“I have worked with Jeff for many years through ILPEx and found him to be extremely knowledgeable and an excellent facilitator. I requested his assistance to facilitate an improvement workshop with my senior leaders at which time we were trying to develop an integrated approach to management, performance improvement and strategic planning based upon our feedback report. Our leaders found the workshop extremely valuable, resulting in a defined approach for integrating, managing and holding others accountable for performance and goal achievement. The senior team praised Jeff for his down to earth approach, hands on ability to leverage ideas and build consensus. This workshop, and Jeff’s facilitation, made it possible for us to take a significant step forward in achieving our Gold Award.”
Michelle Darnell
VP - Systems Improvement
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan, Inc.
Mount Vernon, IL
Part of the Sisters of St. Mary Healthcare System
“I would like to take a moment and nominate Jeff Calhoun for the extraordinary wisdom, guidance, and mentoring abilities that Jeff has. He runs his team like a well-oiled machine and his ability and foresight can’t be topped. “He is Mr. Quality”.”
Sandy Brooks
Retired CNO
Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
“Jeff is an outstanding team leader. Everyone on the team gained a greater understanding of the criteria and site visit process as Jeff shared his extensive knowledge and experience. During meetings, Jeff made sure that all team members had the opportunity to share their thoughts and helped us reach consensus. It was a privilege to work with him.”
Kathy Leuelling
Chief Compliance, Performance Improvement Officer United Cerebral Palsy
Springfield, IL
“Jeff is a super team leader who is a tireless advocate of Baldrige. Jeff has great relations to the team and to the applicant.”
Bob Barnett
Rretired CEO Motorola Commercial
Government and Industrial Solutions Sector
“Jeff was an amazing mentor throughout the entire process. He offered support through knowledge and constant reassurances. He always made time to answer questions through phone calls or emails. Jeff did an amazing job of setting manageable deadlines for our team to meet throughout our site visit. He was very professional and patient with all of us as newcomers. Jeff had reasonable expectations that pushed us to learn as much as we could from the valuable site visit experience. His terrific rapport helped the long days and nights pass with many laughs.”
Thank you for all of your support.
Christine Ortlund
Assistant Principal,
Hunting Ridge School Community Consolidated School
District 15 Palatine IL
“Jeff was our team Judge throughout the review process. His mentorship to me and the team, and his guidance was instrumental to our success in preparing and providing a quality feedback report to our applicant. Jeff’s knowledge of the Baldrige criteria is incredible. And his willingness to share that knowledge is second to none.”
Lorenzo Smith
Director - Organizational Development
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System
Mattoon, Il
Michelle Darnell
VP - Systems Improvement
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan, Inc.
Mount Vernon, IL
Part of the Sisters of St. Mary Healthcare System
“I would like to take a moment and nominate Jeff Calhoun for the extraordinary wisdom, guidance, and mentoring abilities that Jeff has. He runs his team like a well-oiled machine and his ability and foresight can’t be topped. “He is Mr. Quality”.”
Sandy Brooks
Retired CNO
Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
“Jeff is an outstanding team leader. Everyone on the team gained a greater understanding of the criteria and site visit process as Jeff shared his extensive knowledge and experience. During meetings, Jeff made sure that all team members had the opportunity to share their thoughts and helped us reach consensus. It was a privilege to work with him.”
Kathy Leuelling
Chief Compliance, Performance Improvement Officer United Cerebral Palsy
Springfield, IL
“Jeff is a super team leader who is a tireless advocate of Baldrige. Jeff has great relations to the team and to the applicant.”
Bob Barnett
Rretired CEO Motorola Commercial
Government and Industrial Solutions Sector
“Jeff was an amazing mentor throughout the entire process. He offered support through knowledge and constant reassurances. He always made time to answer questions through phone calls or emails. Jeff did an amazing job of setting manageable deadlines for our team to meet throughout our site visit. He was very professional and patient with all of us as newcomers. Jeff had reasonable expectations that pushed us to learn as much as we could from the valuable site visit experience. His terrific rapport helped the long days and nights pass with many laughs.”
Thank you for all of your support.
Christine Ortlund
Assistant Principal,
Hunting Ridge School Community Consolidated School
District 15 Palatine IL
“Jeff was our team Judge throughout the review process. His mentorship to me and the team, and his guidance was instrumental to our success in preparing and providing a quality feedback report to our applicant. Jeff’s knowledge of the Baldrige criteria is incredible. And his willingness to share that knowledge is second to none.”
Lorenzo Smith
Director - Organizational Development
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System
Mattoon, Il
