Open now – 2023's UK Employee Ownership Awards!
What does ‘good EO’ mean to you? If you’re not sure but love to learn from the experience of others, you’ll want to check out the winners of the Employee Ownership Association’s 2023 Awards.
You’ll have to be a bit patient though… That’s because nominations for these exciting awards don’t close until 5pm on Friday 15 September (deadline extended), with the winners revealed at a gala dinner on 27 November during the EOA Conference 2023.
This means that if your organisation – or someone you know – is a shining example of ‘good EO’ in practice, there’s still (just) time to throw your hat in the ring.
Celebrating the best of EO
The UK Employee Ownership Awards 2023 are making a welcome return, after the EOA’s EO Stories have ‘held the fort’ for the last few years.
Sponsored by EOA members GLIDE and Gripple, they will celebrate great EO from organisations and individuals, recognising those who have helped to strengthen EO in their business and beyond.
What award categories can you enter?
There are five prestigious awards up for grabs:
EO Transition of the Year – find out more and nominate here
EO Rising Star – find out more and nominate here
Employee Owner of the Year – find out more and nominate here
Employee Owned Business of the Year – find out more and nominate here
The fifth title – The Philip Baxendale Fellowship Award – isn’t open for nomination and will be decided by an expert judging panel instead.
JGA’s Jeremy Gadd and Lisa Fryer at 2022’s EOA Conference
Looking forward to EOA Conference 2023
At JGA, we’re particularly excited about these awards for two very good reasons…
Firstly, because we’ll be exhibiting at the EOA Conference on 27 and 28 November and need no excuse to throw on the gala ‘sparkle’ to celebrate the success of others (we really don’t).
And secondly, because several of the inspiring clients we’re proud to have supported have previously won the EOA’s top awards.
Those recognised for good EO have ranged from Hayes Davidson, who won the award for Outstanding EO Culture at the EO Stories 2022, to The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan, who were named EOA Business of the Year back in 2019.
Those might seem like hard acts to follow, but we know there are some amazing EO companies out there… ready to share their excellent EO practice with the world.
Good luck to everyone who enters – and see you in Liverpool on 27 and 28 November, at the EOA Conference 2023!
Want to enter the UK Employee Ownership Awards? Follow this link to enter by Friday 15 September 2023.
To find out how JGA can support you with our Transition, People and Governance services, get in touch here.