Excellence in Selection & Assessment
This category aligns to the ABP’s Certification Framework for best practice associated with defining role requirements, applicant attraction, assessment tools/measures, assessor training and assessment innovations, for example.
Entrants to this category are invited to demonstrate rigour and/or innovation in the field of assessment, broadly defined, for an individual, group or organisation. Entries might include interventions such as those associated to i) valid measurement of characteristics related to success in the world of work, ii) the use of technology in the delivery of assessment/s, and/or iii) effective ways of delivering the results of assessment processes.
Excellence in Organisational Effectiveness
This category aligns to the ABP’s Certification Framework for best practice associated with change management, people strategy, leadership development and succession planning, team and group development, and culture related interventions, for example.
Entrants to this category are invited to demonstrate successfully supporting an individual, group or organisation in i) becoming aware of an opportunity or need for change or development, ii) assisting through a change, development or progression process, and/or iii) embedding effective and sustainable organisational strategies.
Excellence in Learning & Development
This category aligns to the ABP’s Certification Framework for best practice associated with the psychology of learning and development, facilitating the effective use of tools to establish learning and development needs, associated interventions for upskilling, training and career development, feedback processes, coaching, and performance management, for example.
Entrants to this category are invited to demonstrate how a relevant intervention, such as coaching, training or performance management, has had a significant impact on the success of an individual, group or organisation. The rationale for the approach chosen will be considered, as well as the strength of the evidence collected to demonstrate effectiveness and impact.
Excellence in Behavioural Interventions
This category aligns to the ABP’s Certification Framework for best practice associated with understanding human behaviour.
This may include influencing and persuasion, improving decision-making, addressing social and political factors within an organisation, conflict management, or marketing interventions targeted at influencing consumer behaviour, for example.
Entrants to this category are invited to demonstrate desirable variation in behaviour against a relevant business or performance metric.
Entries might include, for example,
i) realising an opportunity for performance or process improvement,
ii) increasing cultural impact or embeddedness, and/or
iii) resolution of an organisational challenge.
Excellence in Workplace Wellbeing
This category aligns to the ABP’s Certification Framework for best practice associated with human motivation and workplace well-being.
This may include motivation at work, diversity, inclusion, welfare, health and safety, occupational stress, and workplace design and ergonomics, for example.
Entrants to this category are invited to demonstrate how they have dealt with the apparent juxtaposition of employee health and wellbeing and business performance.
Entries might include, for example, rigour and/or innovation in
i) improving health, wellbeing, or work-life balance,
ii) fostering a positive, inclusive culture and psychologically safe worker experience and/or
iii) improving diversity, creativity, productivity, engagement or retention.
“Best” Categories
Introduced to the ABP Awards in 2023, we will retain the “Best” categories for awards this year including:
- “Best Business Psychology Supplier of the Year” for individuals or organisations selling a Business Psychology-informed product or specialist service
- “Best Business Psychology Consultancy of the Year” for organisations consulting to clients on the basis of their Business Psychology expertise
- “Best In-house Business Psychology Team/Practitioner of the Year” for individuals or teams, working within an organisation, who apply Business Psychology in their consulting or service delivery
- “Best Business Psychology Practitioner of the Year” for individuals delivering Business Psychology-informed products or specialist services in any environment
- “Peter Saville Rising Star Award”, which is our category for best achievement by an early career Business Psychologist (from student up to two years in practice)
