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| Individual One Goal Award | One Goal Awards celebrate Camundi who demonstrate exceptional commitment to advancing our category leadership journey through clear focus, 'do what it takes' mindset, ethical excellence, and measurable business impact. These awards recognize individuals who exemplify Lean Camunda principles while driving substantive contributions to our success. Ten awards are presented annually across departments to honor outstanding individual achievementsThis award recognizes an individual who drives measurable business impact that clearly advances our goals. A winning nominee is a champion for our "One Goal" focus, consistently prioritizing work that helps us win our category. Most importantly, they embody our F.A.I.T.H. values in action, showing integrity, ambition, and a "do what it takes" mindset while being a positive force for their team. | Team One Goal Award | The prestigious team This award recognizes a cross-functional team that made exceptional progress toward achieved more together than any single department could have alone. A winning team has moved the needle on our category leadership goal through collaborative excellence. This award celebrates teams who exemplify how effective cross-functional collaboration, clear focus on our one goal, and pragmatic execution can drive significant business impact. Through their collective efforts, these teams demonstrate how Lean Camunda principles in action can transform our market position or significantly propel us forwards. their collective work, creating a significant and measurable impact on our market position or customer value. They have showcased our Lean Principles in action by operating with a clear focus and making effective decisions to drive success | | Purpose: | The One Goal Awards are our most prestigious annual recognition, celebrating the Camundi who have made the most significant contributions to our North Star. Announced during our annual Kickoff week, these awards honor ten individuals and two cross-functional teams who have truly embodied our | Purpose: | At Camunda, we share one clear goal: to lead the business orchestration and automation technology ("BOAT") category. The One Goal Awards celebrate teams and individuals who exemplify excellence in driving us toward this objective while embodying our Lean Camunda principles and F.A.I.T.H. values and Lean Camunda principles to drive our company forward. | | Frequency: | These awards are distinct from other programs within our CamundiKudos framework - while Spot Recognition and Exceptional Achievement recognizes ongoing excellence throughout the year, One Goal Awards specifically celebrate substantial contributions to our category leadership journey. | | Frequency: | These awards take place annually, aligned with our Camunda Kickoff week. | | take place annually, aligned with our Camunda Kickoff week. | Value: (gross)EUR | Individual One Goal Awards | 2000 | Team One Goal Award | 5000 (split equally among members) | Eligibility: | Who Can Nominate? - Nominations are open to all Camundi to nominate peers, direct reports, managers, or colleagues from other departments.
- Any Camundi can nominate a cross-functional team
- Self-nominations are not accepted for individual awards
- Teams must include members from at least two departments
- Cross-departmental nominations are encouraged (e.g., someone in finance nominating someone in products)
Role Eligibility - Primary Focus: Individual Contributors and First-Line Managers
- Limited Eligibility: Senior Managers (requires exceptional justification)
- Not Eligible: VPs and above
- Total Awards: 10 individual awards + 1 2 team awardawards
Level Distribution Target - Individual Contributors: 60-70%
- First-Line Managers: 20-30%
- Senior Managers: 10% maximum (exceptional cases only)
- The organizing team will conduct an equality check to ensure fair distribution
| What makes a winning individual/team? | Individual One Goal Awards | A winning individual is someone who drives significant, measurable business impact toward our category leadership goal, while exemplifying our F.A.I.T.H. values and Lean Principles in everything they do. A great nomination will bring this definition to life with specific examples. While the best nominations tell a unique story, here are some examples of the types of behaviors and impact that we celebrate with this award. What does a winning individual look like in action?They focus on what matters What Makes a Winning Individual?Focus Champion BehaviorsThey have a "Do What It Takes" Mindset Demonstrates pragmatic problem-solvingMakes quick, informed decisionsTakes smart risks with positive outcomesOptimizes resource usage | Expand |
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| Sales: creating Operations: An IT manager implementing automation that significantly reduces internal process frictionCustomer Success: A CSM developing a People: An L&D specialist creating training programs that rapidly upskill teams in critical areasProduct: pivoting Finance: A financial analyst developing new metrics that better track category leadership progressEthical Excellence- Maintains transparency in communication
- Shows integrity in decision-making
- Adheres to ethical guardrails and applies these consistently, calling out when specific processes or behaviours are misaligned
- Positively influences team behaviors
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| - People: A people partner identifying and addressing inequities in development opportunities
- Engineering: A tech lead or engineer highlighting technical debt implications and leading remediation efforts
- Finance: A controller surfacing and addressing compliance risks in new business models
- Marketing: A marketing Camundi ensuring campaign messaging aligns with actual product capabilities
- Operations: An operations Camundi restructuring processes to improve transparency and efficiency
- Sales: A sales Camundi implementing more rigorous deal qualification to improve forecast accuracy
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Performance Impact- Achieves measurable results
- Influences across functions
- Shares knowledge effectively
- A people manager who has done an outstanding job in hiring or driving candor at Camunda in their teams
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| - Product: A product manager driving a feature from concept to launch with demonstrable market impact
- People: A People Ops specialist implementing a new benefits program that markedly improves employee satisfaction scores, drives retention and enhances employee wellbeing.
