The LCS Awards 2026 

Winning the LCS Organisation of the Year Award was a proud moment for all of us at Frimley Health. It recognised not just a project or a team, but the collective effort of everyone who has embraced continuous improvement – from PDSA cycles to our LCS accredited, lean training. It was straightforward to draft an entry - and the process was quick and manageable. It’s given us a huge boost and reinforced that what we’re doing matters, locally, across the NHS, and beyond.

It felt amazing to win the LCS Team of the year Award.  Although there were four of the team attending the event, it was great to be able to take the award back and show the rest of the team what they had contributed towards. We have been working hard at Sellafield Ltd. over the last few years to really try and get the heart of the problem and importantly move it forwards. This was great recognition and we feel we have come a long way.  This also meant the team and team development has come on leaps and bounds.  Thank you for this award, it was the perfect boost we needed to keep going!

Reaching the finals and being awarded the Global Champion Award has been incredibly humbling and one of the proudest moments of my career. While I’ve always believed success is measured by the impact we have on others, this recognition from the highly respected Lean Competency System carries real meaning, strengthening my credibility and opening doors globally.

Since founding Ever-So-Lean 24 months ago, the journey has been energising. The challenges, opportunities, and people I’ve worked with have made this deeply rewarding. Continuous improvement isn’t just my profession—it’s my passion.

Winning the LCS Leadership award was a huge honour and very humbling.  Being recognised by your peers for the work you have done is always very meaningful.  In the improvement world, practitioners at all levels are often the unseen players and naturally we celebrate successes as those of the colleagues we’ve supported, rather than claiming them personally.  Recognition from our industry leader helps to pull back the curtain on the work that we do and raise the profile of the improvement team in the wider organisation.  Thank you!

We’ve always believed that investing in people development pays off, and we’re seeing it in stronger business performance and higher engagement. Winning the LCS Learning & Development Excellence Award is a great validation of that belief and gives our program immense internal credibility for the years ahead.

Winning the award was an incredible moment for me and the team. Since receiving it, my organisation has really celebrated the achievement — my story was shared across our RS World platform to the wider business, and I was invited to contribute to our Gender Pay Gap report. On site, the recognition has been next level, and I’m now often introduced as “award‑winning Mayuri,” which still feels surreal. I was also invited onto Matt Sims’ podcast to talk about my experience, which was another proud moment. Overall, the impact has been amazing, and it continues to feel like a dream. I hope my journey encourages others to put themselves forward too.

Winning the LCS Improvement for Good award meant a great deal to us as a team. It was a recognition not just of individual outcomes, but of the way we work, alongside teams in complex environments, often behind the scenes and always with a focus on making care better for patients and staff. To have that approach recognised by the LCS was incredibly affirming for us and reinforced that investing in people, culture, and sustainable ways of working truly matters.

As we continue our journey striving to develop high performing teams, we embraced the LCS program as a platform to build upon, the collaboration between teams and performance improvements have been very positive and winning the LSC award has brought credibility and momentum to our strategy , to invest and develop our people.

Winning the LCS Innovation Award was a proud achievement for Aldermore and a testament to the hard work that goes into challenging and improving our customer journeys. By combining Continuous Improvement, automation, data, and operational expertise, we’ve gone beyond process change to deliver genuine, meaningful transformation for our customers.
Entering the awards was a brilliant way to truly recognise our team’s impact and celebrate our success.

Winning the LCS Sustainability Award was very meaningful to our team, as it recognised the effort and impact of the work we completed. The awards ceremony was a great moment for those who have contributed their hard work and talent, and it showcased the impact Lean can have.