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Featured Award

2011 Alfred P Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Families and Work Institute and Society of Human Resources Management) – Six Navy commands were selected as examples of best practiced organizations, nationwide, in innovative uses of workplace flexibility. In the two years Navy has applied for this award thirteen Navy commands have been designated “winners”. This year’s awardees include: Personnel Support Detachment Afloat West (San Diego, CA); Explosive Ordnance Detachment Training and Evaluation Unit Two (Virginia Beach, VA); Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (Port Hueneme, CA); Naval Air Logistics Office (New Orleans, LA); Training Squadron Ten (Pensacola, FL); and Recruit Training Command (Great Lakes, IL). (Oct 2011)

Diversity

For the priority we place on a workforce defined by the value each element brings to our organization.

50 Out Front Companies for Diversity Leadership: Best Places for Diverse Managers to Work listing for 2011 (Diversity MBA Magazine) - Navy ranked #26 and is only government organization to ever be represented on this Fortune 500 company list. (2011)

Diversity Honors Award (Association of Diversity Councils) - Navy ranked #1 of the nation’s Top 25 Diversity Councils in 2011, #8 in 2010 and #11 in 2009. (2009-2011)

Disability Matters Award, Workforce Category (Springboard Consulting) - Recognized Naval Sea Systems Command for their Wounded Warrior Recruiting Program. (2011)

Best Company for Blacks in Technology (www.bdpa.com and WorkplaceDiversity.com) - Recognized Navy as one of 14 companies who excel in community outreach and diversity recruiting programs, and for promoting a significant number of African Americans into their IT management ranks. (2010)

Top Federal Agencies for Diversity (DiversityInc Magazine) - Navy ranked as one of the top federal agencies for excellence in leadership commitment, human capital, communications, and supplier diversity. (2010)

Most Admired Employer Award (US Black Engineer and Information Technology Magazine and Hispanic Engineer and Technology Magazines) - Recognized the Office of Naval Research for strong corporate ethics, ample learning opportunities, and an excellent benefits package - characteristics for which top employers are leading the way in attracting top minority talent. (2009)

Best Diversity Company (Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology Magazine) - Recognized Navy as a champion of diversity - a forward-looking company that values and supports diversity in the technical workforce. (2009 and 2010)

Training

For the commitment to training and education we give each of our Sailors every day.

“BEST” Award (American Society for Training and Development) - In 2011, Navy ranked #3 of 76 training companies in this premier national corporate competition. (2012)

Best Workforce Development Program (Human Capital Management for Defense Awards) - Selected as the winner in this category for Navy’s unique Credentialing Opportunities Online Program (COOL). (2011)

Training Top 125 List (Training Magazine) - In 2011, Navy ranked #7 on the list of the top 125 training companies in the nation. It received a ranking of #17 in 2010. In 2010 Navy was one of five organizations to receive the Outstanding Training Initiative Award for Naval Service Training Command’s Game-Based Casualty Response Training System. (2010)

Learning Technologies Award (American Society for Training and Development) – Recognized the Surface Warfare Officer School for their Full Spectrum Surface Warfare Training Program. (2011)

Performance Improvement Citation (ASTD) – Recognized Navy’s Center for Naval Engineering’s Basic Engineering Common Core Course Analysis Program. (2011)

Career Development Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Professional Apprenticeship Career Track Program. (2010)

Workforce Learning and Development Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Language, Regional Expertise and Culture Program. (2010)

Organizational Learning Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy's Voluntary Education Program. (2010)

Learning Technologies Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy's Game-Based Casualty Training System, Full Spectrum Surface Warfare Training, and Computer-Based Adult Reading Comprehension Improvement. (2010)

Distance Learning Award (U.S. Distance Learning Association) - Recognized Navy’s eLearning program for excellence in the area of web-based training and education. (2009)

Career Development Award (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) program. (2009)

Performance Improvement Award (ASTD) - Recognized the Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Diving (CEODD). (2009)

Workforce Learning and Development Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) program. (2009)

Managing Change Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy's Task Force Life Work. (2009)

Life-Work Balance

For our commitment to provide our Sailors access to a balance of home and work life, using innovative work strategies which support emotional health and family support throughout a career of service.

Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Families and Work Institute) - Recognized 6 Navy organizations for innovative work-life balance initiatives. (2011)

Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Families and Work Institute) - Recognized 10 Navy organizations for work-life balance initiatives. (2010)

Work-Life Innovative Excellence Award (Alliance for Work-Life Progress) - Recognized Navy’s Task Force Life/Work. (2010)

Best New Initiative (Telework Exchange) - Recognized the N1 Virtual Command Pilot initiative. (2009)

Ted Child’s WorkLife Excellence Award (Working Mother Magazine) - Recognized Navy for distinctive contributions to the field of Work-Life in the business community. (2008)

Work Life Legacy Award (Families and Work Institute) - Recognized Navy leaders who motivate individuals and organizations to challenge the status quo about how employees should work and live. (2008)

Recruiting

For innovation in recruiting the very best employees this country has to offer.

Best Military Talent Program (ERE Magazine and website) - NAVSEA was selected as the single winner in this category for its Wounded Warrior Recruiting Program. (2011)

Recruiting Department of the Year (ERE Magazine and website) - CNRC was selected as one of three finalists in this most prestigious of categories in the 2011 competition. (2011)

Most Innovative Recruiting Program (Human Capital Management for Defense Awards) - Selected as the winner in this category for NAVSEA’s Wounded Warrior Recruitment program. (2011)

Optimas Award for Service (Workforce Management Magazine) - Recognized CNRC’s NavyforMoms initiative as the single best submission in the service category. This recognition marked the first time any organization has won an Optimas Award two years in a row. (2010)

Overall Workforce Support

For a collection of practices, programs and innovative initiatives which directly support our workforce.

Optimas Award for “Partnership” (Workforce Management Magazine) - Recognized Navy’s Adopt a Ship Program as the single organization winner in the “Partnership” category of program excellence. The Navy Supply Command’s Adopt a Ship Program gives the Navy mess management specialist opportunities to acquire skills from professional industry chefs by learning in real-time shipboard environments. (2012)

Optimas Award for General Excellence (Workforce Management Magazine) - Recognized Navy’s excellence in 6 of 9 categories (competitive advantage, financial impact, global outlook, innovation, managing change, partnership, ethical practice, service, vision). Programs recognized included Navy’s Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL), Assignment Incentive Pay Program, Crisis Action Organization, Advancement Exam Development Conference initiative, Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership, Center for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture, the Global War on Terror Support Assignment (GSA) process, and Task Force Life Work. (October 2009)

 **For more information about these awards, please contact Mr. Wayne Wagner, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education), OPNAV N1Z, 703-693-2322**