- Finance: A revenue manager creating new forecasting models that improve business predictability
- Marketing: A field marketing manager exceeding pipeline targets while reducing event spend
- Sales: An account executive consistently exceeding quota while maintaining premium pricing
- Operations: A procurement specialist reducing vendor costs while improving service levels
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Humor in Action- Serves as a stabilizing force during challenging times, maintaining genuine optimism without minimizing difficulties
- Acts as a calm anchor, especially during high-pressure situations
- Radiates genuine positivity towards peers and teams, creating an environment in which people want to be in
- Channels pressure and complaints constructively
- Creates authentic, enjoyable work relationships that strengthen team resilience
- Shows that building a market leader can be both demanding, rewarding and that one can enjoy doing it at the same time.
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| - Engineering: A tech lead who maintains composure during production incidents, helping the team stay focused while keeping the atmosphere constructive
- Sales: An account executive who helps the team reframe pipeline challenges as opportunities, maintaining genuine optimism even during tough quarters
- Customer Success: A CSM who stays genuinely positive during escalations, helping both customers and internal teams navigate solutions calmly
- People: A manager who creates psychological safety by modeling calm, authentic leadership during organizational changes
- Operations: A team member who transforms process friction points into opportunities for positive team collaboration
- Marketing: A campaign manager who helps maintain team enthusiasm during high-pressure launches while ensuring quality execution
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| Team One Goal Award | For the purposes of this recognition program, a team is defined as: - A cross-functional group of individuals (regardless of department or reporting structure) who collaborate directly on achieving a specific goal, project, or customer outcome.
- The team should be clearly tied to delivering measurable impact through their collective effort.
Examples include: - Account teams (Sales, CSM, Productivity working together on customer success)
- Project teams assembled for specific initiatives.
What Makes a Winning Team?Cross-Functional Excellence- Brings together multiple departments in meaningful collaboration
- Shows clear role definition and effective coordination
- Achieves outcomes that no single department could accomplish alone
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| - Product/Engineering: A team combining Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to deliver a groundbreaking feature that significantly impacts customer adoption
- Sales/Marketing: A cross-functional team redesigning our enterprise sales motion, combining Sales, Marketing, and Product Marketing to significantly increase our win rates against competitors
- Finance/Operations: A team from Finance, Legal, and Sales Operations streamlining our enterprise contract process, reducing time-to-close by 50% while maintaining compliance
- People: A collaboration between People, Internal Communications, and Department Leaders implementing a new performance management framework that measurably improves talent retention and development
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Category Leadership Impact - Demonstrates measurable advancement toward category leadership
- Creates innovative solutions that differentiate Camunda
- Influences market perception and competitive positioning
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| - Product: Developing a unique product capability that establishes Camunda as the clear choice for enterprise customers
- Marketing: Creating a category-defining thought leadership campaign that positions Camunda as the authority in process orchestration
- Customer Success: Establishing an enterprise customer success program that achieves industry-leading retention rates
- People: Developing an innovative hiring and onboarding program that helps us attract and retain top talent faster than competitors
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Lean Camunda Principles in Action - Shows clear focus on our one goal
- Makes quick, effective decisions
- Optimizes resource utilization
- Takes calculated risks with positive outcomes
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| - Engineering: Rapidly pivoting technical architecture based on enterprise customer feedback, leading to better outcomes with fewer resources
- Finance: Restructuring our pricing model to better align with enterprise needs while optimizing revenue potential
- Sales: Quickly adapting sales strategy based on competitive intelligence, resulting in higher win rates
- Operations: Reimagining internal processes to scale efficiently while reducing operational cost
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Measurable Business Impact - Delivers quantifiable results
- Creates sustainable, long-term value
- Establishes repeatable success patterns
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| - Product/Engineering: Achieving a 25% increase in enterprise adoption while reducing implementation time by 40%
