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Calendar of Events

Reducing Stress, Preventing Burnout, Improving Performance — Nov 14 PEN Webinar

A recent Gallup study reveals that U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world: 83% of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress. And it’s impacting our work (stress costs businesses and the economy trillions of dollars in absenteeism, low productivity, and healthcare costs) and our health (stress contributes to 90% of all illness and disease). [...]

Improving Leadership in 2025: Exploring Two Coaching Tools — Dec 12 PEN Webinar

In today's fast paced environment, there are too many professional conversations taking place that are not intentional about getting better or are not focused on leadership development.  But, as we wind down the year and look to next year, there are ways to address this issue and improve our leadership in 2025. The Performance Excellence [...]

Improving Productivity in 2025: (Re)Discover How Lean Drives Remarkable Results — Jan 9 PEN Webinar

As we move into 2025, organizations are again focused on increasing productivity and efficiency and reducing waste.  Unlock the secrets of Lean and see how it delivers measurable results in very different sectors – manufacturing and healthcare -- insights that can translate to any other sector or industry. The Performance Excellence Network — in partnership [...]

The Best Leaders are Yet to Come — Jan 23 PEN Webinar

The Baldrige community has something that no other leadership community has: established, proven leaders who have national role-model organizations to become honored performance excellence and results-driven, Baldrige Award recipients.  But what is it about them that separates those leaders from most other leaders?  What predictive analytics can we use to "know them when we see [...]

Unlocking the Power of Employee Engagement — Feb 6 PEN Webinar

Sustained organizational success requires having an engaged workforce that benefits from meaningful work, clear organizational direction, the opportunity to learn, and accountability for performance.  The simple truth is: engaged workers leads to satisfied, engaged customers.  But today -- with work environments continuing to evolve and employees' needs and expectations shifting -- how do organizations stimulate [...]

Leadership is a Conversation — Feb 20 PEN Webinar

Amazingly, 68% of leaders are afraid to communicate to their teams. And, since so much of our leadership spans from our staff and employees to our customers and stakeholders, we as leaders are required to be skillful at ensuring people love working in our communities. The Performance Excellence Network — in partnership with the Wisconsin Center [...]

Accelerating, Achieving, Sustaining Excellence: A (re)Introduction to Baldrige — March 6 PEN Webinar

Today’s environment is complex: leaders are navigating new and unique challenges, as most sectors and industries deal with staffing & talent shortages, economic & budget constraints, and ever-shifting customer & market expectations.  While not a prescriptive “silver bullet,” the now 38-year-old Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework provides leaders of any organization or any community a pathway [...]

Leading Through Crisis: A Panel Discussion — April 17 PEN Webinar

There’s a lot going on these days. A lot. Businesses and organizations are facing increasing uncertainty and a growing number of complex challenges: the federal budget freeze, federal agencies closing or shrinking, the new (and potentially escalating tariffs), as well as shifting national policy (in areas such as immigration and DEI) are resulting in uncertain organizational budgets, [...]

Best Practices in Building & Maintaining an Inclusive Culture — May 1 PEN Webinar

Regardless of what you call it, an organization’s success depends on having an engaged workforce that benefits from meaningful work, clear organizational direction, the opportunity to learn and grow, and accountability for performance.  The workforce must also have a safe, trusting, inclusive, and cooperative environment – an inclusive culture that capitalizes on and supports the [...]

Leading Excellence & Achievement: Insights from LEAP Participants — May 15 PEN Webinar

For the last four years, the Performance Excellence Network and the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence have co-hosted a unique leadership development program called “Leading Excellence & Achievement Program” (or LEAP). This is a unique cohort-based offering that takes learning and benchmarking to a new level with access to -- and interaction with -- other [...]

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