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We are a statewide organization that strives to be the leader in "Helping Illinois Organizations Excel. This is done through the deployment of the Baldrige Criteria by providing a verifiable, proven process for continuous performance improvement. Who benefits from participation? All organizations who want to be on a continuous journey to performanc... e excellence be it education, government, healthcare, industry, or service. Founded in 1994, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence is a not-for-profit organization backed by both private and public funding. The Foundation seeks to help Illinois organizations continuously improve their performance by encouraging, developing and highlighting excellence among five sectors: industrial enterprises, service providers, health care organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies. Organizations seeking to improve their performance and competitive position by using The Lincoln Award Criteria for Performance Excellence may also receive statewide recognition if they become award recipients. These efforts, strongly supported by the State of Illinois, enable organizations to share each other's best practices. Without this statewide drive for excellence, Illinois would find it difficult to keep up with the fast pace of competition and ever-accelerating technological changes that constantly challenge our business acumen, our education and health care delivery systems, and our public service providers. The Lincoln Award criteria provide a model for continuous improvement, along with the Lincoln Award recognition program, to candidate organizations in search of excellence in five sectors: Industry, Service, Health Care, Education, and Government. The continuous improvement model is patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige criteria. So long as organizations attain the necessary level of excellence, there is no limit to the number of Awards presented. Recognition aside, The Lincoln Awards for Excellence are the culmination of a thorough analytical process that ...Read More