About the Quality Team of the Year award
This award recognises a quality team that has made a meaningful difference to organisational performance through continuous improvement and demonstrates the value of quality across the organisation.
Whether you're supporting business growth, reducing risk, improving customer outcomes, delivering greater efficiency or influencing organisational change, this is your opportunity to celebrate your team's achievements and highlight your contribution.
Entries should demonstrate the impact of your team's work, how you influence and support the wider organisation, and the difference your approach to quality makes.
The judges want to see:
- a data-led approach to meaningful metrics
- a tangible link between your team’s actions and measurable outcomes which have benefitted the wider organisation
- evidence of how you have shared best practice, improved processes, contributed to organisational strategy or influenced positive change
- demonstrable excellence across key competence areas: context, governance, assurance, improvement and leadership (refer to the CQI’s Profession Map for guidance)
| Criteria | Questions | Scoring |
|---|---|---|
| Context | Describe the role of the quality team within your organisation and the challenge or opportunity that needed to be addressed. | Up to 5 points available |
| Methodology and application | How did the team apply quality principles to address the opportunity or challenge? Explain your decision-making in reference to key competence areas: context, governance, assurance, improvement and leadership (refer to the CQI's Profession Map for guidance). | Up to 30 points available |
| Leadership and influence | How has the quality team influenced people and stakeholders, decisions and outcomes across the organisation? | Up to 30 points available |
| Results and impact | Provide tangible evidence of your team’s results in respect of the challenge or opportunity. What measurable impact has this had? | Up to 30 points available |
| Learning and improvement | What lessons did you learn from this process? Is there anything that you would do differently? Was there anything that was particularly critical to the success of the initiative? How will you sustain the benefits of this work? | Up to 5 points available |
Join our webinar
Want to make your entry stand out? Join us on Wednesday 25 November at 12:00 GMT for a webinar with some of the award judges. Find out what the judges look for, get practical advice on preparing your application, and ask any questions about entering.
Register now to get the insights and guidance you need to put forward your best entry.