Full Text of HR0181 97th General Assembly
HR0181 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Joe Kilbride on his | 4 | | 17th year of volunteer service to The Lincoln Foundation for | 5 | | Performance Excellence; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance | 7 | | Excellence, founded in 1994, leads for-profit and non-profit | 8 | | organizations to performance excellence; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In order to foster a competitive market and | 10 | | provide the foundation for a vital and stable Illinois economy, | 11 | | it is paramount that the values and ideas surrounding the | 12 | | concept of "continuous quality improvement" be heralded as an | 13 | | important priority for Illinois' sectors of business, | 14 | | education, government, healthcare, and non-profit | 15 | | organizations; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The key to providing the highest quality products | 17 | | and services is a continuous process of self-evaluation; all | 18 | | organizations, large and small, must strive for and make a | 19 | | commitment to a "continuous improvement process" so as to | 20 | | improve Illinois' quality of life, to make it a State where | 21 | | organizations want to operate and where its citizens wish to | 22 | | live; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation deploys a three-level | 2 | | process, allowing organizations to measure themselves against | 3 | | The Lincoln Foundation's criteria framework for organization | 4 | | excellence, modeled after The Malcolm Baldrige National | 5 | | Quality Award, including: Leadership, Strategic Planning, | 6 | | Customer Focus, Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge | 7 | | Management, Workforce Focus, Operations Focus, and Results; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation depends on volunteer | 10 | | examiners to carry out its evaluation process, bringing | 11 | | knowledge of the criteria, experience with quality systems, | 12 | | communication, leadership, and assessment skills in order to | 13 | | provide a feedback report to help Illinois organizations become | 14 | | world class; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Examiners receive extensive preparation and | 16 | | support in learning about the Criteria for Performance | 17 | | Excellence and commit a significant amount of time, effort, and | 18 | | dedication in order to help organizations learn how to excel; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Joe Kilbride has contributed his expertise and | 21 | | more than 3,500 hours of his personal time during the past | 22 | | seventeen years to serving as a Senior Examiner for The Lincoln |
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| 1 | | Foundation for Performance Excellence; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Joe Kilbride on his volunteer work with The | 5 | | Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence and thank him for | 6 | | his time and commitment to help Illinois organizations excel; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Joe Kilbride as a symbol of our respect and | 10 | | esteem.
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