Categories
The Stars of the Year Awards feature 8 distinct categories, divided into Group Awards and Yıldız Holding Awards. Explore the definitions and criteria for each category below to find the best fit for your project.
Shaping the Future
This category celebrates innovation and transformation projects that redefine the future of business, ways of working, or value creation. Submissions may focus on pioneering new technologies, developing forward-thinking strategies, or implementing transformative processes that drive long-term growth and sustainability. Projects should demonstrate their potential to significantly impact the organization’s evolution and inspire progress across Yıldız Holding.
Synergy in Action
This category recognizes projects that create measurable impact through collaboration across groups, companies, or functions. Submissions should highlight initiatives that leverage teamwork, shared resources, and collective expertise to achieve outstanding results. Projects may focus on fostering partnerships, breaking silos, or driving joint efforts that deliver scalable and sustainable outcomes for the organization.
Sustainable Impact
This category highlights projects that deliver meaningful environmental or societal impact, creating long-term value for communities and the planet. Submissions may focus on areas such as sustainability initiatives, social responsibility programs, or innovative approaches to environmental challenges. Projects should demonstrate measurable results and showcase their potential to drive positive change.
Chair's Award of the Year: Value Creation with Technology
This category recognizes projects that utilize the power of technology and digital innovation to deliver measurable, lasting value for our operations, customers, and people. Submissions should clearly demonstrate how the solution addressed a critical business challenge—whether business processes, customer focused, or employee related—and how it elevated performance or experience in a meaningful way. The winning project will exemplify how technology can unlock efficiency, enable transformation, and support sustainable growth, with the potential to be applied and scaled across the Yıldız Holding ecosystem.
Driving Growth
This category recognizes projects that make a significant contribution to business results by driving measurable commercial success. Projects in this category may focus on areas such as revenue growth, profit improvement, market share expansion, or other impactful financial achievements. Submissions should demonstrate clear results and tangible business value, showcasing their role in advancing the company’s strategic goals.
Achieving Operational Excellence
This category highlights initiatives that drive measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, or operational processes. Projects may focus on areas such as streamlining workflows, reducing costs, enhancing product or service quality, or optimizing resources. Submissions should demonstrate a clear commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement, showcasing their impact on organizational performance and sustainability.
Winning the Customer
This category celebrates projects that create measurable impact by putting the customer at the center of innovation. Submissions may focus on areas such as marketing strategies, communication campaigns, or customer experience initiatives that drive engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty. Projects should demonstrate clear results in enhancing customer relationships, improving brand perception, or delivering exceptional value to the customer.
Investing in People
This category recognizes projects that focus on enhancing the employee experience and fostering a positive, inclusive workplace culture. Submissions may include initiatives aimed at improving engagement, promoting inclusion and diversity, supporting employee wellbeing, or driving professional development and growth. Projects should demonstrate measurable impact on employees’ satisfaction, performance, and overall organizational success.
