Potential
Learn how to coach your team to their maximum potential from the expert in coaching, Suzanne Yoculan, Georgia Gymnastics Head Coach.  You will learn important leadership tips, motivational tips, and strategies essential for success.  Suzanne will discuss how to develop the proper chemistry within an organization where all individuals understand and embrace their individual roles within a company and how HR can impact this chemistry.  She will help you understand and embrace each role and how to properly communicate at all levels in order to make it a successful organization.

“One of the most important parts of our success has been keeping the lines of communication open,” Yoculan said. “If everyone has an understanding of their role on the team, they are going to be a lot more accepting of it and buy into what we are trying to accomplish. That also makes for a better team chemistry, which has been instrumental to our four straight NCAA titles.”

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