All-Star Awards: Enter Your Team Now

2012 All-Star Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2012 All-Star Award Winners!

Rookie of the Year	Mears Floral Products
All-Star Winners	Central States Manufacturing Skeleton Key Turbonetics, Inc.
Hall of Fame Inductee	Dorian Drake International

 

The All-Star Awards celebrate the accomplishments of organizations that have shown unwavering commitment to the principles and practices of Open-Book Management and have demonstrated outstanding results.

Could your Company be an All-Star?

Why the All-Star Awards

The inspiration for the All-Star Awards came from the pioneers of Open-Book Management themselves. Open-Book Management wasn’t theorized in a business school or dreamed up at some consulting think tank.It was created by everyday business people much like you. Through a handful of breakthrough companies and years of innovative practitioners a whole new way of thinking about business was born. They discovered first hand that when you harness the collective wisdom of your people, great things can and do happen. These pioneers of Open-Book Management didn’t always share the same language or use the same techniques, but they did operate according to some remarkably similar principles;

• Every employee is given the measures of business success and taught to understand them.
• Every employee is expected and enabled to act on their knowledge to improve results.
• Every employee has a direct stake in the company’s success – and in the risk of failure.
• It starts with a sincere belief in people and fostering trust and mutual respect.

It’s not just about generating profits, cash and wealth but also about distributing it for the good of everyone involved – giving those who embrace Open-Book Management a spirit of generosity and a willingness to openly spread the word to help each other succeed. And that is the essence of the annual All-Star Awards!

Who Should Apply

Any organization, small or large, for-profit or non-profit, that operates using the principles of Open-Book Management and The Great Game of Business are invited to apply.

There are only two application requirements:

1. The organization must have been operating using the principles of Open-Book Management and The Great Game of Business for a minimum of one (1) full year in order to be eligible for the All-Star Awards.
2. The organization must have a minimum of five (5) full-time or part-time employees in order to be eligible for the All-Star Awards.

How do we Pick the ‘Best of the Best’?

We understand that ‘Winning is a Process’.  Open-Book Management and The Great Game of Business is a journey, not a destination and the degree to which it’s practiced can vary considerably.  Therefore, we’re looking for the ‘Best of the Best’ – those organizations who clearly stand-out and can be called ‘The All-Stars’.

We make this challenging decision based on three specific measures:

The voice of the employee.

Who knows best if the organization is living the principles of Open-Book Management and The Great Game of Business then your people?   Open-Book Management and The Great Game of Business isn’t about theory — it’s about practice.  So, we use an employee survey ‘The Practice Scorecard’ to measure how well the organization is doing in living the principles and practices of Open-Book Management.

The bottom line business results the organization has achieved.

We also review the specific business results the organization has achieved.  We take into consideration the organizations profit and revenue growth as well as other critical business outcomes and compare those outcomes to their industry peers.

The organizations ‘Story Behind the Numbers’.

Lastly, we want to hear your story!  How has the practice of Open-Book Management and The Great Game of Business changed your company?  Tell us about your MiniGames, Huddles, Business education, Bonus plans, Rewards & Recognitions, Celebrations, Planning processes, Scoreboards, etc.  We want to hear the play-by-play commentary on how you are improving business results and the lives of the employees who drive those results.

 Why Should you Apply?

 Recognition.

What organization couldn’t use more recognition?  As a Great Game of Business practitioner, you already know the value in recognizing and celebrating company-wide accomplishments.  The All-Star Awards is a public acknowledgement that your company is unique – an organization that runs their business in a way that includes trust, business education and involvement, shared risks and shared rewards, and open communication.  It’s your chance to let everyone know what you have achieved.  Send out a press release, Tweet about it, make T-shirts, call your local business journal or TV station, hang banners, make a YouTube video of the celebration.  Go ahead, do what you do best… Recognize and celebrate the win!

Evaluation.

Remember it’s about continuous learning.  Use the process to evaluate how you’re doing in practicing Open-Book Management.  Reflect on what’s working and what’s not, listen to your employees, and review the ‘Practice Scorecard’, and see where improvements can be made.  Let’s face it; we all want to know how we stack up to the ‘Best of the Best’ – that’s how we get better!