2026 Transform Awards

Our annual awards program was created to honor the most forward-thinking organizations, people initiatives, and leaders of the year.

Award nomination deadline is November 15. Enter your submission now →

The 2026 Transform 10

Inspirational Executive Leaders

The Transform 10 recognizes the ten most inspirational executive leaders who are leading transformation across their areas of influence and moving the world of work forward. These are the people-centric, global changemakers challenging the status quo through business, venture, or entrepreneur leadership.

The Category Awards

Celebrating the most innovative programs and inspiring initiatives that positively impact workplaces, team cultures, and communities for the better. Are you proud of your company’s achievements? Apply now and tell us about them.

Transformative Technology

Recognizes the companies with the most transformative tech-enabled solutions and products impacting the way we work and live.

Transformative Impact

Recognizes the company that exhibits passion for serving others, and making a positive impact in the lives of their employees and local communities.

Transformative Resource

Recognizes the most inspiring and valued educational resource for the Transform community. A resource may be a blog, podcast, online community, email series, etc.

Transformative Workplace AI Initiative New!

Honors organizations that have used AI to improve efficiency, decision-making, employee experience, and business outcomes while ensuring fairness, transparency, and a human-centered approach.

Transformative Executive Duo

Celebrates the power of partnership to drive transformation. This pair exemplifies how strategic alignment between business and people operations drives positive outcomes for the business and its people.

What are the Transform Awards?

Hear from past award winners and judges why the Transform Awards are so important, and the impact that recognition and celebration has on our community.

How are the nominations judged?

Each nomination, whether for the category awards or the Transform 10, will be evaluated and scored by a panel of expert judges. Meet the judges here.

When are the finalists announced?

Finalists will be announced will be announced on Thursday, February 12th during a Virtual Community Event. Be among the first to find out who who is leading the charge in each category. RSVP Here

How will winners be recognized?

We celebrate the winners onsite at Transform 2026 throughout the event, on social media and more!  

This was a very exciting moment for our team who worked very hard on creating an environment at Mixbook for both Connected Culture and Employee Experience.

Thank you SO much for this – the ShiftMed team is over the moon about this exciting win.