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Mackert and Garfield Named to Board of Examiners for 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

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—The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Casey Mackert, Director of Baldrige Services and Dr. Jan Garfield, Baldrige Client Coach at Six Disciplines Consulting Services in Findlay, Ohio, to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

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The Top Challenges of Small Businesses

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In general, businesses of all types struggle with being able to give customers what they want, when they want it, at the price they want it, and at the highest quality levels. Includes finding the right people, keeping them happy, compensating them, motivating them, training them, and getting them to deliver quality work.

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The Top Challenges of Small Businesses

Six Disciplines

In general, businesses of all types struggle with being able to give customers what they want, when they want it, at the price they want it, and at the highest quality levels. Includes finding the right people, keeping them happy, compensating them, motivating them, training them, and getting them to deliver quality work.

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What High-Performing Companies Track

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Common talent-related metrics include movement within the organization, quality of hires, quality of promotions and the cost of training/development. A study on HR metrics by i4cp shows that higher-performing companies are more apt to measure talent-related metrics than lower performers.

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Research - What Top Performing Businesses Do Right

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Expect/Demand Quality 4.78. Technology and Training Are Up-To-Date 4.32. Technology Is Seen As An Investment Not Expense 4.62. Leaders Are Involved In Strategic Change 4.57. A Teamwork Approach To Challenges 4.51. Employees Are Engaged and Fulfilled 4.44. People Help One Another Succeed 4.40. Leaders Set Clear Vision 4.39.

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Research - Where The Lowest Performing Businesses Go Wrong

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Ability To Attract/Retain Quality People 2.30. Technology And Training Is Up-To-Date 2.49. There Are Written Project Plans 1.92. Planning Is Seen As Critical 2.20. Leaders Set Clear Vision 2.21. They Prepare And Plan For Change 2.25. Technology Is A Competitive Advantage 2.37. A Teamwork Approach To Challenges 2.79.

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Leapfrogging

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. · Among their investments have been: · Quality programs such as Baldrige, Lean, and TQM. · ERP systems for transaction automation and process reengineering. · Knowledge management, data mining tools, and scorecards for performance measurement and management. · New models of training and employee development, (..)

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