Award Categories

Collaboration for Project Excellence

Award Description

The Collaboration for Project Excellence Award recognises exemplary project team collaboration initiatives between a firm and its client.

Criteria

Clearly articulated and aligned roles and objectives for each party including:

  • Effectiveness of relationship management.
  • Collaborative and transparent operating protocols.
  • Project/engagement outcomes.

Collaboration for Project Excellence – Working with Government

Award Description

The Collaboration for Project Excellence – Working with Government Award recognises exemplary project team collaboration initiatives between government and industry.

Criteria

Clearly articulated and aligned roles and objectives for each party including:

  • Effectiveness of relationship management.
  • Collaborative and transparent operating protocols.
  • Project/engagement outcomes.

Future Leader

Award Description

The Future Leader Award acknowledges professional staff of member firms aged 35 years and under who have made a significant contribution to their firm and added value in a demonstrable way.

Criteria

  • Leadership
  • Innovation
  • Professional development
  • Contribution to the firm
  • Contribution to the profession/industry
  • Contribution beyond the professional role (e.g., to the community)

Champions of Change – Diversity & Inclusion

Award Description

The Champions of Change – Diversity & Inclusion Award recognises a mid or senior level professional who has demonstrated leadership capabilities and/or is championing change within their firm or in the industry more broadly.

Criteria

  • Leadership in championing change.
  • Professional development.
  • Contribution to the firm.
  • Contribution to the profession/industry.
  • Contribution beyond the professional role (e.g., to the community).

Superior Sustainability

Award Description

The Superior Sustainability Award recognises the achievement of sustainable outcomes on an internal or external project through innovative design and/or the innovative application of sustainable materials and principles.

Criteria

  • Environmental sustainability of the project/engagement and the firm’s influence on this.
  • Social/community outcomes of the project/engagement and the firm’s influence on this.
  • Economic outcomes of the project/engagement and the firm’s influence on this.

Innovation for Excellence

Award Description

The Innovation for Excellence Award recognises member firms who have demonstrated outstanding innovation in any aspect of the design process.

Criteria

  • Extent of the design innovation and excellence.
  • Degree of challenge/difficulty.
  • Development and implementation of the innovation.
  • Value to the project on which the innovation was applied.
  • Value of the innovation beyond the project.

People First

Award Description

This Award recognises member firms that have implemented and delivered outstanding initiatives that benefit their people.

Criteria

  • Demonstrated leadership in pursuing actions that further internal inclusion and wellbeing to create "healthy workplaces" (including diversity, mental health and wellbeing, flexibility etc.).
  • Delivery and effectiveness of initiative(s).
  • Extent to which the initiative(s) respond to the needs/challenged of the firm's people and contribute to the business' success.
  • Extend to which the initiative(s) reflect or contribute to developing industry best.

Planning for a Digital Future

Award Description

The Planning for a Digital Future Award recognises member firms who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the innovative application of new or existing technology in planning for a digital future.

Criteria

  • Extent of planning for the future in the digital space.
  • Degree of challenge/difficulty.
  • Development and implementation of the planning.
  • Value to the project on which the innovation and planning was applied.
  • Value of the innovation and planning beyond the project.

Client Service Excellence

Award Description

The Client Service Excellence Award recognises member firms who have delivered exemplary customer service throughout the course of a client engagement or project. Entry in this category requires member firms to be either nominated or endorsed by the client.

Criteria

  • Client relationship management processes.
  • Effective, transparent client reporting.
  • Effective, ongoing management of client expectations.
  • Extent of client satisfaction.

Small Business Excellence - Client Satisfaction

Award Description

This Award recognises member firms with less than 20 FTE who have demonstrated excellence through collaboration, client engagement, people, and culture or in the conduct of their business operations.

Criteria

  • Demonstrate excellence in chosen area.
  • Degree of challenge/difficulty.
  • Development and implementation of the strategy, solution and/or activity.
  • Impact of the solution on business performance.
  • Ongoing implications.

More Information

For more information contact awards@consultaustralia.com.au or call (02) 8252 6700

2023-24 Consult Australia Awards for Excellence