International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
International
Quality Awards –
Guide for applicants
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
Introducing the International Quality Awards
There are a number of quality awards We are also recognising the business leaders who have
been instrumental in establishing a ‘culture of quality’ that
recognising organisations, but until empowers and enables quality professionals to succeed.
now there have been none recognising
Spanning six major categories, the International Quality
the contribution of individuals. As the Awards are designed to recognise and reward the
professional body accountable for setting contribution of quality professionals across the globe.
quality competency requirements and To ensure the highest level of rigour, a panel of subject
matter experts and the CQI Executive Director of Policy
making sure those in the profession meet will judge entries on the demonstrable competency of
the ongoing needs of industry, we are applicants.
remedying this. We are delighted that you are reading this brochure and
considering applying.
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
Who should apply?
Members and non-members can enter. All awards are Read the details of the categories and decide which one
linked to the CQI Competency Framework but have best fits you – you are welcome to enter for more than
subtly different criteria or marking schemes to fit different one category. As well as completing an application for
career stages and organisational contexts. This means yourself, consider whether you can support an entry from
there should be a category for everybody. someone you coach, your boss, someone in your team or
even the whole of your quality team.
Governance: Ensures that all organisation requirements
are reflected in operational frameworks, p olicies, processes
and plans, and that these meet all stakeholder requirements
Leadership Governance Ass
Assurance: Embeds a culture of assurance to ensure that policies,
processes and plans are effectively implemented, a nd that all outputs
(both internal and deliverable) a re consistent with requirements
Leadership Governance Assurance Imp
Improvement: Facilitates a culture of e valuation (both q ualitative
Leadership Governance Ass
and q uantitative), learningand improvement that drives more
effective, efficient and agile ways of w
orking to s upport business
strategy, enhance r eputation and increase
Leadership profitability
Governance Assurance Improvement C
Leadership Governance Assurance Imp
Leadership: Uses leadership behaviours to maximise influence
and develop a culture of e valuation and improvement
Leadership Go
Context: Uses domain and/or industry-specific
Leadership
knowledge
Governance
to ensure
Assurance Improvement
C
effective implementation of governance, assurance and improvement
Leadership Governance Assurance Improvement Context
Leadership Go
Why applyLeadership Governance Assurance Improvement
Context
• You are showing quality leadership within your
organisation
• You are telling your story for the benefit of other
quality professionals
• You are helping industry gain a better
understanding of the contribution that quality
professionals and leaders make to organisations
• If you are a finalist, you will get personal written
feedback from the panel of judges
• If you win a category, you will be featured in
Quality World magazine and will receive a trophy at
the awards celebration
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
The categories
1. Quality Professional of the Year
(in association with proud partners E-Squared)
– recognising the quality professional who has
2. Emerging Talent Award
(in association with proud partners Tideway)
– recognising the younger quality professional
contributed most to their organisation
3. Leadership Award
– recognising a senior manager who has
contributed most to their organisation in terms
4. Quality Team of the Year
– recognising a team of quality professionals
who have contributed most to their
of establishing a culture of quality organisation
5. Quality Professional in a new Project
– recognising the quality professional who has
contributed most to their organisation with
6. CQI Achievement Award
– recognising the quality professional who has
moved the profession forward over a number
a quality system established from scratch in a of years (this is an honorary award and
project environment therefore not open to entries)
“Driven by our purpose to safeguard life, property and
the environment, DNV GL partners with organizations
to advance their quality and sustainability efforts,
and to build stakeholder trust through our assurance
services. We chose to partner with the CQI on this
event because we believe that the success of any
company starts with people, their education and
knowledge, and we believe their role is ever more
critical in building sustainable business performance
in an increasingly complex business context.”
Ramanie Chandraratne, Global Training Services Manager at DNV GL
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
Entry details
• You can only enter the awards by using the online form.
• Write no more than 1,500 words, making sure you answer all the questions on the form.
• Before you upload your entry, make sure you have the support of your line manager or, for the Leadership Award,
your senior quality professional.
• Please read the terms and conditions. You will need to confirm your compliance with these before you can upload
your form.
• Put the dates of the Judging Interviews and the Award Ceremony in your diary!
The entry process
Making your submission Interview of finalists
For each award category you enter, you need Finalists will be required to attend an interview
to complete a simple online application form. with the same judges who reviewed their
Visit quality.org/awards to download the form. entries. This will take place in London towards
the middle of October; however any finalists
You should write up to 1,500 words, answering who are unable to attend in person will
specific questions for your category, supplying be able to do so by video-conference. The
additional information and supporting evidence interview will last up to an hour, so the judges
on up to six PowerPoint slides. For all awards, can question the finalist on any aspect of their
other than the Leadership Award, your submission and the candidate can provide
entry will need to be supported by your line more detailed insights as well as demonstrate
manager. For the Leadership Award, the entry their leadership. The judging panel will
will need to be supported by the most senior decide on the winner of each category after
quality professional in your organisation. interviewing all candidates.
