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Five Guidelines For Effectively Using Excellence Award Programs To Your Benefit 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- June 9, 2014
ASQ has introduced their new CEO, Bill Troy, who will continue to blog like Paul Borawski. In Bill’s first post he announced that ASQ has been awarded the Excellence level of achievement for the 2014 Wisconsin Forward Award. The Wisconsin Forward Award is essentially the state-level equivalent of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in
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Getting the Most Out of Your Conference Experience 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- April 14, 2014
ASQ’s annual World Conference for Quality and Improvement (WCQI) will be held in Dallas, May 5-7. In preparation for the conference this year I thought I would share some tips on making the most out of your conference experience. 1. Before the conference. As Dr. Stephen R. Covey (author of the international bestseller The 7 Habits
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4th Annual World Quality Month – Get Involved, Share Your Story 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- November 18, 2013
Join the Global Quality Community in celebrating World Quality Month in November 2013! Now in its fourth year, World Quality Month provides a platform for acknowledging the efforts and accomplishments of the Global Quality Community. This is a time to celebrate—a time to showcase the advancements and valuable quality contributions in businesses, communities, and institutions.
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Quality Beyond Manufacturing 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Quality
- October 21, 2013
In this month’s ASQ post Paul Borawski asks about quality beyond it’s roots in manufacturing. Customers and companies alike recognize that quality is an important attribute in products and services. Suppliers recognize that quality can be an important differentiator between their own offerings and those of competitors. It was in the second part of the
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Sustaining Excellence Requires Daily Commitment to Experimentation 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Change Management, Culture
- September 23, 2013
In Paul Borawski’s monthly ASQ post he asks the bloggers about how to sustain excellence. Simply, sustainability is about lasting change. Sustainability is discussed often and one of the great issues in management. We have all seen facts related to the low rates of sustaining change or seen news about a company who lost its
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Managers Must Be Teachers 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Leadership
- August 14, 2013
In Paul Borawski’s post this month on The View from the Q Blog he asks about our experience with training. He shared some results regarding the matter from ASQ’s Global State of Quality research. (Remember, you can download the entire report for free at the above link.) From the research: “Organizations that govern quality with a
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