Leadership
Leadership is about creating the culture, values and overall direction for success. It includes demonstrating good governance and innovation, and fulfilling the organization’s legal, ethical, financial and societal obligations.
Excellence, Innovation and Wellness®
One of the most progressive standards in the world which integrates with other initiatives and tools such as ISO 9001:2015, Balanced Score Card, Lean, and Six Sigma, to name a few.
Integrated Quality Management System to Achieve Optimal Results
Based on the Principles and Drivers of Excellence, the Excellence, Innovation and Wellness® Standard, is a holistic strategic framework, which will help your organization reduce redundancies, waste and costs while improving productivity and competitiveness. By employing this Standard, your organization can become more effective across all drivers, including Leadership, Planning, Customers, People and Processes.
Excellence, Innovation and Wellness®
Drivers
Canada Awards for Excellence Recipient
Baxter Corporation,
Alliston Manufacturing Facility
4 Levels of Progressive Certification
Independent validation and national recognition through the Canada Awards for Excellence, the country’s most coveted organizational awards program.
Certification consists of four levels and is designed for organizations that want to establish a culture of continual improvement, build improvement plans, and measure how they are progressing at each stage of their journey.
Bronze Level – Foundation
The Bronze level demonstrates a clear commitment to excellence, innovation and wellness. The organization is in the early stages of implementing a long-term strategic focus on excellence, innovation and wellness that promotes good principles and practices as outlined in the Standard. There is a visible commitment to continual improvement in the organization.
Key outcomes of Bronze level are:
- Broad organizational support of the vision, mission, and values
- Recognition of the importance of embedding excellence, innovation and wellness principles in decision-making at all levels of the organization
- Leadership commitment to key operating principles of excellence, innovation and wellness
- Strategic and operational plans in development
Silver Level – Advancement
The Silver level builds on the commitment and foundation established at the Bronze level. The organization has implemented in key areas a long-term plan which reflects the Excellence, Innovation and Wellness® Standard. The organization is in transition from a focus on reacting to issues to a more proactive approach, and positive results are being achieved from improvement efforts in key areas.
The key outcomes of Silver level are:
- Enhanced employee involvement in planning and improvement initiatives
- A wider understanding by employees of the organization’s strategic approach to excellence, innovation and wellness
- Strategic and annual operating plans in place
- Establishment of baseline indicators, measures and related goals for excellence, innovation and wellness
Gold Level – Role Model
The Gold level builds on the solid implementation of excellence, innovation and wellness established at the Silver level. There is a comprehensive approach to excellence, innovation and wellness in place, with widespread involvement in the development and implementation on related strategies.
The key outcomes of Gold level are:
- Positive achievements in meeting and exceeding strategic goals
- An organization-wide focus on excellence, innovation and wellness issues
- Positive results across all drivers, across all areas/departments of the organization
- Widespread quantifiable improvement as a result of moving from reactive to proactive approaches and practices
Platinum Level – Sustained World Class Performance
The Platinum level builds on the achievements and outcomes from the previous three levels with a focus on establishing sustainable practices and excellent outcomes. The organization has achieved excellent results and sustained positive trends from its efforts to improve excellence, innovation and wellness, and can clearly identify sustained improvements against specific objectives and goals.
The key outcomes of Platinum level are:
- Sound systemic approach to excellence, innovation and wellness
- Continual improvement as a “way of life” with full integration into culture and systems
- Sustained positive improvements in all areas over at least three years (trend data required for some requirements)
- Viewed as a leader within its sector regarding excellence, innovation and wellness, in terms of knowledge sharing, industry and benchmark leadership, and best practices
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Excellence Canada certification provides independent validation of progress on your journey to excellence and national recognition.
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Receive many benefits such as the opportunity to participate on on-site verification visits, network with other partners, access to best practices, and discounts on services and training, to name a few.
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