Anyone who has a leadership role in (at whatever level) any walk of life or sector can be nominated for an award – providing that they work or volunteer in Wales.

There are 8 award categories for nominations to recognise individual leadership in:

• Public Sector
• Voluntary / Not for Profit sector
• Real-Life Entrepreneurial Leadership
• Social Enterprise
• Young Leader
• Team Leader
• Leading Leadership Skills Development
• Women in Leadership

Go to the Awards Categories menu, register the name and contact details of both your nominee and yourself and then download the nomination document.
Nominations MUST be returned (preferably via email) by 17:00 on Friday 9th March 2012 to leadingwalesawards@learningpathways.info

There are no costs for entries into the Awards.

You may nominate the same individual in more than one category.

To do this you will need to ensure that a nomination form has been completed for each category - the final question differs for each category.

In general our advice to nominators is to:

• Ensure that your nominee is available on Tuesday 24th April 2012. This is the day on which Judging of Shortlisted categories takes place and no alternative dates are available.
• Read each question and provide each answer relating to that question only
• Keep your answers evidence based and relevant to the question you are answering
• You are welcome to answer in point form rather than in paragraphs
• Answer all the questions
• Maximum answer length is 250 words in any one section
• Confirm that you have discussed this submission with your nominee and that they are in agreement with the submission

All nominators and nominees will hear during the week beginning 3rd April 2012 the outcome of their nomination.

All shortlisted nominees and their nominators are contacted and both are invited to attend the Judging Panel interviews which will take place at Hilton Cardiff on Tuesday 24th April 2012. Please note that we are not able to make alternative arrangements for Judging.

Some category panels will meet in the morning and some in the afternoon - which panel meets when is agreed once we have shortlisted. We try and arrange a schedule which allows travel time for those attending. We are not however in a position to alter interview times once they are set.

Each nominator attends the panel interview with the finalist.

Judges decisions are final and no correspondence is entered into it.

The results of the Judging are kept confidential until announced at the Awards Ceremony on Thursday May 31st 2012.

On the Judging Day (once a finalist's interview has been concluded) we also film every finalist so that we can prepare video clips for use at the ceremony and on the website; each finalist is photographed so that we have photographs for the event programme and website; each finalist's profile is "signed off" in discussion with our PR team.

The Awards Lunch and Ceremony is to take place on Thursday May 31st 2012 at Hilton Cardiff. Tickets are £47.50 + VAT and each finalist receives 2 complementary tickets. All tickets purchased must be paid for before the event. It is expected that all finalists are able to attend. The Awards Ceremony is hosted by Real Radio Wales and will also support Real Radio's Charity of the Year for 2012.