http://www.baldrige.com/criteria_leadership/10-critical-questions-senior-leadership/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:53:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.baldrige.com/criteria_leadership/10-critical-questions-senior-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-10795 Miflora M. Gatchalian Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:00:33 +0000 http://www.baldrige.com/?p=584#comment-10795 Yes, without top management's full support, quality efforts would either be slowed down or not progress at all. The problem is that some leaders only "mouth" their support but do not provide a sustainable process and structure (through workplace cooperation) for quality efforts to be carried-on, company-wide. The leader's Vision must first be shared and fully understood by everyone in the organization so that most employees can also participate in the development of their shared Mission. The leader's values guide his Policy statement that leads to proper development of the organizations' Goals which when broken into specific Objectives can be translated to Activities that can then be properly recorded and Monitored. Our company's (Quality Partners Company, Ltd) acronym for this quality development program is VMP-GOAM. Yes, without top management’s full support, quality efforts would either be slowed down or not progress at all. The problem is that some leaders only “mouth” their support but do not provide a sustainable process and structure (through workplace cooperation) for quality efforts to be carried-on, company-wide. The leader’s Vision must first be shared and fully understood by everyone in the organization so that most employees can also participate in the development of their shared Mission. The leader’s values guide his Policy statement that leads to proper development of the organizations’ Goals which when broken into specific Objectives can be translated to Activities that can then be properly recorded and Monitored. Our company’s (Quality Partners Company, Ltd) acronym for this quality development program is VMP-GOAM.

]]> http://www.baldrige.com/criteria_leadership/10-critical-questions-senior-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-10644 BUDS MOLINA FERNANDO Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:38:21 +0000 http://www.baldrige.com/?p=584#comment-10644 The first right thing to do for any quality improvement initiative is to seek "top management" support. Start with the Chairman, Board Members, President/CEO and other senior leaders in the organization. But these senior leaders should also answer these 10 critical questions to give them and others a proper perspective to illuminate key strengths and opportunities for improvement. As the saying goes: "Quality is everyone's responsibility. We are all in this together." The first right thing to do for any quality improvement initiative is to seek “top management” support. Start with the Chairman, Board Members, President/CEO and other senior leaders in the organization. But these senior leaders should also answer these 10 critical questions to give them and others a proper perspective to illuminate key strengths and opportunities for improvement. As the saying goes: “Quality is everyone’s responsibility. We are all in this together.”

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