Baldrige Excellence International: Iran

 

Firstly, I want to express deep appreciation to Dr. Hesam AREF KASHFI who invited me to speak at the 2008 ISQM APQO Conference in Tehran and who gave me a very warm welcome and provided generous hospitality throughout my first visit to Iran.

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Dr. Hesam Aref Kashfi (President, Iranian Society for Quality) and Paul Steel and scenes from ISQM-APQO 9th Conference of Quality Managers in Tehran, Iran (August 2008)

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Dr. Mahmood Ghanizadeh, International Affairs Director, APO (Asian Productivity Organization) Liaison Officer, National Iranian Productivity Organization - NIPO (Office of President Ahmadinejad) with Paul Steel in Kuala Lumpur in 2006 (left photo) and in Tehran, Iran in 2008 (right photo).

Iran Supreme Council - International Quality Leaders

Historic Photo: Paul Steel with Leader of Iran Supreme Council and International Quality Leaders including China, Australia, India, UK, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Philippines, New Zealand, APQO, and IAQ

 

 North Tehran Near Himalayas

Photo: Northern Tehran at foothills of the Himalaya Mountains - Taken by Paul Steel

Don't settle for only certification CEUs when you can also receive graduate credit towards a university degree from my Baldrige training.

2009 Schedule: Baldrige and EFQM excellence training, seminars, conferences, workshops, presentations, lectures and speeches

Note: Most Sessions Include my Total Integrated Management System Best Processes Software and Training in How to Use It.

Sample Seminar Brochures: Health Care Seminar - Education Excellence Seminar - Business Excellence Seminar - Public Sector Excellence Seminar - Systems Management Seminar

Please contact me directly for information on my next seminars or how to host a public or in-house seminar.

Paul Steel's Recent Major Seminar, Conference and Symposium Links

        Paul Steel Business Excellence Conference  2008 Paul Steel Baldrige Education Excellence Conference  2008 Paul Steel Health Care Excellence Seminar  2008 Paul Steel Baldrige Health Care Excellence Seminar 2  2008 Paul Steel Business Excellence Symposium  Baldrige Public Sector Seminar KL Malaysia April 2008  Baldrige Systems Engineering Course Bangkok Thailand Paul Steel April 2008  Thailand Quality Award Seminar-Paul Steel-TQA 

Curt Reimann - Paul Steel Dr. Curt Reimann (First Director ('Father') of the Baldrige National Quality Award) serves as Overseer to Paul Steel's 2008 international Baldrige site visit team in Saudi Arabia.

Paul Steel with Baldrige Site Visit Team - April 2007, Saudi Arabia

Paul Steel with Baldrige Site Visit Team in Saudi National Attire - April 2007, Saudi Arabia

Paul Steel Senior Leader assessment findings presentation - May 2006 Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Paul Steel June 2006 Visit to Qatar Telecom (Qtel) Headquarters in Doha, Qatar

Paul Steel visit to Agility (Formerly PWC) Logistics -- September 2006 Safat, Kuwait

Photo: Paul Steel Batelco Baldrige Project - Manama, Bahrain (2000-2002)

Shigeo Takenaka - Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Secretary General and speaker Paul Steel at APO Symposium

Tata Global Insight to Business Excellence Practices - Paul Steel Tata CEOs: 'Global Insight into Business Excellence Practices' Seminar - Mumbai, India - Paul Steel

The Baldrige Award Criteria have truly expanded internationally as evidenced by these photos of several enjoyable experiences. Please click on the links and photos below to see some of the many interesting people I have worked with and some of the enjoyable events that I have been fortunate to participate in:

Bahrain Brasil (Brazil) Canada Denmark
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) India Indonesia Iran
Italy Japan Kuwait Latin America (Puerto Rico)
Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Netherlands (Holland)
New Zealand Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia
Singapore Thailand United Kingdom (UK) China

Baldrige Excellence Tools

The Baldrige resource tools below are used by thousands of organizations worldwide daily. Over 50,000 HyperLinks connect you immediately to tools that help you to excel using the Baldrige Criteria:

1) EasyApp 2009 application development software

2) Baldrige Actionable CRITERIA with 50,000 hyperlinks and 1,200+ new changes identified (Download free 2008 copy):  

More than 1,000 downloads per day attests to the value of this universally popular Baldrige tool.

Baldrige Framework - Business Nonprofit Click image to see the ACTIONABLE 2009-2010 Business, Public Sector and other Nonprofit Criteria Framework and Criteria

Baldrige Health Care Framework Click image to see the ACTIONABLE 2009-2010 Health Care Criteria Framework and Criteria - please note that although I have worked with winners of EFQM that EFQM does not have a health care version and this currently is the most popular area in the world

 3) Baldrige 2009 GLOSSARY HD and REFERENCE GUIDE:   GLOSSARY HD - puts definitions of all key Baldrige terminology a click away making them easy to understand 

Having served as a Baldrige Senior Examiner in three decades, I enthusiastically welcome the opportunity to contribute my Baldrige Award and other quality awards experience to your organization's success as I have done for organizations in many countries throughout the world and on more than 245 international training and consulting assignments including:

Summary of Paul Steel International Consulting Experience (Work Days)

 Region:

Asia

Europe

Middle East

Latin and South America

Australasia

North America

 Consulting Days:

530+

320+

270+

460+

335+

2,040+

 

 Contact me directly for more information on how I can serve your organization.

Paul Steel 2008Paul Steel - original 1988 NIST Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner, longest serving active member of NIST Board of Examiners. 2009 NIST Baldrige Senior Examiner trained, EFQM experienced, and a management systems consultant since 1981.

President, Total Quality Inc (see sample of TQI services users worldwide)
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