Distinguished Staff Leadership Award

Recognizes 2 supervisors who contribute to and demonstrate a commitment to the University’s mission by exhibiting strong leadership qualities, encouraging professional development, and creating a culture of excellence on their team.

Employees can nominate their direct supervisor and are also encouraged to nominate other leaders that have made a positive impact on their personal and professional development.

Nominations for this award closed on Feb. 1, 2024.  Check back with us next year!

Submission Guidelines

• A single nominator can submit for an individual staff member.
• A group or team can submit for an individual staff member.
• Submissions will not be accepted for multiple staff members within a single nomination submission form.
• Submissions should be unique for each individual staff member nominated.
• Submissions should be as detailed as possible in order to provide the selection committee with a significant amount of material for review.

Nomination & Eligibility Guidelines

• Nominations will be based on the employee’s exhibition of the Leadership Commitments.
• Any staff or faculty member can nominate an eligible staff for the award.
  • Staff member may not nominate themselves for an award
• A staff member nominated for Distinguished Leadership Award must be currently functioning in a supervisory capacity.
• Staff (regular, non-temporary) from all supervisory levels, except President’s Council members.
• A staff member must be employed for a minimum of two consecutive years before he/she may be selected for the Distinguished Leadership or Outstanding Staff Award.
  • A staff member may be selected no more than once every five years for staff awards (Staff that receive the Outstanding Staff Award cannot receive the Distinguished Leadership Award within five years of receipt of the first award, and vice versa).
• A staff member may be nominated more than once, but not by the same person in the same year.

Nominee Narrative Details

Narrative Information: Please submit a detailed narrative on the following page that describes how the nominee serves with a dedication to excellence that often goes above and beyond expectations providing service to students, parents, faculty, community members, and other staff members. The detailed narrative should show how the Baylor staff member supports the University's mission by exhibiting one or more of the following commitments:

Leadership Commitments (commitment descriptions can be found at https://hr.web.baylor.edu/manage-lead/getting-started/leadership-commitments)

• Manage Ethically and Ensure Organizational Compliance
• Lead with Courage Through Change and Conflict
• Coach and Develop Others
• Manage Work and Advance Performance
• Build Engagement and Trust
• Build Partnerships Within and Across Teams

Please provide specific details to support your statements; these accounts assist the committee in understanding the type of service provided by the nominee and its impact. The more detail a submission includes helps the selection committee during the review and selection process. The selection committee can only review the information in the nominee’s detailed narrative submission. No other criteria will be used by the selection committee during review of nominations.

Specifics should include detailed information relating to the 6 Leadership Commitments listed above.

On the next page of this form, you will be able to upload your narrative document. Please include as many details as possible in your document.