Prism Award

To be eligible for Prism consideration, an organization must meet the following criteria:

• The nomination is submitted by a coach who holds a current ICF Credential and has delivered coaching in the organization.
• The organization implemented coaching before January 1, 2018.
• Employees in the organization directly benefit from the coaching culture by receiving coaching and/or working with a manager/leader who uses coaching skills. The Prism program is not designed for coach-training organizations or organizations that provide external coach practitioners to organizations and/or individuals.
• The organization was not a 2018 International Prism Award winner or honorable mention recipient.
• The organization, its leaders and its public relations team are willing and able to publicly share information that points to the success of the coaching initiative (e.g., annual revenue, return on investment data, employee engagement and retention data). If you will use data in your nomination to demonstrate the impact of coaching, you must be willing to have ICF share the same data in press releases, case studies, etc.

ICF will publicly announce the 2019 International Prism Award finalists during the Human Capital Institute’s 2019 Learning and Leadership Development Conference, September 10–12, 2019, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Finalist organizations’ coaching sponsors will share their success stories as part of a panel discussion at the conference.

ICF will announce the winner of the 2019 ICF International Prism Award at ICF Converge 2019, October 23–26, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic.

Before you begin your online nomination on March 12, download the 2019 Prism nomination worksheet. Although only one individual may access the online nomination form, we encourage you to make the worksheet a collaborative document. The most successful Prism Award nominations represent a team effort that includes the nominating coach, coaching sponsor and other individuals involved with developing, managing and measuring the impact of coaching in the organization. A collaborative planning process ensures that you provide our panel of judges with the fullest and clearest picture of coaching and its impact on the organization.

We also recommend reviewing the 2019 Prism scoring rubric. This is the same document our panel of judges will use to guide their scoring work.

If you are an ICF-credentialed coach or an HR or talent development professional who wants to spearhead your organization’s Prism nomination, register now for “Preparing Your Prism Award Nomination: Strategies for Success.”

Join us March 12, 2019, at 9 a.m. (New York) to learn more about the 2019 Prism nomination process and discover strategies for preparing a successful nomination.

2017: AFCC Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp. (see PDF case study); Honorable Mention: EY (see PDF case study)

2016: GlaxoSmithKline (see PDF case study); Honorable Mentions: Beyond Emancipation (see PDF case study), Coca-Cola HBC Russia (see PDF case study)

2015: Rogers Communications (see PDF case study); Honorable Mention: SAP (see PDF case study)

2014: J.K. Organisation (see PDF case study); Honorable Mention: CareSource (see PDF case study)

2013: Isikkent Schools (see PDF case study); Honorable Mention: Defense Acquisition University (see PDF case study)

2012: Banner Health (see PDF case study), United Nations Secretariat (see PDF case study) and Roche Turkey (see PDF case study); Honorable Mention: Royal Australian Navy

2011: JOEY RESTAURANT GROUP and BC Housing of Canada

2010: Genentech, Inc. and the TINE Group — See case study (PDF).

2009: ibm.com (North America) and Solaglas Windowcare (United Kingdom)

2008: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and SYSCO Food Services of Canada

2007: NASA (APPEL 4-D Systems) and Deloitte and Touche

2006: University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Verizon Business

2005: IBM and MCI