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Blogrige

The Official Baldrige Blog

Dawn Bailey

Dawn Bailey is a writer/editor for the Baldrige Program and involved in all aspects of communications, from leading the Baldrige Executive Fellows program to managing the direction of case studies, social media efforts, and assessment teams. She has more than 25 years of experience, 18 years at the Baldrige Program, working on publications and education teams. Her background is in English and journalism, with degrees from the University of Connecticut and an advanced degree from George Mason University.

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Focus on the 2018 Judges’ Panel: Dee Springer

June 12, 2018

Dawn Bailey

Judges Panel Blog Series In this judges panel blog series, we have been interviewing members of the Judges’ Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to share individual members’

Photo of the 2018 Quest for Excellence Conference Keynote Speaker Seth Mattison sitting on a couch.

Future-Proofing Leaders for Uncomfortable Growth

June 7, 2018

Dawn Bailey

Whom did I impact today? And how will I be remembered by the people I worked with? These were some of the questions asked by Seth Mattison, founder and chief movement officer of FutureSight Labs

Photo of the 2018 Baldrige Foundation Harry S. Hertz Leadership Awardee Nick Macchione speaking at podium.

Highlighting Inspired Leadership

May 31, 2018

Dawn Bailey

The recent Quest for Excellence® conference put a spotlight on leadership and some of the Baldrige community leaders who are inspiring others across the nation. Role-Model Leadership Nick

Baldrige to Lean Six Sigma learning analogy. Reacting to problems, general improvment orientation, systematic eval & improve, learn & strategic improv, org analysis & innovation.

Learning: Baldrige to Lean Six Sigma

May 17, 2018

Dawn Bailey

How would you visualize learning when considering the relationship between the Baldrige Excellence framework and its Criteria and Lean Six Sigma? Eric Franks, an adjunct instructor at Tennessee

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Beyond Identifying and Leveraging Your Core Competencies, Are You Using Them Strategically?

May 10, 2018

Dawn Bailey

A recent Quality Digest article “Getting the Most Out of Your Organization’s Core Competencies” outlines the what, why, and how to make the strategic application of core competencies a significant key

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Leadership Practices of Southcentral Foundation

April 26, 2018

Dawn Bailey

Five-Part Leadership Blog Series In this five-part blog series on the 2017 Baldrige Award recipients’ leadership presentations at the 30th Anniversary Quest for Excellence® Conference (April 8–11

Leadership Practices of Stellar Solutions

April 19, 2018

Dawn Bailey

Hill Country Memorial Strategies blog photo of two female nurses helping a male patient in hospital bed lift his leg.

A War Room of Strategic Breakthroughs and Other Tools

April 5, 2018

Dawn Bailey

When an organization ponders a journey to performance excellence, it may wonder where to begin, what to measure, and what to expect, including what short-term successes are achievable. Such pondering

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Paper Reveals How Baldrige Helped a Small Business in a Short Time

March 13, 2018

Dawn Bailey

Recently, a Baldrige alumnus examiner set out to document what Baldrige could do for a small business in just 18 months. According to the metrics, the answer is quite a lot. Denis Leonard recently

What CAMC Health System has learned from the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder. Photo shows woman hands around all her mobile devices sitting on top of paper with graphs and showing cyber locks in front of them connected to each other.

What We Learned from Baldrige Cybersecurity that Could Help You

March 6, 2018

Dawn Bailey

“My organization is absolutely prepared and solid when it comes to cybersecurity issues and requirements.” . . . Well, actually, this might not be a statement that many of us are comfortable making.

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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 Progam, the products and services available to help your organization succeed, and how to self-assess using the Baldrige framework.

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