https://efqmassessors.ae/blog Daily insights on the EFQM Model 2025 and the ISO standards, by Alejandro San Nicolás. en © EFQM and Strategy Assessors FZCO Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:22:18 GMT 720 https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/vision-a-future-worth-reaching https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/vision-a-future-worth-reaching Alejandro San Nicolás 1.1 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT If purpose is why you exist, vision is what you aspire to become. Sub-criterion 1.1 asks for both — and they are not the same thing. https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/the-golden-circle https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/the-golden-circle Alejandro San Nicolás 1.1 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Simon Sinek drew three circles that explain sub-criterion 1.1 better than most textbooks. What sits in the middle? Why. Around it, How. On the outside, What. https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/purpose-why-you-exist https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/purpose-why-you-exist Alejandro San Nicolás 1.1 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sub-criterion 1.1 asks the simplest and hardest question in management: why does your organisation exist? https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/criterion-1-purpose-vision-strategy https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/criterion-1-purpose-vision-strategy Alejandro San Nicolás Criterion 1 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT We begin the journey through the Model where every excellent organisation begins: Criterion 1, Purpose, Vision & Strategy. https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/radar-how-excellence-is-assessed https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/radar-how-excellence-is-assessed Alejandro San Nicolás Series Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every EFQM assessment runs on one engine: RADAR. It stands for Results, Approaches, Deploy, Assess and Refine — and it is the logic I apply in every organisation I evaluate. https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/why-how-what-three-questions https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/why-how-what-three-questions Alejandro San Nicolás Series Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Strip away the diagrams and the EFQM Model 2025 asks an organisation just three questions. https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/what-is-the-efqm-model https://efqmassessors.ae/blog/what-is-the-efqm-model Alejandro San Nicolás Series Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT After twenty years and more than 250 assessments, I still describe the EFQM Model the same way: it is a mirror. Not a standard you pass or fail, but a structured way for an organisation to look at itself honestly.