Bosses with the qualities to become icons of leadership in South Africa’s workplace, can now be nominated for this year’s Boss of the Year® Award. This prestigious Award, which is now in its 19th year, annually recognizes and rewards exceptional workplace leaders.
The workplace leader who will receive this year’s award as the top boss in the country could be a CEO or a team leader, an entrepreneur or a boss in the public sector, the head of an institution or a professional practice. This award is in a class of its own due to the fact that the employees have the power to decide whether a boss is good enough to be entered.
This is not a decision of the board of directors or the shareholders but of those people who daily witness the leadership skills of their boss. With MTN SA Foundation as the new patron and main sponsor, and organized by Dictum Publishers, good South African leaders will again be identified and new role-models will be found for others to follow. Says Eunice Maluleke head of MTN SA Foundation, “ Our support of this Award is based on the leadership challenges that South Africa, as a nation at large, faces. And whether you zone in on sport, education or commerce and industry, the challenge is fundamentally about stimulating inspiring Leadership.
Only inspiring leadership leads to exceptional results. “A new kind of leadership is required all round – The kind of leadership that is alert to the very particular demands of today’s socio-economic realities! Furthermore, leadership today must be pervasive - for us to compete successfully, our organizations have to have good leadership at every rung! “South African places of work are the best breeding ground for the positive breeding of new enlightened leaders, and that is where our collective efforts, as MTN SA Foundation with Dictum Publishers, will focus a significant energy. “I invite people who have a good leader in their organization to let us know about this person – and in so doing, becoming an active agent in promoting better leadership practices.” she concludes Employees who believe that their boss is the kind of boss who motivates and makes staff feel important, provides clear goals and direction, is committed and positive, are encouraged to fill in the nomination form below. 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.
To nominate a boss, the first step is to complete the nomination form which is available on www.dictum.co.za . From the nominations received, 15 finalists are selected. These candidates are expected to undergo a telephone interview and the nominators will have to complete a second questionnaire before the six finalists are chosen.
The closing date for this year’s nominations is 22 July and the six finalists will meet a panel of judges on Saturday, 6 October. 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 Ballroom.
Sponsors of the Boss of the Year® Award are : Patron of the Award: MTN SA Foundation, Aramis and Designer Fragrances, Paintings from well-known artists Ulric Roberts and Chrissie Malherbe courtesy of Die Kunshuis Clanwilliam, Jenna Clifford Homeware Collection, Microsoft SA, Sheaffer, Southern Sun Hotels, Stabilo (Founder Sponsor) (Complete list of prizes can be viewed on webpage) Other sponsors include: Star Workplace, Montecasino Conferences and Events and Décor Mechanics
Contact Information: Issued for the Executive Committee of the Boss of the Year® Awardwww.dictum.co.zaOrnella Trinco, chair of Award EXCO. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Tel: (011-616-7401)