- Sales: Exceeding enterprise revenue targets by 30% while maintaining premium pricing against competitors
- Finance: Implementing a new forecasting model that improves accuracy by 40% while reducing planning cycle time
- People: Reducing time-to-hire for critical roles by 50% while improving candidate quality metrics
- Marketing: Increasing enterprise pipeline generation by 35% while reducing cost per lead
- Customer Success: Improving customer health scores by 40% while scaling the number of accounts per CSM
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| Nomination Criteria: | Individual One Goal Awards | Justification: (± 400 words) - Name of Nominee
- Blind Format - No Names and avoid PII (personal identifying information) where possible in justification
- Situation and Actions (challenge or opportunity, specific actions taken, lean Camunda principles applied)
- Impact and Results (Business impact metrics or qualitative improvements, i.e., demonstrated outcomes)
- Behavioural Excellence (Collaboration, FAITH Values, leadership behaviours)
- Supporting Materials (i.e., that speak to the impact)
| They Demonstrate Performance Impact A Total Rewards analyst implements a new benefits program that markedly improves employee satisfaction and retention. A field marketing manager exceeds pipeline targets while reducing event spend. An account executive consistently exceeds their quota while maintaining premium pricing.
They Act with Humor and Humility A tech lead maintains composure and focus during production incidents, keeping the atmosphere constructive and calm. A manager creates psychological safety by modeling calm, authentic leadership during organizational changes.
| Team One Goal Award | For the purposes of this recognition program, a team is defined as: - A cross-functional group of individuals (regardless of department or reporting structure) who collaborate directly on achieving a specific goal, project, or customer outcome.
- The team should be clearly tied to delivering measurable impact through their collective effort.
Examples include: - Account teams (Sales, CSM, Productivity working together on customer success)
- Project teams assembled for specific initiatives.
A winning team is a cross-functional powerhouse that delivers an exceptional outcome no single department could achieve alone, demonstrably advancing our "One Goal". What does a winning team look like in action?They Demonstrate Cross-Functional Excellence A team combining Product, Engineering, and Customer Success delivers a groundbreaking feature, or service that significantly impacts customer adoption, retention or expansion. A cross-functional team redesigns our enterprise sales motion, combining Sales, Marketing, and Product Marketing to significantly increase our win rates against competitors. A team from Finance, Legal, and Sales Operations streamlines our enterprise contract process, reducing time-to-close by 50% while maintaining compliance.
They Drive Category Leadership Impact Developing a unique product capability that establishes Camunda as the clear choice for enterprise customers. Creating a category-defining thought leadership campaign that positions Camunda as the authority in process orchestration.
They Put Lean Camunda Principles into Action Rapidly pivoting a technical architecture based on enterprise customer feedback, leading to better outcomes with fewer resources. Quickly adapting a sales strategy based on competitive intelligence, resulting in higher win rates.
They Achieve Measurable Business Impact Achieving a 25% increase in enterprise adoption while reducing implementation time by 40%. Increasing enterprise pipeline generation by 35% while reducing the cost per lead. Improving customer health scores by 40% while scaling the number of accounts per CSM
| Nomination Criteria: | A great nomination tells a powerful and concise story of impact. Please structure your justification to cover the following key points: The Situation: Briefly describe the challenge or opportunity. What was the business context? The Action(s): Describe the specific, critical actions the individual or team took. What did they do that was so effective, innovative, or exemplary? The Result(s): Clearly state the measurable impact. Quantify it where possible (e.g., increased revenue, improved efficiency, time saved) and explain how it advanced our "One Goal" of category leadership. The Value Connection: Briefly explain how their actions and results embodied our Camunda values.
| Team One Goal Award | Justification: (± 500 words) Team information (Name, who is in the team, project timeline and core objective)Initiative Details (Challenges addressed, the solution, pivots and key outcomes)Category Leadership Impact (Competitive advantage, customer/market validation etc)Results and Metrics (Quantitative impact defined, Definition of tangible business value)Alignment with lean Camunda principlesAny appropriate supporting materials (i.e., that speak to the impact) | Award Mechanism: | Nominations are open to all Camundi, will be short listed by L-group, and then final decisions are made by SLT. The announcement of the winners will take place on the last night of the annual Kickoff |
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