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Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

The Baldrige Program oversees the nation's only Presidential award for performance excellence while offering a wide array of award-winning products and services, including the world-renowned Baldrige Excellence Framework. We invite you to learn about the Baldrige community dedicated to helping organizations improve.
2019 Baldrige Award Recipient Announcement. The organizations which are given the Baldrige Award embody the competitive spirit which drives the American economy forward. -Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce

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Attend the Quest For Excellence Conference

The 32nd Annual Quest for Excellence Conference, Tuesday, March 24 - Friday, March 27, 2020 at the Gaylord National Harbor (near Washington, D.C.).
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March 24-27, 2020

Gaylord National Harbor
The Gaylord National Harbor, National Harbor, MD (just outside of Washington, D.C.)

AWARD CEREMONY | Tuesday, March 24
Join us Tuesday evening for the Award Ceremony and Reception honoring the 2019 recipients.

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IMPACT OF BALDRIGE

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Baldrige Helps Health Care Organizations Provide Superior Patient Experience

Improving Government Performance: The Great Promise of the Baldrige Excellence Framework PDF

Baldrige Program Impacts, including the Economic Evaluation of BPEP

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Board of Director Responsibilities

The Baldrige Excellence Framework is underpinned by a set of 11 core values and concepts . These core values have guided both the development and understanding

Baldrige Collaborative Assessment

 

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What Organizations Are Saying

highly recommend

Marguerite Morgan, Hospital Administrator, Florida State Hospital
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The opportunities for improvement from this report were
truly amazing. ...As the CEO, I have seen a tremendous
amount of resurgent energy in our employees...
I highly recommend the new Baldrige
Collaborative [Assessment].

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