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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Lynn Goldman on her
415th year of volunteer service to The Lincoln Foundation for
5Performance Excellence; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance
7Excellence, founded in 1994, leads profit and non-profit
8organizations to performance excellence; and
 
9    WHEREAS, In order to foster a competitive market and
10provide the foundation for a vital Illinois economy, it is
11paramount that the values and ideas surrounding the concept of
12"continuous quality improvement" be heralded as an important
13priority for Illinois' business, education, government,
14healthcare, and non-profit sectors; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The key to providing the highest quality products
16and services is a continuous process of self-evaluation; all
17organization, large and small, must strive for and make a
18commitment to a "continuous improvement process" so as to
19improve Illinois' quality of life and to make Illinois a state
20where organizations want to operate and where its citizens wish
21to live; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation deploys a three-level
2process, allowing organizations to measure themselves against
3The Lincoln Foundation's seven criteria framework for
4organization excellence, modeled after The Malcolm Baldrige
5National Quality Award, of Leadership, Strategic Planning,
6Customer Focus, Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge
7Management, Workforce Focus, Operations Focus, and Results;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation depends on volunteer
10Examiners to carry out its evaluation process and bring
11knowledge of the criteria, experience with quality systems,
12communication, leadership, and assessment skills in order to
13provide a feedback report to help Illinois organizations become
14world class; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Examiners receive extensive preparation and
16support in learning about the Criteria for Performance
17Excellence and commit a significant amount of time, effort, and
18dedication in order to help organizations learn how to excel;
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, Ms. Goldman has contributed her expertise and
21personal time of over 3,000 hours over the past fifteen years
22to serve as an Examiner for the Lincoln Foundation; therefore,
23be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate Lynn Goldman on her volunteer work with The
4Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence and thank her for
5her time and commitment to helping Illinois organizations
6excel; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to Lynn Goldman as a symbol of our respect and
9esteem.