Vision

Alaska’s Organizations are
World-Class

Mission Statement

To educate and assist Alaska’s organizations in the pursuit of performance excellence, through assessment and organizational learning, in order to achieve results which contribute to the social and economic vitality of all.

Core Values

Excellence: We promote business excellence awareness and practices in Alaska businesses, government, not-for-profit, Native, health care, and educational organizations. Support economic development, job creation, job retention, and improved competitiveness in Alaska.

Teamwork: We foster teamwork within and among organizations.

Innovation: We stimulate a continuous improvement process by supporting innovation, benchmarking, information sharing, and networking relationships.

Ethical Behavior: We maintain the highest level of integrity in all stakeholder interactions, passionately guarding the credibility of the Alaska Performance Excellence Award while respecting our stakeholder’s proprietary information.

Stewardship: We are effective stewards of our resources, including finances and the limited time of our volunteers, partners and staff.

Service: Our customers come first.  We will treat them in a caring, personal and respectful way while striving to exceed their expectations.

Agility: We exhibit a capacity for rapid change and flexibility.

Continuous Improvement: We are a learning organization. We will strive for excellence one step at a time.

APEX operates with three different boards with responsibilities clearly identified in charters. The top-level board is the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is responsible for governance and development. The Board of Overseers is responsible for the quality of the processes of the program. The Board of Examiners is responsible for evaluating applicants. A Panel of Judges is part of the Board of Examiners. This panel is responsible for making recommendations on who should receive recognition by APEX.  All board members are volunteers.

Board of Overseers

Board of Trustees

Board of Examiners

Examiner Application Form

Strategic Plan

© 2007 - Alaska Performance Excellence