Nov 16 Third Thursday Free Webinar: Finding Premierness

Third Thursday Webinar November 16, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. MT Speaker: Kiersten Farmer, Data Scientist Topic: Finding Premierness – Henderson’s Path to Excellence through the Baldrige Framework The City of Henderson, Nevada’s Performance Management Program offers a comprehensive and forward-thinking approach in the data-driven age. This program, known as the “Path to Premier,” embodies the …

September 21 Third Thursday Webinar – Achieving Excellence

September 21, at 11:00 a.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. CDT / 9:00 a.m. MDT / 8:00 a.m. MST and PDTTopic: Achieving Excellence – 4 Ideas that Will Change the Way You See Your Organization To  register for the webinar, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2853608034419591695 All organizations face diverse issues that constantly stretch resources. Issues like changing customer …

August 17th Third Thursday Webinar – Preparing for the Future: Establishing Utilities University

Bret Weingart, Assistant Director of the Utilities Department in Oklahoma City, as he unveils the success story of Oklahoma City Water & Utility Companies’ In-House University. What does it mean to provide some of the nation’s best drinking water and cleanest streets? To  register for the webinar, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1196990357523890956 Join us for a webinar …

Register for the 34th Quest for Excellence Conference

The 34th Quest for Excellence Conference is the official conference of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, brought to you by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at NIST. Quest will shine a light on best practices in innovation and healthy, thriving communities during its Monday and Wednesday plenary sessions.  You will learn from subject-matter experts …

Baldrige Performance Excellence Program Update

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program recently released a statement to the public announcing that they will not be running an award process in 2022. Embracing the performance excellence that is fundamental to continuous improvement and innovation, the Baldridge Performance Excellence Program, in close collaboration with leaders from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the …

What is the Baldrige Excellence Framework, and what are its benefits?

If you’re not familiar with the Baldrige Excellence Framework and its benefits, this latest feature in the Business Excellence 101 blog series from NIST’s official Baldrige blog answers some of the basic ‘what’ and ‘why’ questions you might have. Business Excellence 101: Improve Financial and Operational Performance with the Baldrige Framework

What’s the ROI from Performance Excellence?

If you haven’t started, or are in the early stages of a performance excellence journey, and you’re wondering whether it’s worth the investment of time, effort, and resources – this post published on March 15th on the NIST website is well worth a read. Consistent Use of Baldrige Leads to Multi-Year Winners, 255% Revenue Growth …