International Management Excellence Awards 2023
Well-managed firms are more productive and more attractive to clients
These important annual International Management Excellence Awards uniquely recognise the contribution of leadership and management to the business of professional services firms based worldwide.
Now in their 21st year, they involve rigorous independent evaluation of initiatives that demonstrate superior business practices, support to clients, or community engagement.
The Awards attract entries from firms based in the UK, Ireland, Continental Europe, Middle East, North America and Asia Pacific. Over 200 firms have entered to date, many on multiple occasions.
Key 2023 dates
Ceremony: Thursday 15 June from 5pm to 7pm in the London Skylounge
Themes
Instead of shoehorning an initiative into a pre-determined category, choose the Theme that best reflects the aspirations of your initiative. Your firm can submit up to three entries per Theme per country.
1. Business Theme – Make your business more productive
With almost everyone working from home for some of the time, a key challenge for management is how best to foster productive, healthy and sustainable working practices, and to sustain innovation.
Shortlisted firms
Category: Best use of technology
Arup
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Dentons
Weightman
Category: Best sustaining culture
Bird & Bird
Brachers
Shoosmiths
Walker Morris
2. Community Theme – Enable your community to flourish
Given finance and cash flow carry most weight in partner/director discussions, it is easy to de-prioritise community contribution. However, this remains an excellent way for firms to develop their people in terms of both individual skills and teamwork, and to enhance the firm’s employer brand for new recruits, as well as boost the engagement of current employees, while improving the community of which they are also a part.
Shortlisted firms
Category: Best community programme
A&L Goodbody
Eversheds Sutherland
Kingsley Napley
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
3. Client Theme – Help your clients be more productive
The pandemic has brought clarity over the advisers who are truly client-centric. Does your front line describe themselves solely by reference to their expertise (law, accountancy, architecture, etc.) or also by their contribution to their clients? Delivering the latter may involve collaboration with external specialists such as consultants and financial institutions.
Shortlisted firms
Category: Best client support
A&L Goodbody
Knight Frank
Lancer Group
Mason Hayes & Curran
Category: Best client experience
Bird & Bird
Dentons
Shoosmiths
Ceremony
Ceremony in the London Skylounge
The London Skylounge is a state-of-the-art digital events venue with real networking and socialising that is extremely easy to use. You can see who is sat where, go over to join someone, message them, check out their business card and more.
Why online? Less time commitment for attendees, making the ceremony more accessible; Improved inclusiveness; Massively reduced emissions; Lower costs, particularly for those based outside the UK; Less hurried live interviews with winners, enhancing the learning transfer re their fantastic achievements.
Fees
Each submission involves a fee of £250 + VAT. Membership of the Managing Partners’ Forum is NOT a pre-requisite.
Judges
Leading consultants, business thinkers and experts, based in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia, selected solely on the basis of their expertise.