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View All Improvement Tools IMPACT OF BALDRIGE Baldrige Framework Is Worldwide Standard for Excellence PDF Baldrige Helps Health Care Organizations Provide Superior Patient Experience Improving Government Performance: The Great Promise of the Baldrige Excellence Framework PDF Baldrige Program Impacts, including the Economic Evaluation of BPEP Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Visit the Baldrige Foundation to learn how it supports the Baldrige Program and what you can do to help. News and Updates Graduating Baldrige Fellows Inspired to Continue Excellence April 22, 2024 Fifteen senior leaders from a variety of U.S. organizations recently joined 149 other executives as graduates of the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program . Using 2024 Cohort of Baldrige Fellows Announced March 21, 2024 The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at NIST is pleased to announce the names of 18 executives who are set to begin a year-long leadership development NIST Launches Renewed Baldrige Award Program to Focus on Resilience and Long-Term Success February 14, 2024 Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 award cycle. Seeking Input on the 2025-2026 Baldrige Excellence Framework February 13, 2024 The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking wide input for updates and other revisions to the Baldrige Excellence Framework® , our core View All News and Updates Blogrige The Baldrige Program Says Good-Bye to Jackie DesChamps May 14, 2024 Jacqueline (Jackie”) DesChamps—head of support services for the Baldrige Program for more than two decades—knows how to run a process well. She is proactive What’s Happening Now with Communities of Excellence 2026? April 30, 2024 It started with a big idea—about improving the quality of life in the United States. Cross-sector collaboration was a central part of it. Essentially, the Senior Leadership Succession Planning: Who Cares? April 16, 2024 Who cares about succession planning? As an organization or an aspiring senior leader, you need to care. Proper succession planning by an organization and its A Baldrige Award-Winning Nonprofit Highlights Organizational Resilience April 5, 2024 Located in Pittsburgh, PA, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), a 2019 Baldrige Award recipient , is a nonprofit organ procurement organization View more Baldrige Executive Fellows Program Credit: sdecoret/Shutterstock Learn More What Executive Fellows Are Saying walk the talk Jo Ann Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, AARP Inc....