Outstanding Leaders, Teams and Organisations Recognised in Sydney

18th May 2024 in Sydney at the Outstanding Leadership Awards Gala Event was about Role Models.

Role Models. Leadership. Courage. Hope. Light.

Leadership, the cornerstone of progress, is now more crucial than ever. Sonia McDonald is driven by a mission to nurture a new generation of great, kind, and courageous leaders.

McDonald knew after spending 16 years of creating and building leaders at LeadershipHQ that she needed to do more. 

We needed to make a stand.

Many of us didn't grow up with social media or the news we are exposed to today. Our generations today and tomorrow need greater role models. They need to see more extraordinary Leadership, Courage, and Hope. We do what we see.

We do what we see.

Sonia and her team created a platform to showcase, inspire, and celebrate outstanding leadership and great humans. They wanted a platform that celebrates leadership that is urgently needed today—kind, courageous, inclusive, and authentic leadership.

They wanted the world to see this —the world to see more extraordinary role models.

The Gala event had 220 great leaders and humans in this room, embodying hope, courage, and leadership.

The awards and gala awards in Sydney also celebrated - 

The LeadershipHQ team and volunteers and the esteemed judges.

Incredible partners and supporters, Insight, Scout Talent , Mars Wrigley and The Big Smoke.

Paul Scurrah , the keynote speaker and another role model of mine.

Spotlighted the finalists—the outstanding leaders.

We will all make a difference through unity, community, and courage.

2024 Winners are - 

CEO of the Year Winner - Rachael Cook, Inclusee

Highly Commended - Glenn McKay, Medical Rescue

Community Leader Winner - Alison Covington AM, Good360 Australia

Courageous Leader Winner - Georgina Whelan, Icon Group

Courageous Team Winner - Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet - Local Indigenous Cultural Recovery Advisor (LICRA Team) 

Highly Commended - Inclusee Experiences Team

Courageous Organisation Winner - Kapitol Group 

Highly Commended - Blueline Laundry 

Emerging Leader Winner - Sarah Korin, Travel + leisure Co. International

Entrepreneur / Start-Up Leader Winner - Angus Crowther, Tanck

Executive Leader Winner - Pamela Bishop, Blooms The Chemist

Highly Commended - Tanya Smith, Transit Systems

SME Business Leader Winner - Lisa Hellwege, Earworx Pty Ltd

Women in STEM Winner - Fiona Holmstrom, STEM PunksWomen in Infrastructure

Winner - Yasmine Edlin, CPB

Outstanding Leader of the Year Rachael Cook, Inclusee

Please get in touch with Sonia McDonald, founder and CEO of Outstanding Leadership Awards at sonia@leadershiphq.com.au and 0424 447 616