PEN | The Principles of Excellence: Baldrige 101 — Feb 2, 9 Online Workshop

These are unprecedented times.  Organizations are feeling challenges like never before: financial and budgetary pressures, managing a virtual (and stressed) workforce, solving unique problems, shifting & innovating products and services, planning for an uncertain future, addressing racial inequities, and managing through accelerating change are but a few of the many challenges facing today’s leaders.  But – with the complexity of organizations – where does one start? How do you know on which areas to focus? And how to do you sustain the improvement over time?

The Performance Excellence Network is pleased to announce a powerful online workshop: The Principles of Performance Excellence: Baldrige 101.  The workshops will be conducted in two half-day morning sessions, Tuesday, February 2 and Tuesday, February 9.  The workshop will be facilitated by Michael Garner of Momentum, a Minnesota-based consulting firm.

The Baldrige framework provides a systems perspective for continuous improvement and advancing performance excellence. The Baldrige “Criteria for Performance Excellence” — which will be revised in 2021 — reflects the leading edge of validated managementpractice, against which any organization can measure itself to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.  This workshop will walk through the Baldrige Framework, will provide examples of tools and approaches that align with Baldrige, will “connect the dots” by showing how other improvement tools complement Baldrige, and will explore best practices from other organizations on the journey to excellence.

Workshop based on the brand new 2021-22 Baldrige Criteria (which will be released around the holidays).  If you are interested in becoming an Evaluator with our Performance Excellence Award, new Evaluators must take Baldrige 101 as a prerequisite.

Cost for the two half-day sessions is $325 for members ($650 for non-members). Discounts available for teams of 3-4 from the same organization registering at the same time ($300) as well as teams of 5+ ($275).  One PDF copy of the Baldrige “Criteria for Performance Excellence” book is included.

Explore this validated framework to help you navigate today’s challenges — surviving today and thriving tomorrow!

Facilitator Biography

Michael Garner is a native Minnesotan and was raised on a 4th generation family farm near Atwater, MN.  Michael currently resides near Rochester, MN in the rural town of Kasson.  Michael has an extensive background in adult education and human resource development, as well as experience and passion for continuous improvement tools and frameworks, particularly the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.  With a strong skill set for training and facilitation, Michael is eager to use his talents to enhance the performance of your organization.

Michael’s experience as a trainer and adult educator spans over 25 years.  During his time at the University of Minnesota studyingHuman Resource Development and Adult Education, Michael explored the strong links between workforce education and organizational development.  As he moved forward with his career, Michael had the opportunity to combine his passion for helping others to learn with his knowledge of implementing change and improvement frameworks.  Michael also works for Olmsted County.