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Blogrige

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Leadership Practices of Donor Alliance

May 30, 2019

Five-Part Leadership Blog Series In this five-part blog series on the 2018 Baldrige Award recipients’ leadership presentations at the 31st Annual Quest for

Leadership Practices of Alamo Colleges District

May 21, 2019

Five-Part Leadership Blog Series In this five-part blog series on the 2018 Baldrige Award recipients’ leadership presentations at the 31st Annual Quest for

Leadership Practices of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center

May 14, 2019

Five-Part Leadership Blog Series In this five-part blog series on the 2018 Baldrige Award recipients’ leadership presentations at the 31st Annual Quest for

Learning from Role Models: Category 2: Strategy

May 9, 2019

Baldrige Criteria Blog Series In this blog series, we are highlighting some of the learning (successful strategies and programs) shared by Baldrige Award

"Best Practices Identified Along the Way"

April 2, 2019

Imagine that your organization is identified as a role-model for the United States. After the well-earned celebration, would you sit on your laurels or look for

Sustaining Successful Innovation Through Technology

April 4, 2019

When it received the Baldrige Award in 2016, Kindred - Mountain Valley (now Mountain Valley of Cascadia) had the distinct honor of seven consecutive years of

Spotlight on 2018 Baldrige Award Recipient Leaders: Tri County Tech’s Lindel Fields

March 5, 2019

Lindel Fields, superintendent and CEO of 2018 Baldrige Award recipient Tri County Tech (TCT), knew when he drafted his Vision 2020 that it was a fearless and

Sustaining the Music Arts in New Mexico, with a Little Help from Baldrige

February 19, 2019

In “ Orchestra Faces Bankruptcy, Meets Baldrige, Brings Beautiful Music Back to Life,” I wrote about the New Mexico Philharmonic (NMPhil), which was created in

Baldrige Award-Winning University Breaks Ground (Again) with Benchmarking Project

October 2, 2018

An assistant chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout—a Baldrige Award recipient—helped develop a national benchmarking project that will soon provide

The Promise of the Baldrige Framework for Nursing Home Excellence

September 4, 2018

I’ve spent a significant amount of time as an adult visiting people in nursing homes (also known as long-term and post-acute care facilities, or nursing care

Small Business Sees Environmental Excellence as Part of its Own Performance Excellence

September 11, 2018

For our military defense during World War II, enormous trucks, airplanes, and other heavy equipment rolled out of factories, and they needed durable metal

What Kaiser Permanente Is Doing with the Baldrige Framework

August 23, 2018

Launch of an Operational Excellence Initiative This year, Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California region launched an initiative to drive operational

A Beloved Leader’s Legacy of Leadership, Sustainability, People First

July 12, 2018

In Rio Rancho, NM, one of the largest American flags in the state waves over Don Chalmers Ford, a 2016 Baldrige Award recipient. One of these large flags was

Leadership Practices of Southcentral Foundation

April 26, 2018

Five-Part Leadership Blog Series In this five-part blog series on the 2017 Baldrige Award recipients’ leadership presentations at the 30th Anniversary Quest

The Baldrige Fellow Who’s 1 of "50 Most Powerful" Latinas in Corporate America

May 24, 2018

Spotlight on Veronica Muzquiz Edwards When Dr. Veronica Muzquiz Edwards, CEO of InGenesis and a Baldrige Fellow, was recently asked if she feels pressure to

Measure What You Treasure, Advises Baldrige Award-Winning School District

March 29, 2018

A School District Embeds Quality Processes into its DNA Why is it beneficial for a school district—as much as for organizations in other sectors—to establish

How a Veterans’ Agency Realized Excellence for the “Sake of Customers, Employees, Stakeholders, and the Country”

February 1, 2018

When staff asked, “What do you want me to do, this quality stuff or my job?” The answer was always, “We want you to do both, but we want you to change the way

A Project to Save and Enhance Lives Through Excellence

February 13, 2018

Almost 120,000 individuals are listed on a registry awaiting life-saving organ and tissue transplants, and every 10 minutes, someone is added to that waiting

A Baldrige Fellow Who Transformed His Hospital's OR Workforce

January 23, 2018

Dr. Jeffrey Sedlack, medical director for Providence Alaska Medical Center, became a Baldrige Executive Fellow in 2015. Like peer executives in the cross-sector

Focus on the Baldrige Board of Overseers: John Jasinski

January 25, 2018

Like other federal programs, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is overseen by an advisory committee whose members are appointed by a cabinet member of

Focus on the Baldrige Board of Overseers: Pat Greco

January 9, 2018

Like other federal programs, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is overseen by an advisory committee whose members are appointed by a cabinet member of

Learning from the Best of the Best

November 27, 2017

This article originally appeared on the NIST Taking Measure blog. For the last 30 years, NIST and the Department of Commerce, together with the President of

Radiology and Baldrige: A Systems Match in Diagnostics

December 5, 2017

Leadership, integrity, quality, innovation—the core values of the American College of Radiology—echo the basic tenets and Core Values and Concepts of the

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11 Examples of How the Baldrige Excellence Framework Strengthens the U.S. Military

October 19, 2017

Did you know that the first federal organization to earn a Baldrige Award—the nation’s highest honor for U.S. organizations that achieve excellence—is a unit of

11 Examples of How the Baldrige Excellence Framework Strengthens Colleges and Universities

October 10, 2017

Did you know that the first post-secondary education organization to earn a Baldrige Award—the nation’s highest honor for U.S. organizations that achieve

11 Examples of How the Baldrige Excellence Framework Strengthens K-12 Schools

September 21, 2017

The first two U.S. public school districts to earn Baldrige Awards—the nation’s highest honor for U.S. organizations that achieve excellence—showed that role

Engaging Physicians in Changing Organizations: A Baldrige Fellow's Systems Approach

September 7, 2017

As a U.S. health care executive, Eric Moll has observed firsthand what he describes as the “massive shifts in health care delivery and payment” occurring

Ethics: Is the Onus on Business?

August 31, 2017

I recently read the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report. This study, in its 17th cycle in 2017, consisted of an online survey of over 33,000 respondents

Baldrige Principles Bring Organizational Change, Learning to National Guard

August 29, 2017

What are the benefits and challenges of starting a Baldrige-based program from scratch in your organization? Lt. Col. Rory Thompson started such a program at

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Why Try the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder?

August 22, 2017

Which cybersecurity-related activities are most important to your business strategy and critical service delivery? How do you assess the effectiveness and

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Blogrige, the official blog of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, shares practical guidance, success stories, examples, and inspiration on how Baldrige resources can support your long-term success, whether your organization is large or small, has one site or worldwide locations, and is just getting started or continuously improving.

The Baldrige Program offers a comprehensive and proven leadership and management framework that focuses on results in all areas of your organization. Learn more about the Baldrige Program, the products and services available to help your organization succeed, and how to self-assess using the Baldrige framework.

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