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Here’s the silver bullet you’ve all been waiting for. In the next two newsletter columns, I’m going to give you the “secret sauce” for achieving and sustaining organizational excellence – the answers to all the questions that leaders might have for improving their results. Seriously, I’m going to give you 46 best practices that have[...]

A Message from the President: Leadership's Pursuit of Excellence: The Number One Factor for Effective Leadership  Network News and Events Council's Annual Best Practice Conference: Celebrating 25 Years of Advancing Excellence—June 4-5 (St. Paul) Seeking Exhibitors, Sponsors for Annual Conference Learn What Drives Organizational Excellence: 2012 MN Quality Award Evaluator Training June 19-21 (Rochester) Self-Defeating[...]

Letter from the President:  Seeing around Corners: The Power of Predictive Analytics Network News and Events PENworks 2013: The ROI of Excellence Other Network Events Upcoming Partner Events 25th Annual Quest for Excellence Conference Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (Baltimore) Sunday, April 07, 2013 Other Partner Events 1. Letter from the President: Seeing around Corners: The Power[...]

Does the name “Nate Silver” ring a bell?  It should: he is the statistician who correctly predicted the winner in all 50 states and DC for last fall’s presidential election. Before that, he developed a powerful system for predicting the performance of Major League baseball players.  And he’s at it again: forecasting what team will[...]

Your organization’s name and image will gain invaluable exposure to some of the Midwest’s top quality driven organizations when you sponsor PENworks 2013. This year’s event is projected to attract more than 400 leaders from all sectors—businesses, healthcare, nonprofit and government, and education.  Join an already select group of sponsors to receive variety of benefits,[...]

It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know: The Power of Networks Look at Us Now! PEN Launches New Website Network News and Events PENworks 2013: The ROI of Excellence – Conference May 14-15 05/14 Other Network Events Upcoming Partner Events 1. A Message From the President: It's Not What You Know, It's Who[...]

As the saying goes, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. It’s true in the context of a job search; it’s true as professionals seek insights to solve their organization’s problems; and it’s true in your personal life (my neighbor called me the other day, looking for suggestions for squirrel removal). But it’s[...]

2013 PEN Best Practice Conference May 14-15—Hold the Date! Register and Learn More Here January 2013 The Performance Excellence Network is pleased to announce the date of our 2013 best practice conference and Performance Excellence Award celebration: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (with pre-conference workshops Tuesday, May 14).  The full-day event will include the following: keynote[...]

Adapt or Die: Most Corporate Failures are Self-InflictedNetwork News and Events Network Events The Principles of Performance Excellence Other Network Events Upcoming Partner Events Other Partner Events   1.  Adapt or Die: Most Corporate Failures are Self-Inflicted What do the American mastodon, Woolly mammoth, and Arizona jaguar all have in common? Here’s a hint: they[...]

What do the American mastodon, Woolly mammoth, and Arizona jaguar all have in common? Here’s a hint: they all suffered similar fates to Hostess Brands, Circuit City, and Blockbuster. Yes, they all went away. Extinction. Vanished. Disappeared. But I think the companies could all take a lesson from the animals that died before them: organizations[...]

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis “You don’t need a title to be a leader.” – Anon Over the years, there has been much written on what it takes to be an effective leader. We’ve learned that leadership is an art as well as a science – it’s learned,[...]