The ABP Awards: Why They Matter and How to Enter
The Association for Business Psychology’s Annual Awards are more than a celebration; they are a showcase of how Business Psychology transforms working lives and drives measurable value for organisations!
For a decade now, each year, the Awards have brought together practitioners, academics, and industry leaders to recognise outstanding achievements and share inspiring examples of excellence in our field.
Why the Awards Are Important
Business Psychology plays a critical role in creating healthier, more effective workplaces. The ABP Awards help to spotlight and share best practice, showing how evidence-based approaches make a tangible difference to individuals, teams, and organisations. By capturing and celebrating this work, we raise the profile of Business Psychology as an essential discipline: one that supports both people and performance.
The Awards also strengthen our professional community. They provide a platform for collaboration, learning, and innovation, encouraging practitioners to share insights and approaches that others can apply in their own work. This open exchange is at the heart of the ABP’s purpose: to advance our profession and promote ethical, impactful practice.
Why They Matter for the Industry
By celebrating innovation and rigour, the ABP Awards set benchmarks for quality and effectiveness in Business Psychology. They encourage organisations to invest in evidence-based approaches, and inspire practitioners to continually refine their practice.
For clients, the Awards are a signal of credibility, highlighting suppliers, practitioners, and teams who have demonstrated measurable results. For the profession, they serve as an annual showcase of the impact Business Psychology delivers, helping to attract new talent, new partners, and new opportunities.
Why You Should Enter
Submitting an entry is more than a chance to win, it’s an opportunity to tell your story. Whether you are an independent consultant, an in-house team, or an early-career practitioner, entering the Awards allows you to:
- Showcase the impact of your work and demonstrate its value to clients, colleagues, and stakeholders
- Gain objective validation from an expert judging panel, composed of respected Business Psychologists and industry leaders
- Raise your professional profile and position yourself as a leader in applying Business Psychology
- Contribute to defining and demonstrating standards of excellence in our field
Finalists and winners gain the right to display the ABP Awards logo, a respected mark of quality in Business Psychology. More importantly, your work becomes part of a shared library of case studies that helps the whole profession move forward.
How to Enter the ABP Awards
The 2025/6 ABP Awards are open for entries now until October 10th.
The Awards are open to all who apply Business Psychology to improve working life, whether you are a seasoned professional, an emerging talent, or someone whose work draws on psychological principles to address organisational challenges. You do not need to be a Psychologist or an ABP member to enter. Entry is free.
Learn from Past Winners
Read a collection of ABP Award winners' case studies in The ABP's Applied Business Psychology book, available on Amazon: Enhancing Performance at Work.