Resources & Materials

WFA serves to advance the competitive advantage of Wisconsin organizations by providing opportunities for organizations to assess their operations against established, standards modeled after the internationally recognized Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. Whether large or small, in business, education, health care or manufacturing, WFA encourages and supports future-thinking Wisconsin enterprises in their quest for customer-focused quality and excellence in performance management by providing training, assessment tools and consultative services.

Go to the Application Materials page for information and materials about participating in Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence programs, including the Wisconsin Forward Award. Click here to download the Forward Continuum for Performance Excellence, describing our learning and evaluative opportinities.

Baldrige CEO Issue Sheets

CEO Issue Sheets are in .pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.

Recent Issue Sheets
Baldrige in Education: Performance Excellence Delivers World-Class Results
Baldrige in Health Care: Performance Excellence Delivers World-Class Results
Performance Excellence Delivers World-Class Results
Ethics: A Strategic Imperative

Other Issue Sheets Available
Business/Education Partnerships are Working Well (Spring 2003)
Baldrige, Six Sigma, and ISO: Understanding Your Options (Summer 2002)
Recognizing Role Model Practices (Fall 2001)
Baldrige: For Hiring and Keeping the Best Employees (Summer 2001)
Serving Shareholders and Stakeholders (December 2000)
A Global Approach for a Global Economy (August 2000)

Be sure to also check out
Baldrige Asks, "How Do You Know?"

Are We Making Progress? and Are We Making Progress as Leaders?

Two complementary Baldrige questionnaires designed to measure deployment and to compare leaders' perception of deployment with that of the workforce. Both documents are available at no charge from the Baldrige National Quality Program.

• Are We Making Progress? This document is also available in Spanish.
• Are We Making Progress as Leaders?

Wisconsin Forward Award materials are available for personal use by organizations preparing a Wisconsin Forward Award application, or by Wisconsin Forward Award Directors, current members of the Board of Examiners, and other authorized Wisconsin Forward Award volunteers in connection with Wisconsin Forward Award, Inc. business only. Materials may not be copied or used by any person or organization to further economic or other interests or for any other purpose without the express written authorization of Wisconsin Forward Award, Inc.