We are delighted to announce the finalists for the ABP Awards!
The purpose of the Awards are to Celebrate Excellence in Business Psychology.
The ABP Awards offer a unique and distinctive platform for the celebration of excellence in Business Psychology. Whilst many awards programmes exist in the field of Human Resources generally, and in various psychological disciplines, the ABP Awards focus on demonstrating how applying an understanding of the science of human behaviour can impact workforce experience and deliver commercial and practical value to organisations.
The finalists listed below have been judged to have been able to demonstrate the commercial and practical value of a Business Psychology intervention for an individual, group or organisation.
Finalists are announced by category, in alphabetical order.
Julie Ensor is a CBP and Psychometrician who has developed an ecosystem of cutting-edge digital psychological apps that serve over one million learners worldwide.
Julie Ensor
Lumina Learning
Louisa Scanlon’s passion is in supporting organisations to move beyond the transactional; moving beyond transactional conversations and relationships, to drive lasting change, connected teams and truly inspiring organisations
Louisa Scanlon
Collaborate Business Solutions
Ben William’s is an experienced Business Psychologist who has been volunteering his time to help new and experienced practitioners for over 20 years.
Ben William
Sten10
Hogrefe Ltd is the UK arm of the Hogrefe Publishing Group, a leading publisher of psychometric assessments and psychology books and journals. Established nearly 75 years ago in post-war Germany, Hogrefe is a family-owned company that has grown across Europe and into North and South America particularly over the past 20 years.
Hogrefe
At Caja, our consultancy philosophy emphasises co-design, co-delivery, and co-worked approaches. Seeking to become “trusted advisors” for our clients, collaboratively ensuring a clear understanding of desired outcomes, and assuring delivery through programme and project governance, capabilities, and skills.
Caja Ltd
Sten10 was formed 11 years ago, a company that specialises in the creation of bespoke psychological assessments for recruitment and development. We work with a range of clients to help them to understand and work with people more effectively.
Sten10 Ltd
In July 2022, NHS Wales launched a programme to improve the decision-making involved in commissioning employee investigations. It recognised that whilst they are sometimes a necessary part of organisational life, they have the potential to cause significant harm to individuals being taken through them, those involved in their delivery and the wider culture, impacting psychological safety and undermining trust and confidence.
NHS Wales
Making a difference with autism: a work experience solution. The programme supports and develops participants through a number of routes, aiming to enhance intern capability and confidence within a work environment. Key to success has been ongoing engagement with departmental leads, through continuous communication and briefings, encouraging their feedback and ideas to shape the programme to the best quality.
Civil Service Fast Stream and Emerging Talent
As the Centre of Expertise (CoE) for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology (BS&AP), we apply a deep understanding of psychology and human behaviour to better understand our colleagues and customers. Over the past three years, our team of business psychologists and behavioural scientists has grown five-fold, demonstrating the ongoing value of psychology in the workplace and recognition of this across the bank.
NatWest Group
Tailored Thinking are a positive business psychology consultancy. Our mission is to make work better and make better work. We strive to be the bridge between an organisation’s head and heart, bringing positive psychology, business psychology and wellbeing science to life in organisations, through evidence-based practice, and via sustainable, practical and accessible means.
Tailored Thinking
Rebekah Giffney Consulting Limited (RGC) is a psychology consultancy provider at the forefront of the provision of leadership and organisational development for clinicians and managers in NHS health and care settings across the country. Working exclusively with health and care organisations, RGC challenge mindsets, build belief and support culture change through the use of psychology-based development.
Rebekah Giffney Consulting
Affinity Health at Work are one of the only consultancies to truly bridge the gap between academia and practice. Since 2019 we have been building on our long history as a research organisation, expanding our consultancy practice to support organisations in all aspects of improving wellbeing.
Affinity Health at Work
Collaborate are passionate about supporting organisations to move beyond the transactional; moving beyond transactional conversations and relationships, to drive lasting change, connected teams and truly inspiring organisations where everyone is valued. Their work with the Lumina suite of psychometrics enables their clients to experience the next generation in psychometrics and are a pivotal part of the solutions from Collaborate. Our creative style means that we bring a personal touch to our Lumina work.
Collaborate Business Solutions
Five years ago, Caja sought to establish a behavioural science practice which drew on psychology theory to deliver positive change in client organisations. Today, we’ve successfully developed the Caja CognitivQI™ methodology, integrating key behavioural science theories and methodologies into a full consultancy cycle, delivering quantifiable results for our clients.
Caja Ltd
Global Mobility and Coaching – A Global Qualitative Research Study for ‘Peace of Mind on the Move
Café Coach Ltd
How Coaches Can Leverage Automated Coaching to Enhance and Expand Their Impact.
