Employee engagement is a top UCI and UC priority. Leaders inspire employees to focus their individual talents on the goals of the organization and to contribute at the highest level. Effective leaders are also guardians of the culture and exemplars in living the organizations’ values. As a result, great leaders are often met with the prize of engaged employees who feel prepared and empowered to progress in their careers. The UCI Staff Assembly Excellence in Leadership Award recognizes these exceptional leaders at all levels.
Eligibility
- Only those managers or supervisors with staff appointments are eligible for nomination; those holding academic and/or student assistant title codes are not eligible
- Managers and supervisors may be nominated every year, but may only receive an award every three years (unless manager or supervisor moves to a different job/department)
- Only nominations from nominee’s direct report(s) will be reviewed; forms submitted from a nominee’s supervisors will not be considered eligible
Nomination Procedures
- Any direct report may nominate an individual manager or supervisor. However, if more than one person nominates the same individual, they will be asked to work with other nominators to combine their nominations into one document with one contact name.
- Nominations will be accepted online or by Zot Mail
- Nominations must be received by April 5, 2019
- Nominations must include
- Information about the manager or supervisor being nominated
- Information about the primary contact person for the nomination
- A copy of the current organizational chart for the nominee’s department, including names, titles, and percent FTE of all direct reports to the nominee
- A signature page including representation from at least 50% of the nominee’s direct reports in support of the nomination
- A nomination statement (Be sure to follow the instructions in the nomination form for more complete details on each of these items)
- Incomplete nomination packets will not be considered
Selection of Awardees
The Staff Assembly council will convene a nomination review committee that will select awardees based on the merits outlined in the nomination statement. Criteria for selection are clear demonstration of the following leadership competencies in the nomination statement:
- Collaboration
- Employee Engagement
- Innovation
All nominees will receive an email from Staff Assembly and the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor congratulating them on their nomination and inviting them to attend the Staff Service Awards, where the announcement of these awardees will be made.
Awards
We are recognizing leaders with four variants of the Excellence in Leadership Award.
One for each of the following three competencies, respectively:
- Collaboration
- Employee Engagement
- Innovation
Plus, an additional overall award for excellence across all three leadership competencies.
- All awardees will receive a distinctive, personalized memento
- The overall award recipient will receive a $1,000 cash prize
- Awards will be presented at the UCI Staff Service Awards Ceremony on June 18, 2019
Nominate
Nominations will be accepted online or on paper via ZotMail.
Online
Fill out and submit the online nomination form on EEE Scout. You may save and return to the form as many times as you like before officially submitting it.
By Mail
Download and print the paper nomination form and follow the instructions on the first page.
Contact Us
Please contact the Staff Assembly Vice Chair, Megan Enciso, with any questions, comments, or suggestions.