Last week, the Performance Excellence Network hosted our annual (sold out!) PENworks 2016 conference. The event featured 31 local, regional, and national speakers, each sharing best practices and insights to improve organizational performance and personal and leadership effectiveness. Some speakers were from large, complex organizations (Cargill, State of MN); some were from small nonprofits [...]
For Immediate Release Performance Excellence Network Recognizes Four Minnesota Organizations 2015 MN Performance Excellence Awards Presented at PENworks 2016 Conference; Governor Celebrates Excellence in Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn., April 20, 2016 – The Performance Excellence Network (PEN), formerly the Minnesota Council for Quality, today honors four recipients of the 2015 Performance Excellence Award (formerly [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2016 Partnership Brings Good Leadership Skill Development to Performance Excellence Network Program Helps Organizations Hardwire “Soft” Leadership Skills Brooklyn Center, MN -- The Performance Excellence Network (PEN) and Good Leadership Enterprises launched a partnership today at the annual PENworks conference bringing Good Leadership training to PEN members. The move [...]
Performance Excellence Network to Form Partnership with Good Leadership Enterprises April 16, 2016 By Neal St. Anthony, Star Tribune Training organization will form partnership with leadership group to round itself out The Performance Excellence Network (PEN), formerly the Minnesota Council for Quality, and Good Leadership Enterprises will announce a partnership this week at PEN’s annual [...]
Are you happy? No, I mean really happy – the type of happy that makes you feel like you’re floating through most days. The type of happy that has you whistling while you work (or while you play), so to speak. Most of the time, you can’t wait until tomorrow, but you still savor every [...]
I’m on Day 22 in dealing with a concussion. I guess now that it’s been three weeks, it probably isn’t considered minor – the kind that resolves itself in a few hours or days. But I’m also very lucky that it wasn’t more major: it is progressively healing, and I’m much better off than many [...]
I ran across an interesting statistic recently: 68% of Americans place their toilet paper in the holder with the roll coming over the top (rather than underneath). Interesting. I guess I’m “normal” (not that placing it the other way is necessarily abnormal). But I guess it’s been a long debate – Wikipedia has 133 footnotes [...]
Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Who knows where these powerful – and timeless – 12 words come from? Anyone who has raised his right hand with three fingers up (or has/had a son, grandson, or other family member or friend do so) will recognize them as Boy [...]
Last month, I wrote about how critical it is for organizations to manage change (The Change Imperative: Organizational Survival is Optional). With all organizations facing an extraordinary level – and accelerating pace – of change, and with nearly 75% of change efforts failing, successfully managing change today could be the difference between success and failure. [...]
“Across almost all sectors and regions, [organizations] face unprecedented disruption. The competitive advantages that once gave [organizations] a defensible position – their product lineup, scale, or legacy position – are no longer as secure as they once were. In the face of this volatility and complexity, most [organizations] must transform, meaning a comprehensive change in [...]
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