Save the Date:
Wisconsin Forward Award Gala and Change Leadership Forum
Set for November 30!
Mark November 30th on your calendar and plan to celebrate with the 2016 Wisconsin Forward Award recipients, our Board of Examiners and special guests. Our 3rd annual Change Leadership Forum will precede the Gala reception.
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Your Opportunity to Give Input on the Baldrige Excellence Framework
For 28 years, organizational leaders have depended on the Baldrige framework to help them reach their goals, improve results, and become more competitive. To make sure that the Criteria always represent the leading edge of validated leadership and performance practice, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program continually gathers input from role-model organizations and from studies of these organizations and their CEOs to inform the evolution of the framework.
To further build this body of knowledge, you are invited to submit your answers to two key questions by June 30, 2016.
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Register Today for the 28th Annual Quest for Excellence® Conference!
The conference, which will showcase the best practices and lessons learned of the
2015 Baldrige Award recipients
, along with those from past awardees, is being held April 3-6, 2016 at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront in Baltimore, MD.
Highlights of Quest for Excellence include:
- The Baldrige Award Ceremony, which will honor the 2015 Award recipients on Sunday evening, April 3
- Two in-depth plenary sessions featuring the senior leaders of the 2015 recipients as they share role-model leadership practices
- Keynote presentations by John Heer, former President and CEO, North Mississippi Health Services and recipient of the 2016 Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award, on Tuesday, April 5; and Daniel Pink, best-selling author of five provocative books on the changing world of work,on Wednesday, April 6
- 50 best practices sessions featuring current and former Baldrige Award recipients from all sectors sharing their proven strategies and real-world insights in strategy, customers, workforce, and many more areas important to business success
- Pre-conference workshops on the afternoon of Sunday, April 3 for beginner and intermediate users of the Baldrige Framework. These will be facilitated by leaders of former Baldrige Award-winning organizations
- Opportunities to network with and learn from Baldrige recipients, applicants, Examiners, Alliance for Performance Excellence program representatives, as well as Baldrige experts and users in all industries
Register
by March 7 for the $150 early bird discount and
book your stay
today at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront at the special attendee rate.
For more information about the Quest for Excellence Conference, visit the
conference Webpage.
For questions, contact the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at (301) 975-2036 or
[email protected]
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Examiner Spotlight: Rosemarie Forster
Rosemarie Forster serves as the Quality Manager at Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services and has served on the Board of Examiners for 14 years.
What is something your fellow examiners would be surprised to know about you?
I'm a first generation American, very entrenched in my German heritage. I belong to a Bavarian culture society whose mission is to uphold our ethnic dress, dance and language.
When you are not evaluating an application, how do you like to spend your free time?
I'm an avid reader, a history buff, spend a lot of time with my ethnic dancing group and I love to travel.
What first interested you in becoming an examiner?
I landed a job in EMS quality - a brand new field - and decided I needed more education in quality principles. I obtained my MS in Organizational Leadership and Quality, a program through Marian College (now University) based on the Baldrige principles. I signed up for a seminar given by (at that time) WFA, and was recruited as an examiner and have returned every year.
What has been a highlight or greatest take-away as an examiner?
I've been an examiner since 2002 and have learned something new every cycle. I love site visits and the positive energy of high-performing organizations.
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PENworks 2016:
Advancing Organizational Excellence Conference
WCPE is excited to extend an invitation for Wisconsin organizations to attend a terrific conference focused on quality, continuous improvement, and organizational excellence sponsored by our Minnsota neighbor, the Performance Excellence Network (PEN) Learn best practices from ~25 organizations on the journey to excellence. Keynotes include John Sweeney of Brave New Workshop, Dr. Amit Sood of Mayo Clinic on The Science of Happiness, Paul Hillen of Cargill, and three Baldrige National Quality Award winners -- a charter school, and integrated health system, and a nonprofit organ procurement organization.
April 18-19
, Brooklyn Center, MN. Early Bird ends March 25. Learn more & register today!
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