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Evolve Impact Celebrates EMFD Silver Award for Leadership Development
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2024 – Evolve Impact is proud to celebrate the recognition of the Navigator program with the EFMD 2024 Excellence in Practice Silver Award for Leadership Development. The program — a collaboration between Woodside Energy and the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at UNSW Business School — was honored for its innovative and human-centered approach to advancing leadership in the global energy sector.
As part of this internationally recognized initiative, Evolve Impact delivered personalized 1:1 and group coaching to program participants, working alongside Rice University, which served as the lead facilitation partner. This recognition underscores the power of collaborative, people-centered leadership development across industries shaping the built world.
“We’re honored to have contributed to such a visionary collaboration,” said Jill Barrett, Founder and Managing Partner at Evolve. “This award reflects our commitment to elevating the human experience in the environments where leadership takes shape — including the sectors that design, construct and power the physical spaces we all depend on.”
Throughout the Navigator program, Evolve’s coaches supported leaders in deepening self-awareness, strengthening communication and navigating complexity with clarity and integrity. The coaching component helped participants align more effectively as teams and lead with purpose in the face of global transformation.
The EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards celebrate outstanding partnerships in Organizational, Talent, Leadership, and Ecosystem Development. This year’s Silver Award recognizes the Navigator program’s success in fostering emotionally intelligent, globally attuned leadership at a critical moment for the energy sector.
“At Evolve, we’re dedicated to supporting organizations that shape our communities and the environments we live and work in,” added Jeremy Spaulding, Managing Partner. “We’re proud to extend that impact through partnerships like this — and we congratulate AGSM, Woodside and Rice University on this well-deserved recognition.”
To learn more about the 2024 EFMD Excellence in Practice Award winners, visit the EFMD Global Blog.
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About Evolve Impact
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Washington, DC—with offices in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Rehoboth Beach—Evolve Impact® is a boutique coaching and human capital advisory firm that helps mission-driven companies navigate transition with purpose and impact. Serving clients across the creative and built economies—including media, entertainment, architecture, engineering, construction and tech—Evolve Impact specializes in guiding organizations through pivotal moments such as scaling, mergers and acquisitions, downsizing and leadership transitions.
Evolve Impact offers tailored executive and group coaching, scalable programs for managers and human capital advisory services that align organizational growth with cultural strength and values-driven leadership. With deep expertise in entrepreneurship, leadership development and organizational strategy, we partner closely with clients to build resilient, forward-thinking companies that benefit people, communities and the planet.