Feature | 2021 Awards for Excellence
Awards Categories Champions of Change - Female Leadership
Future Leader
Small Business Excellence
This award recognises a mid or senior level female professional who has demonstrated leadership capabilities and/or is championing change within her firm or in the industry more broadly.
This award acknowledges professional staff of firms aged 35 years and under who have made a significant contribution to their firm and added value in a demonstrable way.
The Small Business Excellence Award recognises firms with less than 20 FTE who have demonstrated innovation in the conduct of their business either through process, people or use of technology.
Superior Sustainability
Client Service Excellence
Collaboration for project excellence
This award recognises the achievement of sustainable outcomes on an internal or external project that go above and beyond expectations in the application of the firm’s services (e.g. through design, advice, and/or the application of sustainable materials and principles etc.).
The award recognised member firms who have delivered exemplary customer service throughout the course of a client engagement or project. Entry in this category requires firms to be either nominated or endorsed by the client.
This award recognises collaboration initiatives between project participants and the client, which contributed to project excellence.
Technological Innovation
People First
Innovative Design
This award recognises firms who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the innovative application of new or existing technology.
This Award recognises firms that have implemented and delivered outstanding initiatives that benefit their people.
The award recognises firms who have demonstrated outstanding innovation in any aspect of the design process.
Small Firm of the Year
Medium Firm of the Year
Large Firm of the Year
The Small Firm of the Year Award recognises the sole practitioner or firm with less than 20 employees with a nomination in any of the 2021 Awards for Excellence categories considered to be of the highest standard by an independent judging panel.
The Medium Firm of the Year Award recognises the firm with 20 – 199 employees, with a nomination in any of the 2021 Awards for Excellence categories considered to be of the highest standard by an independent judging panel.
The Large Firm of the Year Award recognises the firm with 300+ employees, with a nomination in any of the 2021 Awards for Excellence categories considered to be of the highest standard by an independent judging panel.
President's award
Hall of Fame
The President’s Award recognises the individual or firm who has contributed the most to Consult Australia and/or the industry over the past 12 months.
The OneConsult Awards for Excellence Hall of Fame is the highest accolade a company can receive. To be recognised in the prestigious OneConsult Hall of Fame is the highest honour and is seen as the epitome of “Excellence” and entrants are celebrated for superiority in their field.
Special Awards
Companies are honoured by entry into the Hall of Fame if they have been awarded Large Firm of the Year, Medium Firm of the Year or Small Firm of the Year for a period of three (3) consecutive years. Entrance in the Hall of Fame is for a two (2) year period.
Judges Consult Australia would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank each of the judges on the 2021 panel for generously donating their time and expertise to support this year's Awards for Excellence. All judges are independent and are engaged to ensure the highest possible standards of fairness and impartiality are applied to the judging process. All judges are also required to ensure the confidential nature of all submissions is maintained. The judging criteria applied to select the Award winners principally revolves around consulting excellence. This is reflected through the originality, innovation, quality, results and impact of each submission. Community, environmental and social aspects are also considered.
26 Consulting Matters
Marlene Kanga
Kim Seeling-Smith
Standards Australia
CEO Ignite Global
Brian Yu
Anthony Manning
University of Sydney
School Infrastructure NSW
Danny Samson University of Melbourne
