April 16, 2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Lassiter, President Performance Excellence Network (Formerly the Minnesota Council for Quality) 612-868-3519 brian.lassiter@performanceexcellencenetwork.org    Performance Excellence Network Recognizes Four Minnesota Organizations 2013 MN Performance Excellence Awards Presented at PENworks 2014 Conference; Governor Celebrates Excellence in Minnesota   ST. PAUL, Minn., April 16, 2014 – The Performance [...]

press coverage from yesterday PENWorks Awards KAAL TV - Austin, MN Cardinal of Minnesota Wins Prestigious Award The company, which serves clients with developmental disabilities, has been awarded the highest level of recognition by the Performance Excellence Network. Click here to see the Full Article and video.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT A Recipe for Excellence: 50 Ingredients that Drive Organizational Performance Brian S. Lassiter When it comes to achieving and sustaining organizational excellence, there is no panacea.  But there ARE many proven ingredients – processes that, if systematic and well-deployed, have been validated to drive organizational outcomes over time.  Here are 50.  [...]

When it comes to achieving and sustaining organizational excellence, there is no panacea.  But there ARE many proven ingredients – processes that, if systematic and well-deployed, have been validated to drive organizational outcomes over time.  Here are 50.  It’s not an exhaustive list.  And they’re not in order of priority; in fact, their relative importance is [...]

1. A Letter from the President:  Writing the Book on Leadership There have been thousands of books published on leadership and tens of thousands of articles, whitepapers, and blogs (plus one, if you count this one!).  Some of them focus on the process of good leadership; some of them focus on the characteristics and traits [...]

There have been thousands of books published on leadership and tens of thousands of articles, whitepapers, and blogs (plus one, if you count this one!). Some of them focus on the process of good leadership; some of them focus on the characteristics and traits of good leaders. Some of them on the art of good [...]

Ever wish for a way to call attention to the GOOD behavior of a business you serve or that serves you? Today you have that chance! The Minnesota Business Ethics Award® (MBEA) invites all Minnesotans to recognize and celebrate businesses that get it right! Good performance plus good ethics. For the 2014 Awards, your nominee [...]

1. A Message from the President: Check That: A Simple Way to Ensure Accurate Results  I got a call recently from our next door neighbor – a call probably similar to calls that you all get during the holidays: they were going out of town for a four-day weekend, and they asked if we could watch the mail, [...]

I got a call recently from our next door neighbor – a call probably similar to calls that you all get during the holidays: they were going out of town for a four-day weekend, and they asked if we could watch the mail, get the paper, water the plants, and make sure the house doesn’t [...]

1. A Message from the President The Butterfly Effect: Managing Your Organization as a System  Because most things in life are part of larger systems, some seemingly trivial events can have significant impact.  For example, in 1961, mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz took a shortcut in entering data in a weather prediction model.  He innocently entered .506 instead [...]