Excellence
“We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
- Aristotle
We value... striving for excellence in what we do
Excellence is a state of exceptional quality or goodness; excellence reflects superiority, merit, distinction, and best practices in actions and results. Examples of excellence in action include:
- Recognizing individual and group achievements
- Prioritizing professional development and training for all staff and volunteers
- Using the performance planning process to improve performance
- Evaluating program effectiveness and assessing learning outcomes
e-Value8 your alignment...
As An Individual
- What have I done recently that demonstrates this value is important to me?
- What have I done inadvertently to demonstrate this value is not important to me?
- What do I need to do to more fully demonstrate this value?
- How do I personally acknowledge excellence and achievement in others?
As a Department
- How does our department acknowledge and recognize excellence and achievement
in individuals and groups?
- What forms of professional development and training are provided for staff
and volunteers in our department? What more could be done?
- What role does the performance planning process play in improving performance
and striving for excellence in our department? How might performance planning be used
more effectively in this regard?
- How do we evaluate effectiveness and assess outcomes? How might evaluation
and assessment be used more effectively?
- Given current resources, in what areas (e.g., programs, services, environment, human relations, etc.) does our department do everything that can be done to achieve the best possible results? What areas need more attention?
