{"id":539,"date":"2015-09-01T16:38:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=539"},"modified":"2015-09-01T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:41:54","slug":"time-to-celebrate-successful-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"Time to celebrate successful leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNQ_1618-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNQ_1618-2-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"LNQ_1618-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNQ_1618-2-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNQ_1618-2-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those of you who attended the\u00a0 Gala Dinner\u00a0 for the IoD London and South East Director of the Year awards back in the spring, will I&#8217;m sure like me, have been very impressed with the excellent leadership demonstrated by those nominated.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination process for the 2015 awards has now begun and the new website can be found here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iod-awards.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.iod-awards.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The categories include<\/p>\n<p><strong>Small Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to directors of companies with an annual turnover of under \u00a39.99M.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to directors of companies with an annual turnover of \u00a310M-\u00a399.99M.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Large Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to directors of companies with an annual turnover of over \u00a3100M.<\/p>\n<p><strong>International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to all directors in UK-based companies with overseas sales. The entrant must be able to show that a minimum of 25% of the company\u2019s turnover comes from overseas sales and must be successful in exporting, and committed to continued growth in the international arena.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to directors under the age of 42 on the closing dates for entries, who are able to point to outstanding achievements over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to directors in the second-generation or more family businesses and will have responded to the specific challenges that face directors in such well established firms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership in Corporate Responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to those directors who are able to demonstrate that, through their direct actions and leadership, their business has made a positive impact on the local community, wider society and\/or the environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public\/Third Sector<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to directors in the public sector as well as those working in the third sector and other charitable or not-for-profit organisations.<\/p>\n<p>As always, both members and non-members can be nominated so if you know of an exceptional candidate please visit the website and nominate them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s celebrate success and reward those who go the extra mile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Those of you who attended the\u00a0 Gala Dinner\u00a0 for the IoD London and South East Director of the Year awards back in the spring, will I&#8217;m sure like me, have been very impressed with the excellent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=539\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,5,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-general","category-innovation","category-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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