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Baldrige Seeks Candidates for Prestigious Executive Fellows Program

Baldrige Executive Fellows

Hands-On Leadership Development

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is seeking candidates for the 2025 Baldrige Executive Fellows Program, a year-long leadership development experience designed to facilitate dialogue on all aspects of leadership and how it relates to a visionary focus, strategy, operational excellence, customer and employee engagement, resilience, and sustainability. The program is for C-suite-level executives or accomplished leaders who report to the most senior leader in their organizations.

Join a Community of Visionary Leaders

During the year-long program, Fellows develop relationships with and learn from Baldrige Award recipient senior executives and each other, and they complete capstone projects of strategic significance to their own organizations. They also learn the Baldrige Excellence Framework through the lens of leadership. The Fellows program has transformed how leaders use the Baldrige framework to innovate and strengthen their organizations’ performance. 

Within a safe and confidential environment, Fellows have a unique opportunity to compare the perspectives of executives across sectors, share honest advice on leadership challenges, and use the insights gained to address a strategic challenge or opportunity within their own organizations. We encourage you to learn more about how the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program can help you take your organization to the next level.

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Now Accepting Applications

Application Deadline: December 16, 2024
(selection decisions will be made in January 2025)

Learn about the key program dates and locations and how to apply to be a Fellow. 

Apply Today!


What Fellows Are Saying

invaluable experience....to learn from the expertise of the faculty,
industry-leading alumni, numerous awardees, and
a multi-industry group of classmates

Callie Andrews, MSHA, MBA, FACHE

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The Baldrige Executive Fellowship Program was an invaluable experience. I had the opportunity to learn from the expertise of the faculty, industry-leading alumni, numerous awardees, and a multi-industry group of classmates. This Fellowship deepened my knowledge of the Baldrige framework . . . and expanded my network of committed executives who are transforming industries throughout the United States.


excellent way to hone your skills as a leader, learn from
top-performing organizations....and create a network of brilliance
among leaders across the nation

Tom Field, MEd, MHA

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The Baldrige Executive Fellows Program is an excellent way to hone your skills as a leader, to learn from top-performing organizations across a broad spectrum of industries, and to create a network of brilliance among leaders across the nation. . . . The program is practical, focusing on the application of knowledge, thereby improving your effectiveness and that of your own organization through your participation.


Alumni Listing

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Alumni Capstone Interviews 

View interviews with former Fellows discussing their personal experiences and capstone projects.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Photo of Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO, AARP, 2012 Baldrige Executive Fellow

Jo Ann Jenkins
CEO, AARP
Baldrige Executive Fellow, 2012
AARP’s CEO Talks about Leadership (and the Value of Baldrige)

Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP since 2014, was recognized by Fortune magazine in 2019 as one of the world’s greatest leaders. Undoubtedly, members of her cohort of Baldrige Executive Fellows who gained new insights from learning from and with Jenkins were pleased for her (and not surprised). As Jenkins shared , “My interactions with other Baldrige Fellows have consistently been enlightening, inspiring, and illuminating.” Read More


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