Baldrige Performance Excellence Champion Certification Program
Your Roadmap to Success
Lead your organization on a transformative journey of sustained organizational excellence with the Baldrige Performance Excellence Champion (BPEC) Certification Program.
In a fast paced and ever-changing world, an organization’s long-term success may lie in having a highly skilled and effective champion to lead a strategic approach to excellence. This program creates champions by providing the knowledge and tools necessary to design and execute a comprehensive custom plan for success.
Upcoming Program
Online Live
February 19- April 23, 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
$2,995.00
Sign up by January 18, 2025 for a 5% Early Bird discount
BPEC Overview
The BPEC, sponsored by the Baldrige Foundation’s Institute for Performance Excellence, is a ten-week online program or a five-day in person bootcamp. It integrates strategic management best practices and templates with the Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework1 to maximize organizational resilience. This unique, integrated model provides participants with knowledge, skills, and tools to successfully champion an organization to integrate excellence for long term success.
Each BPEC session includes discussion, best practice sharing, templates, and coaching that culminates in a peer-vetted final presentation of a custom plan for excellence. This program is ideal for:
- Organizations, leaders, or individuals that need to ensure their strategy and excellence plans are aligned and integrated to promote achievement.
- Organizations that are advanced in their Baldrige journey and need to maintain their progress and build resilience.
- Organizations looking to capitalize on improvements and innovations without adding new projects and tasks.
- Leaders of an organization’s Baldrige journey.
- Consultants seeking Baldrige credentials.
- Graduates of the Mastering Strategy Certification Program.
1 From the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2023. 2023‒2024 Baldrige Excellence Framework®: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance. Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.
Program Qualifications
Prospective Champions qualify for the Baldrige Performance Excellence Certification program by:
Submitting an Organizational Profile for an/their organization
Experience leading, or intending to lead, a Baldrige or Strategic Planning related effort
Experience working with teams to improve organizational performance
Participate in a virtual interview discussion with LBL Strategies
The BPEC program utilizes a unique, integrated model that combines theoretical knowledge with practical application. This approach helps participants effectively champion excellence in their organizations by understanding both the principles and the implementation strategies of the Baldrige Excellence Framework.
Engaging with peers and leaders from various sectors during the program provided invaluable insights into best practices and innovative strategies. This networking aspect enriched the learning experience and fostered collaboration among participants.
Nick Hadjinicolaou, Senior Strategy Educator and Consultant,
Director iLearning Solutions
Instructional Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
1.
Integrate your Baldrige focus with your strategy management system to transform your organization.
2.
Build resilience into your plans, programs, and outcomes.
3.
Build facilitation competency leading to stakeholder engagement and support of your plan.
4.
Prepare for the challenges teams often experience in preparing to meet the Baldrige criterion.
5.
Articulate your organization’s story so people want to be part of the performance excellence journey.
6.
Think like a Champion.
Program Design
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Champion program modules are designed to include three components:
Knowledge Sharing
THROUGH
Presentations
Discussions
Best Practice Sharing
Knowledge Checks
Skills Development
THROUGH
Hands On Practice
Templates
Tools
One-on-One Coaching
Application & Custom Plan Design
THROUGH
Base Plan Template
Weekly Plan Builds
Peer Feedback on Plan
Coaching & Presentation of Plan
Program Outline
The course consists of 10 modules that capitalize on the knowledge and tools of strategy management to create a custom performance excellence plan:
Program Instructor
Tamera Fields Parsons
Tamera Fields Parsons is a Performance Consultant for The University of Tennessee’s Institute for Public Service. She is an experienced executive, performance excellence advisor, facilitator, and trainer. Prior to joining the University of Tennessee, she served as the CEO for the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence and as the Vice President for Quality, Patient Safety, & Performance for Ballad Health (formerly Mountain States Health Alliance).
Her specialized training and skills include Collaboration Models, Crucial Conversations, Process Management, and Strategy Management. Her certifications and achievements include Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Healthcare Quality Professional, Certified Quality Manager, and National Baldrige Excellence Program master examiner/team leader/trainer.
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