Spectrum Health Recognized for Human Resource Services

Spectrum Health has been busy revamping its human resource services to attract and retain top employees. These efforts have been recognized in a new honor received by its chief human resource executive.

Roger Jansen, PhD, senior vice president and chief human resource officer (CHRO), Spectrum Health, has been named to a list of the Top 10 Breakaway Leaders in the field of human resources.

This honor, presented by the Evanta Leadership Network, celebrates world-class human resource leaders who deliver value by engaging and developing the global workforce of tomorrow. Those honored are the top leaders in their field who are changing the face of human resources and inspiring a legacy of excellence.

“Our employees are critical to our success as a health system. This award recognizes Roger’s efforts to guide us through significant changes in how we provide human resource services at Spectrum Health,” said Richard C. Breon, President & CEO, Spectrum Health. “Roger’s insight and leadership have been essential as we have worked to provide a value-added, timely and transparent experience to our 19,000 employees.”

An elite panel of judges made up of CHROs, retired CHROs, noted academics and human resources thought leaders determined the 2012 Top 10 Breakaway Leaders. Winners were announced in the company of their peers on September 25 during the Awards Gala Dinner at the 2012 Global HR Leadership Summit in Denver.

The complete list of winners is as follows:

Marissa Andrada, Starbucks Coffee Company
Josh Blair, TELUS
Sylvia Chrominska, Scotiabank
Liz Gottung, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kimberly Hauer, Caterpillar Inc.
Paul Humphries, Flextronics International, Ltd.
Roger Jansen, PhD, Spectrum Health
William Milton Jr., US Department of Agriculture
Dave Pylipow, SUPERVALU INC.
Sylvia Taylor, The Weather Channel

The HR Leadership Summit operates in 16 cities across North America. For more information about this event, please contact Corrine Buchanan at corrine.buchanan@evanta.com or visit www.evanta.com.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of nine hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, a state of the art children’s hospital that opened in January 2011, and 183 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and West Michigan Heart, physician groups totaling more than 700 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with 600,000 members. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with 19,000 employees. The organization provided $204 million in community benefit during its 2012 fiscal year.