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Diversity & Inclusion Director of the Year Award
Honouring diversity & inclusion directors excelling in diversity
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About this category
This category recognises diversity & inclusion directors driving diversity, equity and inclusion that changes outcomes. Judges will look for a strong leadership journey supported by clear evidence of achievement, influence, and lasting value.
Eligibility
- Open to directors and senior leaders in relevant leadership
- Management
- Professional
- Specialist roles who can demonstrate responsibility
- Achievement
- Influence
- Measurable impact
Judging criteria
- People strategy
- Culture and engagement impact
- Capability building
- Inclusion and wellbeing
- Measurable outcomes
- Leadership and integrity
Qualitative criteria
- Clarity of leadership story
- Authenticity and values
- Originality of approach
- Strength of examples
- Influence on people
- Organisation
- Sector
- Community
- Sustainability of impact
Metrics
- Evidence such as engagement scores
- Retention and turnover
- Hiring quality and time to hire
- Learning outcomes
- Diversity measures
- Wellbeing data
- Employee testimonials
Additional criteria
- Nomination should include clear examples
- Supporting evidence
- Dates/timeframes where possible
- Testimonials
- Case studies
- Data
- Media links
- References where available
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