Chief of Staff Asia is delighted to announce that nominations are now open for the highly anticipated HR Stars Awards Singapore 2025. This esteemed programme celebrates excellence and innovation in human resources across the Singapore, offering a unique regional perspective on the industry’s best practices and achievements.
The HR Stars Awards Singapore is already a well-established programme, having launched in 2023 alongside Indonesia. Since then, the initiative has expanded, now encompassing five distinct national awards across Southeast Asia. Following successful runs in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand joins the series in 2025, marking the latest step in the awards’ regional growth.
What sets the HR Stars Awards apart is its commitment to inclusivity and recognition of contextual excellence. The programme warmly welcomes nominations from organisations of all sizes and sectors, acknowledging that impactful HR strategies can emerge from any corner of the business world. A key feature of the awards is the emphasis on resourcefulness and ingenuity, with each category requiring nominees to articulate how their solutions were specifically tailored to address their organisation’s unique HR challenges and goals.
The 2025 awards feature an impressive array of categories, each designed to spotlight different facets of HR excellence:
- Best Diversity and Inclusion Strategies
- Best Health and Wellness Interventions
- Best Flexible Working Strategies
- Best Workplace Culture and Environment
- Best Training Interventions
- Best Digital HR
- Best HR Team
- Best HR Leader
- Best CEO / Executive Leader with an HR Focus
- Best Up and Coming HR Leader
Nominations are open to any employing organisation based in the Singapore, fostering a truly national celebration of HR talent. The submission process is straightforward: organisational representatives need only complete the form available on the HR Stars Awards website (www.hrstarsawards.com). Importantly, nominations are free for subscribers, with low-cost, high-value publicity packages available to winners, ensuring that recognition is accessible to all deserving candidates.
The deadline for submissions is Monday, 27 October 2025, giving organisations ample time to prepare their entries. Following the close of nominations, a rigorous two-tiered judging process commences. A maximum of five finalists are selected for each category, who are then invited to present their nomination to the judging panel via online video conference. This panel comprises key editorial staff from Chief of Staff Asia, including founder and Chief Editor Paul Howell, alongside selected HR industry stalwarts from the Singapore, ensuring a comprehensive and expert evaluation of each entry.
Paul Howell, Founder and Chief Editor of Chief of Staff Asia, encapsulates the spirit of the awards: “Through the HR Stars Awards 2025, we aim to shine a spotlight on the remarkable achievements of HR professionals in the Singapore. We are seeking out the very best of the best, and we invite HR professionals, teams, and organisations to showcase their success stories. This is an opportunity to gain recognition on a regional stage and share innovations that are shaping the future of HR.”
While there is no formal awards ceremony, winners will be announced and celebrated through Chief of Staff Asia’s online platforms and a special Commemorative Guide produced at the conclusion of the programme, ensuring widespread recognition for the awardees.
For more information and to submit nominations, visit www.hrstarsawards.com. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to highlight your HR achievements and contribute to the advancement of the HR profession in the Singapore and beyond.
