What We Do
Baldrige
Coaching & Training
Professional, affordable training and coaching that supports organizational and personal learning and drives results-oriented action.
All courses are available as customized in-house delivery for your organization, including as coaching engagements.
The GSQC/ENA Examiner Training Program is closely aligned with the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program’s training which is nationally recognized as a leadership development program by Leadership Excellence magazine. It is available to anyone living or working in New England or New York. This training is part of the ExcellenceNorth Alliance Baldrige-based Awards and Recognition Program and can also be taken as training only to improve your organization or enhance your career
Training for Teams – the most successful organizations improve results through the formation and recognition of teams. ExcellenceNorth Alliance supports this with:
• Building Excellence: Teams: Learn how to develop or enhance teams for the growth of your workforce and benefit of your organization
• Building Excellence: Using Quality Tools: Enhance the success and contribution of your organization’s teams by teaching them to use quality team tools.
Assessment & Recognition
Gain Information to Accelerate Performance Excellence in Your Organization or Community!
Baldrige-based Award and Recognition
ExcellenceNorth Alliance offers a variety of facilitated and web-based services that assess your organization’s progress towards Performance Excellence and prioritize the most beneficial next steps. ExcellenceNorth Alliance Assessment services are affordable and provide organizations critical information for:
•Strategic Planning
•Workforce Engagement
•Accelerating Performance Improvements
•Establishing a common focus on organizational strengths and opportunities for improvement
A quick and easy-to-use introductory tool to assess your organization’s performance and learn what you can improve. Available in both hard copy and as a customizable electronic tool. Cost: survey tool is free complements of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program; additional support services available from ExcellenceNorth Alliance.
Developing a Baldrige-based Organizational Profile creates a foundation for any performance improvement initiative. It helps to identify potential gaps which may impact progress and create a common focus on what is most important for sustained success. ExcellenceNorth Alliance can support your organization in developing and/or assessing your Organizational Profile. Cost: Organizational Profile questions and quick assessment are free; more extensive support available.
ExcellenceNorth Alliance can custom design and facilitate interactive Baldrige-based assessments to meet your organization’s needs. Contact us to learn more.
The Dr. Sylvio Dupuis Community Excellence Award
January 2021 – ExcellenceNorth Alliance (ENA) announces the creation of the “Dr. Sylvio Dupuis Community Excellence Award” to recognize New Hampshire communities that reflect Dr. Dupuis’ lifelong work to improve communities for the benefit of citizens and families in New Hampshire.
Purpose: To help Northern New England communities develop, grow, and sustainably prosper through recognition, feedback, encouragement, and sharing with other communities.
Scope: This award is for communities, including the community leaders (formal and informal), that have and are committing time, energy, and resources for the long-term benefit and improvement of the community.
A Community is not limited by boundaries and is defined as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. This includes cities, towns, neighborhoods, and regions.
Community leaders are those who guide and direct the community and its improvement efforts
- Projects or initiatives focused on the long-term improvement of the Community are eligible for the Award:
The project or initiative must be recent (in the last five years). - A project or initiative from a Community can only receive the Award once (a Community cannot submit a project or initiative if it has previously received the Award).
Eligible projects or initiatives demonstrate: A clear purpose with tangible benefits related to some or all of the following
- economic conditions
- quality of life
- education
- public health
- Ingenuity and innovation to support the purpose
- Collaboration with other individuals or groups
Application Deadline April 30, 2021. Includes application form and letter of support/endorsement from one or more members of the community.
Applications will be reviewed in May. All Applications that meet requirements will receive feedback.
Candidates for the award are presented to a Judges Panel for final approval. There is no limit to the number of awards presented.
The inaugural Dr. Sylvio Dupuis Community Excellence Awards event will be held on June 22, 2021 – Time TBD
The Dupuis Chronicles
Short video clips featuring New Hampshire leaders and well-known colleagues of Dr. Dupuis.
Dupuis Award Background – Brian Hettrick
Naming the Award – Howard Brodsky
About the Event – Jeannette Davila
Sylvio Dupuis the Mentor – Tom Raffio
Sylvio Dupuis the Leader – Governor Chris Sununu
Celebrating Together – Howard Brodsky
Connecting with Syl – Jeannette Davila
Benefiting from Community – Brian Hettrick
Syl’s Impact – Joyce Craig
Leading by Example – Alex Walker
Community Service – Howard Brodsky
Recognizing Communities – Brian Hettrick
Rallying Behind Communities – Tom Raffio
Networking and Best Practice Sharing
Events for individuals and organizations to learn and share good practices and meet others who are interested in enhancing their own knowledge and improving their organizations.
