This award is to recognise organisations that are supporting new and young talent by encouraging apprenticeship programmes and manager acceleration programmes, or who have exceptional induction training and continual professional development. Let us know if your organisation or one you know can demonstrate new initiatives they have developed to support young talent.

Does your organisation or one you know actively promote their employees’ health and wellbeing? We are looking to celebrate those who have developed health and wellbeing programmes that are welcomed by their employees for physical, emotional, financial wellbeing which are integrated into the organisation’s policies and communications.

Business Agility is a people-centred, organisation-wide capability that enables a business to deliver value to a world characterised by ever-increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. It is achieved by inspiring and harnessing the collaborative, creative ways of working of the people in the organisation in meeting its core purpose. Does your organisation or one you know:

• Adapt quickly to market changes
• Deliver value rapidly and flexibly to meet customer needs
• Adapt and lead change without compromising quality
• Collaborative networks
• Transparency over secrecy
• Adaptability over prescriptiveness
• Inspiration and engagement over management and retention
• Intrinsic motivation over extrinsic rewards

This award recognises businesses who inspire and influence on social media and digital channels or businesses who are using technology to impact change.

We want to celebrate organisations who champion creativity, effort, and authenticity through digital channels – maybe podcasts, blogs or social media to share ideas, make connections and move their industry forward.

Applicants for this award will demonstrate how they embrace new thinking and developments in online learning to facilitate peer support and to deliver engaging, interactive, and personalised learning to a wide and diverse audience. The programmes must focus on whole-person development, challenge learners to be their authentic selves, provide strategies to overcome the ‘unwanted fears’ of leadership, such as fear of failure and imposter syndrome, and they ensure learners are provided with the skills and behaviours to make an impact in both their current and future roles.

This award is only open to those who have an Institute of Leadership, Institute Approved Programme.

Awarded to an organisation that demonstrates all Five of our Dimensions of Leadership: Authenticity, Vision, Achievement, Ownership & Collaboration. More about our five dimensions below.

We understand Authenticity to be “what lies between people”.

Our research has revealed that authentic leaders are trusted, they have integrity underpinned by lived values and they stand out because they challenge themselves and empower others to be the best they can be.

We understand Vision to require imagination, innovation and ingenuity.

Our research has revealed that visionary leaders inspire people to action and achievement, they embrace change and constantly adapt, understand risk, link the present to the future, and have an entrepreneurial mindset.

We understand Achievement to mean harnessing potential and enabling everyone to achieve great success.

Our research has revealed that achieving leaders are high performers, they deliver increasingly more challenging and sustainable results and they are proud of their work.

We understand Ownership to mean being responsible and accountable.

Our research has revealed that leaders who assume ownership keep on learning, they understand the importance of reputation and create a safe environment, they stick up for their staff and are important role models.

We understand Collaboration to mean being able to work effectively with others inside and outside the organisation.

A collaborative leader works with diverse stakeholders, understands team dynamics, accesses networks, and invests in relationships.

Aimed at rewarding ambitious and exceptional talent. Nominations for this award could include students who have completed a leadership programme, apprenticeship or have proven leadership potential and the essential skills to excel.

Nominees must have less than 6 years (total) leadership experience or can prove they have the skills to become a great leader. They may have endorsements and recognition from others in their organisation with qualitative feedback from team members, other manager or peers as an emerging leader.

This is awarded to a member who publicly and actively supports The Institute of Leadership and the work that they do through success stories, speaking engagements, reviews, networking, social media engagement and so much more. A true advocate of The Institute.n emerging leader.

Awarded to an individual that demonstrates all Five of our Dimensions of Leadership: Authenticity, Vision, Achievement, Ownership & Collaboration. More about our five dimensions below.

We understand Authenticity to be “what lies between people”.

Our research has revealed that authentic leaders are trusted, they have integrity underpinned by lived values and they stand out because they challenge themselves and empower others to be the best they can be.

We understand Vision to require imagination, innovation and ingenuity.

Our research has revealed that visionary leaders inspire people to action and achievement, they embrace change and constantly adapt, understand risk, link the present to the future, and have an entrepreneurial mindset.

We understand Achievement to mean harnessing potential and enabling everyone to achieve great success.

Our research has revealed that achieving leaders are high performers, they deliver increasingly more challenging and sustainable results and they are proud of their work.

We understand Ownership to mean being responsible and accountable.

Our research has revealed that leaders who assume ownership keep on learning, they understand the importance of reputation and create a safe environment, they stick up for their staff and are important role models.

We understand Collaboration to mean being able to work effectively with others inside and outside the organisation.

A collaborative leader works with diverse stakeholders, understands team dynamics, accesses networks, and invests in relationships.

The nominated book must demonstrate forward thinking and challenge ideas, bringing new insights to leadership thinking. The synopsis, book cover and sample of the book, up to one chapter, must be submitted.

Anyone can nominate a book; including authors or publishers.

The book must be published between September 2023 – September 2024.