Deloitte's ConnectMe HR Digital Workplace Receives 2018 Bronze Stevie® Award

NEW YORK, May 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte's ConnectMe™ digital workplace platform has been awarded a Bronze Stevie^® in the "New Product or Service of the Year — Software — Human Capital Management Solution" category of The 16^th Annual Business Awards^®.

ConnectMe, developed exclusively by Deloitte, is a self-service online platform that connects employees to HR services and resources from any device, whenever the employee needs. The cloud-based platform gives all employees — whether executives, managers or other staff — direct access to a personalized dashboard and contextual experience that delivers the exact information, resources and processes that they need, on-demand, all with built-in social collaboration.

"ConnectMe is the result of a gap we noticed in the market after thousands of HR transformations we've done as ," said Michael Gretczko, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and national service line leader, human capital platform and innovation. "We applied our leading industry research and client feedback to develop a product that solves what no other product in the market can. It's a true honor for the efforts of our team to be recognized in the Stevies, one of the world's most recognized and coveted business awards."

For HR professionals, ConnectMe streamlines and automates HR processes and significantly reduces time-intensive, manual administrative work, enabling HR teams to focus their time and resources on strategic initiatives. The platform also develops insights on employee interactions to help create an experience tailored to the employees' specific needs.

"The nominations submitted for The 2018 American Business Awards were outstanding. The competition was intense, and those recognized as Stevie Award winners should be immensely proud of this accomplishment," said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations—public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, large and small.

More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes were submitted to this year's program, and more than 200 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners. Details about The American Busienss Awards and the list of 2018 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

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About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards^®, The International Business Awards^®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Sponsors of The 2018 American Business Awards include HCL America, John Hancock Financial Services and SoftPro.

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SOURCE Deloitte