Advocacy Update: Help Us Tell Our Story

As part of the Foundation’s advocacy efforts, we always encourage our stakeholders to help us tell the Baldrige story. Each time an award recipient is named in a state-based program, or at the national-level, we send them a letter of congratulations and ask them to invite their state and federal legislators into their facilities and explain to them, the positive impact Baldrige is having on their organization and their community.  We also send letters to award recipients’ members of congress and governor to congratulate them and ensure they are aware of award-winning organizations who are also their constituents. Throughout the year we keep them updated on key events, conferences, and send them materials like the Journal of Performance Excellence, Chronicle of Leadership and Management, White Papers, and much more!

As this new administration takes shape at the federal level, we want to welcome the new Secretary of Commerce and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Foundation has already reached out to invite the new Secretary to the next Quest for Excellence Conference® and National Quality Award Ceremony. 

We would also like to encourage “you” to welcome our new leaders as well, and tell them your Baldrige story. There are no specific talking points required, the best story is yours, in your own words. Tell them how Baldrige has improved your organization, the positive impact Baldrige has on your stakeholders, customers, community, and the economy. Your journey is worth sharing, and that is the hallmark of the Baldrige process… sharing best practices and organizational success to lift everyone up together.

So please take the time to help us celebrate the positive impact Baldrige makes each and every day across the nation!

While the new Undersecretary of Commerce and NIST Director has yet to be named, our new Secretary of Commerce, the Honorable Howard W. Lutnick, was confirmed earlier this week. Let us all take a moment to congratulate him in his new role, and let him know how Baldrige supports the American economy in every sector, and the positive impact Baldrige has in our communities.

Here is Secretary Lutnick’s address:

The Honorable Howard W. Lutnick
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Herbert C. Hoover Building
1401 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20230

As always, thanks for your continued support and I hope to see all of you at the 36th Quest for Excellence® Conference in March!