This award recognizes self-operator members with 1-5 years of management experience who have demonstrated exceptional leadership potential and the ability to implement strategic plans that positively impact their hospital and community.
ENTRY REQUIRementS:
- – All entries must be submitted in a single Word document that does not exceed 4 pages
– Nominees must be an AHF member in good standing - – Nominee must be new to management, with less than five (5) years in their role.
- Evaluation Criteria
- – Professional self-development, work and academic experience
- – Education and training, professional certifications and licenses, career progression
- – Contributions to employer and area of responsibility
- – Team leadership and mentoring, process improvement and innovation, financial performance
- – Contributions to AHF and the healthcare profession
- – Involvement in AHF committees and activities, presentations and publications, advocacy for self-operated healthcare foodservice
- – Contributions to community and academia
- – Volunteerism and board service, teaching and mentoring, support for research and education
- – Contributions as leadership role models for AHF values
- – Integrity, professionalism, innovation, collaboration, dedication to excellence
- – All entries must be submitted in a single Word document that does not exceed 4 pages
Entry must include the following on the front page:
- – Nominator’s Name
– Nominator’s Worksite/Company
– Nominator’s Email Address
– Nominee’s Name
– Nominee’s Facility
– Nominee’s Email Address
– Nominee’s Preferred Phone Number
– Nominee’s Facility Location
– Nominee’s Facility Size/Bed Count
- – Nominator’s Name
All entries must answer at least four of the following questions:
Question answers should be 750 words or less and submitted in a Word Document – download the Word Submission Form below. You may use photos to illustrate points.
- – How many years have you been in your current management role?
- – Please list out your professional self-development, work, and academic experience.
- – What are some of the biggest challenges you have faced in your management role and how have you overcome them?
- – What are your career goals and how are you preparing to achieve them?
- – How have you contributed to the advancement of the self-operated healthcare foodservice profession?
- – What are some ways that you have given back to your community?
- – How do you exemplify the values of AHF?
- Optional: This submission can be accompanied by a one-page synopsis and no more than ten (10) PowerPoint slides.
The best browsers to use when submitting are Chrome or Firefox. If you do not get taken to a confirmation page once clicking submit, your entry did not go through. Please email info@healthcarefoodservice.org with any questions.
2024 Awards Nominations are closed. Winners will be notified by May 17th.