Welcome To ExcellenceNorth Alliance
Coaching, Training, and Recognition for Organizational Excellence
ENA collaborates with Northern New England organizations and communities to help them develop, grow, and prosper in a way that is sustained for the long term.
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Dr. Sylvio Dupuis Community Excellence Award
Award recognizes achievements of New Hampshire Communities that reflect Dr. Dupuis’ lifelong work to improve communities for the benefit of citizens and families in the state.
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Short Cycle Planning – 8 Quick Tips
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Five Performance Excellence Myths
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ExcellenceNorth Alliance
The ExcellenceNorth Alliance name reflects our purpose to help organizations and communities identify and follow their “North Star” to build and sustain Excellence for the long-term. Being known as an Alliance reflects our increasing focus on developing trusted partnerships and collaborations both within the region and in the Baldrige community.
ENA is a part of the Baldrige Enterprise, a nationwide public-private partnership dedicated to improving the performance of, and recognizing, role model U.S. organizations and communities.
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Newport NH Sunshine Initiative Receives Dupuis Community Excellence Award
Community effort has resulted in Economic Development, Revitalized Arts and Retail, Enhanced Opportunity. Entrepreneurs Jay Lucas and Karen Ballou announce support to similar initiatives to help guide and raise tides of success for other communities!
View the Newport Sunshine Video to learn more about the initiative
ExcellenceNorth Alliance Statement of Social Justice
We at ExcellenceNorth Alliance share in the universal support for greater justice and equality while being deeply committed to social and racial justice.
Our Purpose is to help organizations continuously improve including elimination of the biases that result in inequality and inequity. Our efforts are further guided by the tenets of the Baldrige Excellence Framework, which at its core promotes visionary leadership, societal well-being, and valuing people with diverse ideas, cultures, and thinking.
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2022 Baldrige National Award Process News
The Baldrige Program will not run an award process in 2022.
ExcellenceNorth program will run as usual this fall.
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Tom Raffio and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen receive Leadership Excellence Awards
Baldrige Foundation Leadership Awards recognize leaders across the country who embody outstanding leadership values and principles.
Click on the photo above and the video below to see Tom’s and Sen. Shaheen’s remarks.
The Baldrige Executive Fellows Program – a nationally ranked leadership development experience.
See who is in the 2019 cohort and all those who have completed the Program in the past (including several from Northern New England!).