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Blogrige

The Official Baldrige Blog

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Quality in Nursing Care Centers: the Impact of Baldrige

January 14, 2014

Christine Schaefer

A few months ago, my family received a personal reminder of the importance of quality in the skilled-nursing care profession. It was delivered as my elderly father was transitioning from a hospital to

Why and How AARP Uses the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence

November 26, 2013

Christine Schaefer

How have the Baldrige Excellence Framework and its Criteria helped one of the nation’s largest and most powerful nonprofit lobbying organizations to enhance its performance? Jo Ann Jenkins, chief

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Good Governance: 10 Baldrige Questions for Your Board of Directors

October 31, 2013

Christine Schaefer

Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein and others have written about the problem of an excessive and short-sighted focus by many business leaders today on stock values for shareholders

Baldrige in Manufacturing Today: Seagate’s Story

September 26, 2013

Christine Schaefer

How is the Baldrige framework for performance excellence helping manufacturing companies today? Consider the experience of Seagate Technology, a manufacturer that defines itself as a “world leader in

Inspiring Executives--On the Plant Floor and in Other Safe Spaces

September 19, 2013

Dawn Bailey

"Some of the best ideas for improving health care come from outside our field," writes Dr. Peter Pronovost in his blog, "What Health Care Can Learn From Corn Milling." "A recent experience

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Blogrige, the official blog of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, shares practical guidance, success stories, examples, and inspiration on how Baldrige resources can support your long-term success, whether your organization is large or small, has one site or worldwide locations, and is just getting started or continuously improving.

The Baldrige Program offers a comprehensive and proven leadership and management framework that focuses on results in all areas of your organization. Learn more about the Baldrige Program, the products and services available to help your organization succeed, and how to self-assess using the Baldrige framework.

If you have any questions about Blogrige, please contact Baldrige Customer Service at baldrige [at] nist.gov (baldrige[at]nist[dot]gov).

The views presented here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of NIST.