Insights from igniteEX: A Prequel — March 7 PEN Webinar

In many ways, what's required for organizational excellence these days has changed: there are new work environments (such as hybrid), severe talent shortages, emerging technologies (like artificial intelligence).  But in other ways, nothing has changed: we still need to satisfy our customers; we still need to engage our teams; and we still need to improve [...]

2024-02-21T13:33:15-06:00February 21, 2024|

The LEGO Game: Reducing Waste & Increasing Productivity — April 18 IN-PERSON Pre-Conference Workshop

As we emerge from COVID (but navigate continuing staffing challenges and possible economic headwinds), organizations are increasingly focused on improving productivity, eliminating waste, and increasing efficiency. The Performance Excellence Network -- in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence and the Iowa Quality Center — is pleased to announce a powerful workshop: The LEGO Game: Reducing Waste & [...]

2024-02-18T11:29:38-06:00February 17, 2024|

Create a Culture of Productivity, Starting at the Top! — April 18 IN-PERSON Pre-Conference Workshop

Create a culture of productivity that eliminates unnecessary interruptions, emails, and non-essential work! Get everyone in your company focused on their most important priorities and stop the highly reactionary behavior that has become the norm in business today. Since productivity and employee engagement are tightly linked, this is a win-win for the organization and your [...]

2024-02-17T11:25:53-06:00February 17, 2024|

Advancing Performance Excellence: Baldrige 201 — Nov 14 & 17 Online Workshop

The Performance Excellence Network — in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence — is pleased to announce a powerful workshop: Advancing Performance Excellence: Baldrige 201, November 14 & 17 -- both 8:00AM to 12:00PM both online. Baldrige 201 builds off of Baldrige 101 (Principles of Performance Excellence (which is offered many times a year, [...]

2023-09-18T07:16:47-05:00September 18, 2023|

Championing Improvement at St. Louis County — Feb 15 TPPEN Breakfast

Do the words "continuous improvement" make you feel stressed or excited.  Or do they result in an eye roll?   The Performance Excellence Network is pleased to welcome Juli Lattner, Sr. HR Advisor, and Bre Graber, Budget & Business Improvement Manager, both from St. Louis County, to our February 15 TPPEN breakfast discussion: " Championing [...]

2023-07-26T00:51:08-05:00July 26, 2023|

Pursuing and Achieving Excellence at Labovitz — Sept 21 TPPEN Breakfast

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) provides internationally recognized, specialized accreditation for business schools at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level. The AACSB Accreditation Standards challenge post-secondary educators to pursue excellence and continuous improvement throughout their business programs. AACSB Accreditation is known worldwide as the longest standing, most recognized form of specialized/professional [...]

2023-07-25T23:55:29-05:00July 25, 2023|

The Principles of Excellence: Baldrige 101 — October 4 Bloomington Workshop

The need to improve your organization's performance has perhaps never been greater. This "new normal" we've been enjoying the last few years has created a renewed need for improvement and systemic change within all organizations: customers expect more, competent workers are growing scarce, and competition is intensifying. But - with the complexity of organizations - [...]

2023-07-25T23:51:26-05:00July 25, 2023|

The Path to Excellence: The Real Value of Baldrige — PEN Feb 2019

In the wake of the last “Great Recession” in the 1980s (though we didn’t call it that back then), America was in economic trouble.  The country suffered a two-phase recession in 1980-82 – one that left unemployment high and interest rates even higher (recall credit cards and mortgages well beyond 20%!).  The economic challenges were [...]

2019-02-28T14:13:34-06:00February 28, 2019|

The Key to Sustained World Class Performance: Deliberate Practice — PEN July 2018

Everywhere you look, standards are rising.  In business, in sports, in education, in healthcare – really in all aspects of human and organizational achievement – what is considered world class continues to increase.  For example…   It used to take 72 hours by plane to cross the Atlantic (1913); it now takes just over six.  [...]

2018-07-23T22:10:24-05:00July 23, 2018|
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