2021 Jersey Director of the Year Awards
Nomination closing date : 11th June 2021
Entry submission closing date : 30th June 2021
Gala Dinner : 17th September 2021 (tickets available on iod.je)
The Institute of Directors Awards are open for entries. One of the few cross-sector Awards programmes, it celebrates leadership talent, success and achievement.
The combination of the pandemic and preparations for Brexit meant that 2020 produced exceptionally tough operating conditions, forcing directors to reassess business models and respond at speed with bold, innovative decisions. These monumental efforts deserve recognition. Whatever your sector or organisation – whether you are a director in an established company, innovative start-up, family business, SME, NED or Third Sector – we want to hear from you.
We hope you will consider submitting an entry – remember, you can enter more than one category and entry is free.
APPLY NOMINATE
Remember that the IoD is about individuals, not organisations, so your answers should be biased to what you have done, achieved or influenced. If the organisation has made great achievements, stress what you did to make it happen.
Award Categories 2021:
The following categories have been announced for 2021. Full criteria can be found here
Director of the Year - Large Business (£10 million+ turnover)
Director of the Year - SME Business (Up to £10 million turnover)
Director of the Year - Family Business
Director of the Year - Start-up
Director of the Year - Third Sector
Director of the Year - Public Sector
Director of the Year - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Director of the Year - Sustainability
Director of the Year - Young
Director of the Year - Non-Executive
TOP TIPS FOR COMPLETING YOUR ENTRY
Vision: articulate your vision and how you are driving it forward
Approach to challenge and innovation: talk about the challenges you have encountered and how you overcame them. What did you learn from the experience? Tell the judges how you have innovated with new ideas, approaches and processes.
Company culture: how do you foster a good culture? What is your attitude to Continual Professional Development and Corporate Social Responsibility for you and your staff? How do you drive this through the organisation?
Corporate Governance: if your organisation is too small to have a full board, demonstrate how you ensure you make good decisions, for example a mentor or consultant. If you are a larger organisation, discuss the role of the independent chair and NXDs and how you ensure the board is balanced and remains up to date.
Leadership: describe why your team would see you as a role model and how you have provided strong leadership at times of stress and challenge and how you support staff and communicate with clients, stakeholders.
WHAT IS A DIRECTOR?
Directors are responsible for leading their organisation, defining its strategic direction and, along with the rest of the board, they have a duty to make informed decisions and exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence on behalf of that organisation. They owe a duty of trust, loyalty and confidentiality to their organisation and they must act in good faith in the best way to promote its long-term success. At the IoD, we recognise that practising, aspiring (including student) and retired directors, all have a crucial role to play in the director community.
The IoD believes that all directors, regardless of their specific role on the board, the sector or industry in which they operate, or the size of the organisation, need to demonstrate competence in a wide range of areas in order to be truly effective leaders.
The IoD’s Director Competency Framework sets out these competencies, divided up into knowledge, skills and mindset. Besides the concrete skills and explicit knowledge required to carry out their duties, directors should also bring an ethical mindset, integrity and independence. When it comes to an organisation’s ethical standards the directors and senior management need to be beyond reproach and ‘set the tone at the top’.
For more information, please contact the Jersey Branch Officer, Zoë Wauton, at officer.jersey@iod.net
Company Direction Programme
Available exclusively in Jersey, the IoD combines the Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction into a 13 day modular programme. This is internationally recognised as the benchmark for directors, providing a robust and challenging programme to meet the needs of today’s executives.
The Certificate and Diploma lead on to the prestigious qualification of Chartered Director.