Blogrige

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Blogrige

The Official Baldrige Blog

A man sitting at a desk in front of the Baldrige Criteria holding icons with How and What questions.

The Baldrige Criteria Are Insufficient

October 25, 2018

Harry Hertz “The Baldrige Cheermudgeon”

For people who have known me for years, you probably never thought you would hear me say, "The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence are an insufficient guide for achieving improvement and

A group of diverse women and men sitting at a table discussing a topic.

Humor and Hazards: Unexpected Experiences on a Baldrige Site Visit

October 16, 2018

Christine Schaefer

How can we describe what it’s like—in a few words—to serve on a team of Baldrige examiners during the site visit phase of the selection process for the nation’s highest award for organizational

Baldrige Excellence Framework Overview showing the Criteria Category 6 Operations item highlighted.

Learning from Role Models: Category 6: Operations

October 11, 2018

Dawn Bailey

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

University of Wisconsin-Stout students walking on campus.

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

October 2, 2018

Christine Schaefer

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

Let the Soap and Water Flow (Maybe!)

September 25, 2018

Harry Hertz “The Baldrige Cheermudgeon”

Last week was the final straw! It drove me to writing a blog posting. It took three sinks to wash my hands in a public restroom (fortunately, it had three sinks!). It required two to get the water

Search

Email alerts

Stay Connected

About this blog

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.