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Baldrige Creates Great Value for Organizations and the U.S. Economy

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In a recent study, CEO's using the Baldrige Criteria and other Baldrige Program resources reported more benefits than if they had used the best available alternatives to develop their performance excellence strategies.  See the attached document to learn more about this and other benefits of using the Baldrige Criteria for Perfomance Excellence such as:

1. Baldrige Award Winners create more jobs
2. Baldrige Hospitals save more lives and are stronger financially
3. Baldrige small businesses demonstrate increasing sales, profits, and market share
4. Baldrige manufacturers' revenues improved 48% annually, on average
5. Baldrige education organizations effectively improve reading and mathmatics proficiency and graduation rates

 
To learn more about how to benefit by using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence contact GSQC Executive Director Anne Warner

Boynton Middle School Recieves Commendation from Gov. Lynch

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On September 20th, State Board of Education Member Tom Raffio presented a Commendation to Boynton Middle School on behalf of Governor John Lynch.  The Commendation, in part, thanked the teachers, administrators, and students for all of their hard work in support of reducing the drop out rate and increasing the number of students going on to college.

Boynton Middle School in New Ipswich, NH and part of the Mascenic School District is a 2011 GSQC Profile Recognition Recipient.  Principal Tom Starratt and his team have developed an outstanding presentation on their best practices.   You can contact Prinipal Starratt or the GSQC to learn more about scheduling this presentation for your group or organization.

Once again, Congratulations to the Boynton Middle School!!!

To learn more about Boynton Middle School's Profile Recognition, see the attached document.

 

 

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Granite State Team Excellence Awards

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Does your Organization have  a High Performance Team that deserves recognition?

Would your Organization like feedback on its team processes and projects based on the best in the world?

Would you like to learn how to develop and support High Performance Teams?

Participant in the Granite State Team Excellence Award Process as an Applicant or a Judge!

The most successful companies, public sector agencies, and health care and education organizations have discovered how they can improve results through the formation and recognition of teams.  Private and public sector organizations are relaizing just how important work teams can be in terms of reducing costs, saving money, fostering innovation, and boosting bottom-line results.

The Granite State Team Excellence Awards program (GSTEA) is being established for the purpose of encouraging the formation of work teams, fostering their ability to perform systematic continuous process improvement, and formally recognizing organizations for their teams’ accomplishments.

This assessment process provides an opportunity to compare your team’s efforts toward project and process improvement with the best… and get the recognition you deserve! This assessment process also provides an opportunity for individuals to enhance, and be recognized for their ability to guide process teams by participating as Program Judges.

Key Dates:

  • Judges Training: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
  • Team Application Deadline: December 31, 2011

 

The GSTEA is based on the American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) International Team Excellence Award (ITEA) and uses the same criteria.  See the attachments for more details on the process and how to apply.

2011 Baldrige Conferences Showcase Best Practices of Baldrige Recipients

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The 2011 Baldrige Regional Conferences will showcase the best-in-class practices of the 2010 Baldrige Award Recipients as well as former recipients.
 
Attend one of these two conferences to hear how the recipients improved their performance and results in Leadership; Strategic Planning; Customer Focus; Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management; Workforce Focus; and Process Management.
 
September 13, 2011 Kansas City, MO
Westin Crown Center

September 27, 2011
Birmingham, AL
Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa 

Click here for more information

Register Now: 2011 Examiner Training

Submitted by anne on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 11:14am
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The GSQC's 2011 Examiner Training kicks off on Wednesday, September 21st with the first fill day session.   This will be followed by a two hour webinar session in October (date TBD) and conclude when we join our colleagues in Vermont for the final full day session on Tuesday, November 1st.  

Registration is now open - Click here to Register

See the attachment to this article for details or Contact us for more information.

Locations:

September 21st - Hosted by Northeast Delta Dental - Concord, NH

November 1st - Hosted by the VA Medical Center  - White River Junction, VT

Learning and Sharing Event: Maximizing the Value of Improvement with an Organizational Profile

Submitted by anne on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 3:49pm
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04/18/2011 4:00 pm
04/18/2011 6:00 pm
Presenters: Barb Natalizio, Elliot Health Systems and Anne Warner, GSQC
 
>> Register Now for this Free Event <<
 
You know that your organization needs to continuously improve to be successful and competitive into the future.  You also understand the need to maximize the value of all improvement efforts.   The common sense approach of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence looks good....on paper.  Getting started looks overwhelming.  
 
Whether your organization is using a Baldrige-based approach or not, creating an Organizational Profile can target and align improvements. This presentation will provide practical insight, tips, and options, as well as a case study.  You will learn how to use this Baldrige-based tool to support your organization's unique needs and support achievement of strategic and operational goals. 
 

January 18th Criteria Update Webinar

Submitted by anne on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 2:29pm
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01/18/2011 12:00 pm
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This webinar will be a repeat of the January 11th webinar summarizing the changes to the 2011-2013 Criteria for Performance Excellence

Register for the January 18th webinar

Where: Your Computer (login information will be provided after registration)

Cost: GSQC Sponsors and Current Examiers: Free

         All others: $10 (Credit or Check)

         Groups of 3 or more using same login: $25 

 

Join us for a January 11 or January 18 webinar on the 2011-2012 Criteria Changes

Submitted by anne on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 7:41pm
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01/11/2011 12:00 pm
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The 2011 - 2012 Criteria for Performance Excellence has been released by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.   You can view or download copies of the Business/Nonprofit, Education and Health Care Criteria for Performance Excellence from the Baldrige website.  2011CriteriaCover

 

This post summarizes the key changes.   We will discuss these changes and other during a webinar which will be offered twice:

- January 11th,noon to 1pm

- January 18th, noon to 1pm

 

See below for webinar registration information.

 

A summary of key changes to the 2011-2012 Criteria for Performance Excllence:

  • Introduction of the concept of intelligent risk
  • Improved line of sight from strategic challenges and advantages to core competencies, strategy, and work systems
  • Category 3 - Customer Focus is reorganized to improve logic flow.  Now includes concept of social media.
  • Category 5 - Workforce Focus is reordered and consolidated to improve logic flow
  • Category 6 is renamed to "Operations Focus" to indicate focus on organizational operations
  • Category 7 now has 5 items, combining Process and Product Outcomes
  • Performance Projections have increased emphasis in process categories and reduced emphasis in results
  • Each group of questions has a subhead summary of the content

 

Webinar details:  Click the date of your choice to retister  or email info@gsqc.com for more information.

When: January 11, 2011  12pm - 1pm   - or -   January 18, 12pm - 1pm

Where: Your Computer (login information will be provided after registration)

Cost: GSQC Sponsors and Current Examiers: Free

         All others: $10 (Credit or Check)

         Groups of 3 or more using same login: $25 

 
 
 
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