There's a prize for the nominator of the winning boss, too...
Call for nominations for Boss of the Year 2007
Being a boss in South Africa is again under the spotlight. What you think makes a good boss today, and why yours could be a likely winner of the coveted Boss of the Year, is what the organisers of this national award want to know from you.
Now in its 18th year, the Boss of the Year Award relies on employees of South African workplaces in the private, public and NGO sectors to identify the bosses who keep their morale high, make them look forward to going to work and to feel important in the organisation.
Say Eunice Maluleke, Head of the Transnet Foundation, Patron of the Award, "Bearing in mind the importance of good leadership to business and to NGOs, we feel that promoting, encouraging and rewarding good leadership makes a direct contribution to the health of SA business, economy and development.
"Effective leadership comes naturally to some, and is learned behaviour by others - what matters is that it is practiced! Enabling workplaces where people are encouraged, nurtured, rewarded and treated fairly and respectfully are privileged workplaces. We want to find out who is creating and shaping these workplaces."
The Award, which is endorsed by business organisations such as AHI and SACOB is in a class of its own in its annual effort to identify and reward exemplary leaders and look for them at every leadership level of society.
"Whether a CEO or Supervisor, a Chairman or Operations Director, Director General or Department head, the designation does not make one a leader - it´s what the boss brings to that designation that really counts". So says Ornella Trinco, chairperson of the Award.
She continues "We want to hear of all those sung and unsung heroes and heroines who potentially qualify for the greatest honour of all: the title Boss of the Year, and we depend on you to bring them to our attention by nominating them!."
To nominate a boss, the first step is to complete the nomination form which is available here (click on Boss of the Year), or by e-mailing a form request to [email protected]
From the nominations received, 15 semi-finalists are selected, and from these will emerge the six finalists.
The closing date for this year’s nominations is 3 August 2007, and the six finalists will meet a panel of judges on Saturday, 6 October 2007. As in the past, the winner will be announced on the National Day of the Boss, 16 October, at an elegant banquet lunch held at the Montecasino Conference Venue.
Apart from the honour of being rated amongst the best bosses in South Africa, not only the recipient of the award and his/her nominator, but all the finalists and their nominators also receive amazing prizes.
The elected Boss of the Year wins a one-way Blue Train experience for two people sharing (Deluxe Suite) between Pretoria and Cape courtesy of the Blue Train as well as a two-night stay at the Cullinan Hotel courtesy of Southern Sun; while the nominator gets a 5-day holiday at the Al Manzil Deluxe hotel in Dubai courtesy of Southern Sun.
Enquiries: Ornella Trinco, Tel: (011) 616-7401, [email protected]