To be a global leader in promoting and building organizational excellence
Mission Statements
Canada Awards for Excellence Mission Statement
To inspire organizations by promoting excellence and showcasing their success as role models in an interdependent global economy that benefits all Canadians
National Quality Institute (NQI) Mission Statement
Helping organizations to continuously improve performance and results by providing innovative national criteria, progressive implementation programs, services and certification
Values
Integrity
Leadership
People
Relationships
Consistency
Excellence
More about NQI
The National Quality Institute (NQI) an independent,
not-for-profit organization is the leading authority in Canada on workplace
excellence based on quality systems and healthy workplace criteria. A
Board of Governors comprised of leaders from the private sector, public
sector, health care and not-for profit sector governs NQI. NQI acts as
a national partner with many organizations to advance the Excellence movement
in Canada.
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NQI provides organizational leaders with strategic business frameworks,
services and tools that support ongoing performance improvement in quality
and healthy workplace environments, using NQI's innovative Roadmap to
Excellence. The Roadmap guides Canadian organizations through leadership
participation, base-line reviews, related training and organizational
certification. The four levels of NQI's Progressive Excellence Program
(NQI PEP®) certification leads to eligibility for the Canada Awards
for Excellence. NQI is the national steward organization for the annual
Canada Awards for Excellence. This program, was originally developed in
partnership with the Government of Canada to provide recognition for organizations
adjudicated to have achieved a level of performance based on recognized
international criteria in the Excellence Frameworks.
NQI services also include strategic counsel on change management, facilitation
of organizational assessment, professional certification of individuals,
as well as value-based membership activities to organizations of all sizes
in both the private and public sectors. NQI also organizes selected events
to showcase what is possible in Canadian organizations in terms of developing
Excellence systems to improve competitiveness in the private sector and
service excellence in the public sector.
