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D&D publishes an EFQM Excellence Model Companion: read more about our interpretation of the Model

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We help organisations to improve their performance by using the EFQM Excellence Model©. If you want to make ‘excellence’ more than just another promotional buzzword in your organisation, you really should think about using this framework.

Whatever your reason for coming here, we hope you will benefit from viewing our site. The following three tabs sum up the site, and include some quick links to key areas. We hope they encourage you to look in more detail and see how we can help you on your Excellence journey. Then do contact us if you would like to know more.

Specialising in the EFQM Excellence Model, we:
The EFQM Excellence Model:
You can find on our site:

are D&D Excellence Limited's Directors, Derek Medhurst (left) and Dave Richards (right)

pictures of Derek Medhurst and Dave Richards: directors of D&D Excellence Ltd

focus on helping people to use the EFQM Excellence Model
have been using the Model since 1993
tailor our support to your needs
have worked in many sectors/industries and cultures
include one of the first ever recipients of the EFQM's Personal Recognition Award for Leadership in the Excellence movement - awarded to Derek in 2003
are Accredited Excellence Model Assessors for the 2010 EFQM Excellence Model

Fundamentally, the EFQM Excellence Model says

that you need: appropriate leadership for your organisation; the right planning; to manage your people and assets well; to manage your processes and your product/service marketing to best effect; and to know what results you are achieving over time for relevant stakeholders
and that to do this effectively you need to think what results you want to achieve, plan how to achieve them and then implement the plans, and then check how you have done and make enhancements as necessary

The Model

is a world-class organisational management framework
can help you to THINK about your organisation in a systems way
is not a tick-list approach to running your organisation
can be used for self-assessments, awards and recognition schemes
is a valuable tool, but is not a panacea or guarantee
is based on concepts that are now mirrored in the Enlightened Shareholder Value approach introduced into UK company legislation by the Companies Act 2006 (see our article on the Downloads page)

more about Excellence and/or the EFQM Excellence Model, or
what you can do with it, or
what evidence there is that using the EFQM Excellence Model works
how we can support you, or
what D&D Excellence has been doing if you already know us

and a range of other information about Excellence and D&D. Check out the navigation menu at the left.

So ...

... do have a look around our site, and we look forward to hearing about how we can help you!

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