7Jan, 2019 2019-2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework Has... It’s that time of year. Well, yes, that time of year, too, but I’m referring to the time of year when the Baldrige Excellence Program releases the latest revision of...
4Dec, 2018 Are You an Appreciative Leader? Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving, and that gave me the inspiration for this month’s “Baldrige blast.” We started to reflect on a common characteristic of so many of the leaders...
31Oct, 2018 How do you know? How Do You Know? We’ve been working with a new client for the past 6 months. We’ve never seen a CEO and other senior leaders so quickly embrace the Baldrige...
14Oct, 2018 Medical Science Meets the Art... "Evidence-based best practices so often cited in the literature require more than just clinical evidence. They also require the art of persuasion, as all change initiatives do. People change when...
28Sep, 2018 Ready for a CEO Self-Assessment? Are You Ready for a CEO Self-Assessment? “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” But is it ever the right time to pursue excellence? In the...
3Aug, 2018 A Winning Combination? A Winning Combination There are so many books and articles written about leadership. Many of them cite similar characteristics of what makes good leaders. Is there anything new to add?...
30Jul, 2018 Culture and Employees Who “Fit” Getting Employees Who “Fit” Your Organizational Culture You’ve probably read the same statistics we have about the high costs of employee turnover. It has a lot of negative impact ranging...
6Jul, 2018 To the Moon! It Takes Vision Do you remember watching the United States land on the moon? I was a kid sitting on the couch in the basement with my dad, staring at...
1Jun, 2018 Ethics, Integrity, and the Slippery... Ethics, Integrity, and the Slippery Slope Some of you may remember when the Baldrige Criteria increased its emphasis on governance, ethics, and integrity. It followed in the wake of the...
1Apr, 2018 Better Than an MBA? Leadership Development How could you accelerate the development of high potential members of your workforce? How could you provide them with a network of other high-performers across sectors and industries? ...