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Blogrige

The Official Baldrige Blog

Christine Schaefer

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 to Get Involved with Baldrige Communities of Excellence

March 20, 2018

From Backyard Conversation to Engaged Communities Communities of Excellence 2026 has come a long way since it was conceived in a backyard conversation

The Baldrige Award-Winning University or the Runaway Elephant?

March 8, 2018

Take your pick of two stories here: how the University of Wisconsin–Stout continues modeling key concepts of the Baldrige Excellence Framework since winning the

Elevations Credit Union blog photo showing one of their branch tellers helping a woman with her account.

What You Can Learn from a Baldrige Award-Winning Credit Union

March 1, 2018

Four years ago, Elevations Credit Union (ECU) became the first nonprofit financial services organization to win a Baldrige Award. According to ECU Senior Vice

A Car Dealership That Helps Other Organizations Run Better

February 22, 2018

How did a car dealership in New Mexico earn America’s most prestigious award for business excellence? The last time we interviewed Lee Butler of Don Chalmers

A Hospital, a Hurricane, and “This Crazy Thing Called Baldrige”

February 15, 2018

When Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital earned the Baldrige Award in 2016, it boasted results such as Top 10 percent ranking nationally for emergency center

Start Using the Baldrige Cybersecurity Tool: Here’s Help

February 8, 2018

The Information Security Team of the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) began using the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder (BCEB) last spring to

6 Steps (+ 4 Tips) to Improve Cybersecurity with a Baldrige Tool

January 30, 2018

When the Baldrige Program last year published the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder—a self-assessment resource focused on cybersecurity—Steffani Webb

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

Newly wed examiners Kay Kendall and Glenn Bodinson pose together in Hawaiian dress holding Baldrige booklets on a tropical beach

Oh, the Work Baldrige Examiners Do! (An Interview with Kay Kendall)

December 12, 2017

Baldrige examiners may be some of the hardest-working volunteers in America. After being competitively selected each year, Baldrige examiners individually

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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.

If you have any questions about Blogrige, please contact Baldrige Customer Service at baldrige [at] nist.gov (baldrige[at]nist[dot]gov).

The views presented here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of NIST.

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