The Future of Performance Excellence
Thu, Aug 06
|Webinar
August 6 PEN Webinar
Time & Location
Aug 06, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Webinar
About the Event
Many leaders understand the value of assessment, external feedback, and continuous improvement. The next challenge is often figuring out how to deepen adoption, sustain momentum, and translate performance excellence principles into everyday decisions across the organization.
Join Brian Lassiter, President & CEO of the Alliance for Performance Excellence, for a practical conversation about where performance excellence is headed and what organizations should be thinking about now.
Together, we'll explore:
The newly released 2026 Malcolm Baldrige Award Criteria and upcoming Baldrige Excellence Framework updates and what they mean in practice
What organizations in our region should be paying attention to
Common challenges in expanding performance excellence beyond a small group of leaders or improvement champions
What performance excellence maturity looks like at different stages of the journey
How regional programs, the Alliance, and the national award process work together to support organizations
What You’ll Take Away
Key insights on the 2026 Baldrige Criteria and upcoming Framework updates
Practical perspectives on adoption, maturity, and embedding performance excellence throughout an organization
A better understanding of how regional and national performance excellence programs connect
About the speaker
Brian Lassiter, President & CEO Alliance for Performance Excellence
Brian brings decades of experience supporting organizations and performance excellence programs across the country. He will share insights from his work with the Alliance, recent Criteria updates, and conversations taking place throughout the performance excellence community.
JOIN US FOR THIS PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE NETWORK (PEN) WEBINAR
Date: Thursday, August 6
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 am (ET)
Location: On-line, via Zoom
Cost: Free to GRQC members and non-members
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Can’t make it live but interested in the content? Register anyway: all registered attendees get a link to the recording after the session!
Please direct any questions to events@grqc.org.