Cloverleaf
Targeted Board-1 Coaching: Strengthening leadership and sustained behaviour change with a focus on learning agility
The Work Psychologists
Springboard to success through transitional executive coaching with Peoplewise Ltd
Peoplewise
The best jobs make you fly – leveraging digital media and technology to create and inclusive, engaging and efficient process.
Amberjack and Virgin Atlantic
How Coaches Can Leverage Automated Coaching to Enhance and Expand Their Impact.
Cloverleaf
Revolutionising and digitalising talent assessment for the Civil Service
Occupational Psychology Service in the Cabinet Office and Talogy
Using a digital game to improve learning experience and increase understanding during Human Factors training.
Caspian Psychology Ltd
ETS and Provide: Employee Engagement 3-year Journey
ETS (Expert Training Systems PLC)
Citi’s New Way: Building engagement through ownership and purpose
MindGym and Citi
Selecting Early Careers candidates to be ‘CEO for One Month’ at the World’s Second Largest Human Resources Provider
SHL
Transformational Change: Fostering Organisational Resilience through Business Psychology. Psychology Works in Partnership with the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Psychology Works Global
Leadership and Team Development Using a Strengths-Based Approach Enabling a Team to Perform and Thrive.
Impact Psychology for Business
The Alchemical Bond: Uniting Business and Charity Leaders through a Shared Development Programme for Unprecedented ESG Impact – ‘The Growth Project’
Lumina Learning
Embedding ethical and sustainable considerations into sourcing and procurement decision making at C&C
Arup and C&C
A strategic wellbeing support programme at Babergh and Mid Suffolk District
Affinity Health at Work
Improving our employee investigations
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board / NHS Wales
Building an innovative, evidence-based approach to workplace wellbeing – from diagnostics, to strategy, to implementation, with a measured business impact.
EDF
Global Mobility and Workforce Health & Well-being -A Global Qualitative Research Study for ‘Peace of Mind on the Move’
Café Coach Ltd
Adapting a clinical emotional processing test for use in organisational wellbeing.
Hogrefe
Development and Implementation of a Transformative, Open-sourced Approach to Bias Mitigation within an Assessment and Selection Context.
HireVue
Using a digital game to improve learning experience and increase understanding during Human Factors training.
Caspian Psychology Ltd
Unlocking Leadership Potential: Pioneering a Culturally Appropriate Psychometric Tool for African High-Context Cultures
Sten10 Ltd
Transforming a culture with behavioural science: habit stacking, nudges and intrapreneurship
MindGym and Citi
Chris Lovell is a leader with a commitment to value driven, empathetic, inclusive leadership and is creative by nature. Chris’s journey into organisational psychology started two years ago whilst working as a store manager for Co-op, a role he currently still holds. He successfully applied to take part in a Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship in Business and Leadership Management through his employer.
Chris Lovell
Jane Hobbs is an ambitious student completing her MSc in Business Psychology at UWE Bristol. An Associate Member of the CIPD, Jane’s deep commitment to understanding and improving workplaces is evident. As a joint winner of the 2023 ABP ‘Biz Psych Cup’ Student Tournament, she demonstrated an impressive ability to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world business problems. With a solid background in HR management, Jane has provided invaluable support to Cardiff University in various roles.
Jane Hobbs
Tristan Chong is a dedicated and ambitious rising star in the field of Business Psychology, who will shortly complete his Master’s degree in the field from the University of the West of England (UWE). Prior to this, he graduated with First Class Honours in Business Management & Economics from UWE. During his academic journey, he has showcased his leadership acumen through multiple roles including his presidency of Team Enactus UWE and as a Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) mentor.
Tristan Chong
Altruistic Alliances: Amplifying Social Impact through a 12-Month Shared Leadership Development Journey for Business and Charity Leaders
Lumina Learning
Excellence in Social Impact – PALAMA Project in Sri Lanka
Save the Children
Flourishing Families Programme (FFP): enabling school Family Engagement teams to enhance the wellbeing and life chances of families and children.
Perform and Grow Ltd
Applying behavioural science to increase uptake of adolescent immunisations in severely deprived communities
Caja Ltd
Making a difference with autism: a work experience solution
Civil Service Fast Stream and Emerging Talent
Leading the Way – no more Cobblers Children! A talent management programme for supervisors and managers combining personal and professional development
Lumina Learning
Transforming talent management across National Highways: Closing the talent gap through a stratified talent solution
Peoplewise
ETS and Gatehouse Bank: Management Development Programme
ETS (Expert Training Systems PLC) and Gatehouse Bank
From ambition to impact: Addressing climate and sustainability challenges by building exceptional leaders.
ERM and Inspiring Insights
Identifying and Developing a Broad Spectrum of Leadership Talent at Ricoh UK
Saville Assessment
Schrodinger’s Leadership Development Programme – the paradox of executing Fully Bespoke and Off the Shelf L&D
Lumina Learning
Leading Customer Operations. A Bespoke and Theory-Led Leadership Development Programme for Transport for London’s (TfL) London Underground Customer Operations team.
