Toshiba America Business Solutions’ Debra Anne Kellogg wins the Bronze Stevie Award for “Culture Transformation Leader of the Year”.
The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize the world’s best employers and the human resources professionals, teams, achievements and HR-related products and suppliers who help to create and drive great places to work.
More than 100 professionals from around the world participated in the judging process to determine this year’s honourees. Winners in the Employer of the Year categories were determined by a combination of ratings from Stevie Awards judges and more than 130,000 public votes.
“We congratulate all of the winners in the 10th edition of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers for their outstanding performance,” said Stevies President Maggie Miller. “Toshiba’s Debra Anne Kellogg is a sterling example of one who goes above and beyond to educate and inform her teammates while making a distinct and positive impact on her company.”
Kellogg led a cross-country Toshiba task force to create a new nationwide culture training programme for nearly 1,950 company employees. Implementing input from company leaders, she completely revised the organisation’s training programme with all new content emphasising Toshiba’s values, which include empowering others, seeking innovation and delivering the exceptional. The resulting multi-tiered rewards platform, recognising employees who go above and beyond, while also demonstrating the company’s values, is the hallmark of Kellogg’s aptly named ‘Be the Difference’ programme.
Stevie judges believe Toshiba’s learning and development leader is a difference maker at her company. One judge commented, “Debra Kellogg reads like the steady, quiet force in the background, the kind of leader who isn’t chasing the spotlight but whose fingerprints are on everything that actually moves the company forward. Thirty-three years at Toshiba isn’t just tenure; it’s a lifetime of learning how to stitch people and values into the fabric of an organisation. What strikes me most here is the humility and the hands-on craft behind ‘Be the Difference,’ no outside consultants, no flashy gimmicks, just deep, earnest work to create something that feels real and owned by the company itself. This is culture-building at its purest, thoughtful, slow and genuinely people-centred.”
“Upon working for more than a year to create our ‘Be the Difference’ national culture training programme, Debra brings our mission, vision and values to life here for everyone at our company,” stated Toshiba America Business Solutions Vice President of Human Resources Kim Jones. “Thanks to her inspiration, passion and hard work, we now have a practical way for our nationwide employees to connect with what matters most at Toshiba, and it’s having a positive impact on how we work together each day.”