Award entries can be made at any time Announcing the winners
between 15 June and 31 July 2017. We will announce the winners at the Awards
Ceremony on 22 November 2017.
Review of entries
A three-person judging panel (a senior After the Awards Ceremony
manager of the organisation sponsoring the All finalists will receive written feedback from
award, a subject matter expert and the CQI the panel of judges, and best practices from
Executive Director of Policy) will review the finalists will be shared with CQI members and
entries for each of the awards, comparing the wider quality community via various media.
them against the award criteria and using the
marking scheme. They will then compile a
shortlist of finalists. Applicants will be notified
of the results of this part of the process by
mid-September.
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
Award criteria and marking scheme
Award Criteria What you should cover in 1,500 words and six Marking scheme
category supporting PowerPoint slides
Quality Context Within your role, how do you understand the context of 10 marks approach
Professional your organisation and build this into the way you do your 10 marks results
of the Year job? How do you know this is successful?
Governance Within your role, how do you understand the governance 10 marks approach
requirements of your organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way you do your job? How do you know this is
successful?
Assurance Within your role, how do you understand the assurance 10 marks approach
requirements of your organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way you do your job? How do you know this is
successful?
Improvement Within your role, how do you understand the 10 marks approach
improvement requirements of your organisation and build 10 marks results
this into the way you do your job? How do you know this
is successful?
Leadership Within your role, what is your approach to leadership and 10 marks approach
how do you build this into the way you do your job? How 10 marks results
do you know this is successful?
Emerging Context Within your role, how do you understand the context of 10 marks approach
Talent your organisation and build this into the way you do your 10 marks results
job? How do you know this is successful?
Governance Within your role, how do you understand the governance 10 marks approach
requirements of your organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way you do your job? How do you know this is
successful?
Assurance Within your role, how do you understand the assurance 10 marks approach
requirements of your organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way you do your job? How do you know this is
successful?
Improvement Within your role, how do you understand the 10 marks approach
improvement requirements of your organisation and build 10 marks results
this into the way you do your job? How do you know this
is successful?
Leadership Within your role, what is your approach to leadership and 10 marks approach
how do you build this into the way you do your job? How 10 marks results
do you know this is successful?
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
Award Criteria What you should cover in 1,500 words and six Marking scheme
category supporting PowerPoint slides
Leadership Context How do you ensure quality professionals within your 5 marks approach
Award organisation understand the business context and build 5 marks results
this into the way they do their job? How do you know
this is successful?
Strategy How do you ensure quality professionals within your 15 marks approach
organisation understand the business/quality strategy and 20 marks results
build this into the way they do their job? How do you
know this is successful?
Management How do you ensure quality professionals within your 5 marks approach
system organisation understand the requirements for the 5 marks results
business management system and build this into the way
they do their job? How do you know this is successful?
Quality How do you ensure that the roles of quality professionals 5 marks approach
organisation within your organisation are defined and improved so that 5 marks results
your business is successful in delivering its strategy? How
do you know this is successful?
Leadership How do you define and lead the creation of a quality 15 marks approach
of quality culture within your organisation? How do you know this is 20 marks results
culture successful?
Quality Team Context How does the quality team understand the context of 10 marks approach
of the Year their organisation and build this into the way they do their 10 marks results
jobs? How do they know this is successful?
Governance How does the quality team understand the governance 10 marks approach
requirements of their organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way they do their jobs? How do they know this is
successful?
Assurance How does the quality team understand the assurance 10 marks approach
requirements of their organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way they do their jobs? How do they know this is
successful?
Improvement How does the quality team understand the improvement 10 marks approach
requirements of their organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way they do their jobs? How do they know this is
successful?
Leadership What is the approach to leadership within the quality 10 marks approach
team and how do they build this into the way they do 10 marks results
their jobs? How do they know this is successful?
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
Award Criteria What you should cover in 1,500 words and six Marking scheme
category supporting PowerPoint slides
Quality Context Within your role, how do you understand the context of 10 marks approach
Professional your organisation and build this into the way you do your 10 marks results
in a New job? How do you know this is successful?
Project*
Governance Within your role, how do you understand the governance 12.5 marks approach
requirements of your organisation and build this into 12.5 marks results
the way you do your job? How do you know this is
successful?
Assurance Within your role, how do you understand the assurance 10 marks approach
requirements of your organisation and build this into 10 marks results
the way you do your job? How do you know this is
successful?
Improvement Within your role, how do you understand the 5 marks approach
improvement requirements of your organisation and build 5 marks results
this into the way you do your job? How do you know this
is successful?
Leadership Within your role, what is your approach to leadership and 12.5 marks approach
how do you build this into the way you do your job? How 12.5 marks results
do you know this is successful?
*A new project can be an entirely new business entity with a separate business management system, or a new activity set up to deliver a specific result
with a distinct business management approach.
Milestones
Dates Activity
15 June – 31 July 2017 Awards open for entries
15-19 September 2017 Finalists notified and invited to interviews
16 – 27 October 2017 Interview of finalists
22 November 2017 Awards Ceremony
International Quality Awards
– Guide for applicants