Arup
ETS and Gatehouse Bank: Management Development Programme
ETS (Expert Training Systems PLC) and Gatehouse Bank
A Journey of Excellence in Leadership Development – Enabling and Empowering High Potential Senior Leaders
EQUIIDA and Univar Solutions
Leading Excellence: Lessons in transforming leadership culture across a multi-site NHS hospital – making it practical, evidenced-based and psychologically driven.
Rebekah Giffney Consulting
Developing entrepreneurial leaders to drive business transformation
Peoplewise
Team effectiveness: Identifying critical conditions for high performing teams; A Case Study & Team Effectiveness Solution
LHH
Citi’s New Way: learning new ways of working through globally standardised habits
MindGym and Citi
Leading Into the Future – A bespoke management development programme to drive engagement at Gatwick Airport
Affinity Health at Work
Driving Sales Transformation at Sartorius with Assessment-Based Global Sales Enablement Training
SHL
Building a Community of Practice: South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Behavioural Science Academy
Caja Ltd
Using a digital game to improve learning experience and increase understanding during Human Factors training.
Caspian Psychology Ltd
Transformational Change: Fostering Organisational Resilience through Business Psychology. Psychology Works in Partnership with the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Psychology Works Global
Citi’s New Way: Changing Citi’s culture, one meeting at a time
MindGym and Citi
Targeted Board-1 Coaching: Strengthening leadership and sustained behaviour change with a focus on learning agility
The Work Psychologists
Design and delivery of a Change Readiness Programme ‘Be the Change’ within Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
Affinity Health at Work
Embedding a “Whole School Approach to Emotional and Mental Wellbeing” change programme [Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend Local Authorities schools]
Perform and Grow Ltd
Leadership and Team Development Using a Strengths-Based Approach Enabling a Team to Perform and Thrive.
Impact Psychology for Business
Nudge the Odds: Making behavioural science a strategic lever to reduce harm, tackle inequalities and save lives.
Caja Ltd
Development and Implementation of a Transformative, Open-sourced Approach to Bias Mitigation within an Assessment and Selection Context.
HireVue
A customised, innovative and engaging assessment process for interns at Vinted – Life as a ‘Vintern’.
Sten10 Ltd
Enhancing decisions and inclusion at Citi through Habit Labs and productive debate
MindGym and Citi
Changing the Story in Police Detective Recruitment – Police Now with Amberjack
Amberjack and Police Now
Identifying Future Women Leaders and Developing Potential at Essex County Council
Saville Assessment
Supporting ethnic minority candidates for police recruitment and promotion – Developing the evidence base for practical application
Work Psychology Group and College of Policing
Making a difference with autism: a work experience solution
Civil Service Fast Stream and Emerging Talent
BDO – Transforming Early Careers Recruitment – Assessing for potential in an engaging and efficient way.
Amberjack and BDO
Transforming Early Career Assessment in Law
Amberjack and Dentons
Selecting Early Careers candidates to be ‘CEO for One Month’ at the World’s Second Largest Human Resources Provider
SHL
Transforming the Early-Careers Recruitment Process at JLR
Saville Assessment
The best jobs make you fly – creating a diverse and inclusive assessment process that engages candidates like never before.
Amberjack and Virgin Atlantic
Development and Implementation of a Transformative, Open-sourced Approach to Bias Mitigation within an Assessment and Selection Context.
HireVue
The Predictive Power of LHH’s Senior Leadership Assessment: Constructing a Robust & Human Centred Process.
LHH
Excellence in Assessment and Selection
Stellar Select
Improving the selection and development of senior officers in the Royal Navy through the use of competency based psychometric assessment.
SHL
Transforming leadership assessment and development with PerspectivesTM leadership model
Peoplewise
A data-driven test recommendation engine: Democratising access to scientific pre-employment psychometric assessment
Neuroworx.io
HS2 – more than just a railway – providing a preview of the great work that we do.
Amberjack and HS2
The best jobs make you fly – creating an inclusive tool that assesses our mindset and engaged candidates like never before.
Amberjack and Virgin Atlantic
A customised, innovative and engaging assessment process for interns at Vinted – Life as a ‘Vintern’.
Sten10 Ltd
Enabling Reflection and Potential: Celebrating the Success of a Customised 360-Assessment in Leadership Development
EQUIIDA and Univar Solutions
Revolutionising and digitalising talent assessment for the Civil Service
Occupational Psychology Service in the Cabinet Office and Talogy
Unlocking Leadership Potential: Pioneering a Culturally Appropriate Psychometric Tool for African High-Context Cultures
Sten10 Ltd