December 2, 2013 Contact: Examiner Application Help Center The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2014 Award cycle. Serving as an examiner is an opportunity for personal and professional development and growth. It is an opportunity to work as part of a […]
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Seven Steps to Start a Consulting Business
The baby boomer generation has been discussed, dissected and debated since its emergence in the mid-1940s. Seventy-six million strong, the group was the center of a new youth-oriented America with changing social norms, new suburbs, and growing modernizations and opportunities. Boomers have also dominated the American workforce. As they reach the winter of their careers, […]
Leadership in Changing Times
“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” – Publilius Syrus A November U.S. Gallup poll reports that workers remain largely unsatisfied at their jobs. The poll had participants rank 13 factors such as work safety, flexibility of hours, chances of promotion and pay. Workers biggest complaints were on-the-job stress, insufficient benefits and […]
Three Steps to Create Optimism in the Workplace
Three Steps to Create Optimism in the Workplace If you talk about optimism, you’ll find no shortage of quotes, clichés, proverbs or stories to guide you. Optimism is the original American dream: the hope of every student, new parent, entrepreneur, fledgling small business or politician. It’s why we root for the underdog or follow a […]
Great places to work are more productive and more profitable than their stock market peers.
Research proves it. The “best companies to work for” are more productive and more profitable than their stock market peers. But a great workplace is not something that can be achieved in a quarter, or even a year. For a great workplace to exist, employees must trust the organization implicitly, take pride in what they […]
2011 Baldrige Regional Conferences
Register now for the 2011 Baldrige Regional Conferences! The conferences, which will each showcase the best practices of current and past Baldrige Award recipients, will be held: September 13 Kansas City, MO Westin Crown Center September 27 Birmingham, AL Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa Come, learn, network, and engage in a day […]