Kansas Quality Award Site Visit

Purpose of Presentation Introduce the Team Overview of Kansas Quality Award & KQA process Overview of Site Visit Process

Site Visit Team XXX (Team Leader) XXX (Back-Up Team Leader) XXX XXX (Overseer)

Award Eligibility Three Size Classifications Five Categories Small less than 100 employees Medium 100 - 499 employees Large 500+ employees or more Five Categories Education Health Care Manufacturing Public Sector Service

Purpose of the KQA process To raise quality performance and standards across the State of Kansas To facilitate sharing and communication among and within organizations of all types To serve as a working tool for planning, training, and assessment

Goal of the KQA process Goal of the Process: To deliver ever-improving value to customers and improved overall organization performance Goal of the Site Visit Team: To provide Organization Name actionable feedback that will help you achieve that ultimate goal of ever-improving value to customers and improved overall organization performance.

Baldrige Excellence Framework

Scoring System Approach Focuses on the “how” Deployment Addresses the extent to which an approach is used across the entire organization Difficult to assess from written application. Many Site Visit Issues will address deployment. Learning and Integration Focuses on how the organization learns and integrates the knowledge throughout the organization Results Outcomes & effects of Approach/Deployment For Site Visits: What information drives results? Updates since submitting application?

Review Process Stage I - Independent Review Stage II - Consensus Review Stage III - Site Visit MQA-KQA Judges Review (October) Feedback Report (November) Award Ceremony

Feedback Report Incorporate results of Site Visit Based on your organization’s performance, relative to Criteria Non-prescriptive (cannot offer advice) For the Awards Judges Immediately upon completion of Site Visit For the Applicant YOU are the ultimate customer of the process. The Report is written with you in mind!

Site Visit Agenda Monday and Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday On-site meetings and data gathering Wednesday Finish on-site data gathering Closing meeting Wednesday afternoon Thursday and Friday Complete Site Visit report at hotel Applicant needs to pick up any equipment/supplies from the hotel

Site Visit Logistics Clarify, verify, update (not an audit) No Feedback provided before Feedback Report Will be compiling findings until Friday No gifts or mementos Short time-frame/Compressed schedule You will be given time at the end of interviews Lots of paperwork/notes Kept confidential If questions or issues, see me or our Overseer

What’s next??? Any questions for the team right now? Your turn -- Organization’s update report Then…The Team is off to work! We are thrilled to be here and look forward to learning more about Organization!