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The Legacy of Leadership Award
Individual Excellence AwardsPMO Director of the Year Award
Honouring PMO directors excelling in portfolio governance
About this category
This category recognises PMO directors driving portfolio governance, delivery standards and PMO value. Judges will look for a strong leadership journey supported by clear evidence of achievement, influence, and lasting value.
Eligibility
- Open to directors and senior leaders in relevant leadership
- Management
- Professional
- Specialist roles who can demonstrate responsibility
- Achievement
- Influence
- Measurable impact
Judging criteria
- Transformation vision
- Delivery against plan
- Adoption and change leadership
- Measurable benefits
- Stakeholder management
- Lasting impact
Qualitative criteria
- Clarity of leadership story
- Authenticity and values
- Originality of approach
- Strength of examples
- Influence on people
- Organisation
- Sector
- Community
- Sustainability of impact
Metrics
- Evidence such as milestones delivered
- Benefits realised
- Adoption rates
- Cost or time savings
- Stakeholder feedback
- Before-and-after performance measures
Additional criteria
- Nomination should include clear examples
- Supporting evidence
- Dates/timeframes where possible
- Testimonials
- Case studies
- Data
- Media links
- References where available
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