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Blogrige

The Official Baldrige Blog

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Baldrige Self-Assessment: Seven Ways to Get Started

August 13, 2013

Christine Schaefer

Ready to assess your organization’s performance using an approach based on the Baldrige Excellence Framework (which includes the Criteria for Performance Excellence)? It’s easy to get started! Here

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Baldrige Criteria: Seven Ways to Learn More

August 6, 2013

Christine Schaefer

Anyone who is new to Baldrige organizational assessment—and takes a look inside a Baldrige Excellence Framework booklet for the first time—can see right away that there is a lot to learn! But

Could Baldrige Help Detroit?

August 1, 2013

Christine Schaefer

As a young child, I spent most Sundays visiting my paternal grandmother in a declining inner-city neighborhood of Detroit. By then, the city had already seen large-scale losses of middle-class

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When Agility Is Painful (A Light-Hearted View of the Baldrige Core Values)

July 25, 2013

Christine Schaefer

“Remember, agility is one of our core values!” That’s how a co-worker wrapped up the news of our organization’s planned migration to a new software suite for e-mail and other communication systems.

Is Baldrige Worth the Investment? Let's Start with the Military ...

June 6, 2013

Dawn Bailey

Times U.S. recently ran a story "A Better Return On Investment" about Georgia’s Fort Stewart Army post's Baldrige journey. Baldrige staff and stakeholders that I've heard from have varying opinions

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About this blog

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.