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Performance excellence

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.

News

MESA: A Most Excellent Quest Continues

Inscribed on the Baldrige Award medallion are the words “The Quest for Excellence.” Besides being the name of the Baldrige national conference that highlights winning organizations, those words have real meaning. Organizations that use the Baldrige Excellence Framework and its Criteria—whether for self-assessment or to apply for an award at state/local or national levels—are on true quests

NIST Announces 2024 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

NIST Launches Renewed Baldrige Award Program to Focus on Resilience and Long-Term Success

Seeking Input on the 2025-2026 Baldrige Excellence Framework

Featured Videos

Baldrige Award Adapted and Innovated

Baldrige Award Adapted and Innovated

Baldrige Program Overview

Baldrige Program Overview

Blogrige

Teams and the Magic Three

A recent Inc.com blog post by Jessica Stillman discusses Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Revenge of the Tipping Point. The thesis of the blog post and a theme in

Happy Thanksgiving 2024

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program gives thanks to the entire Baldrige community, especially our advisory board (Board of Overseers) and all-volunteer