Breakthrough Performance Results of EWA Bahrain Lauded at Palladium's Hall of Fame 2009 Awards Ceremony

Electricity and Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain has been awarded for exemplary best-practice Balanced Scorecard (BSC) implementation at a public ceremony in Barcelona, Spain. EWA has been inducted into the elite group of Palladium's prestigious Hall of Fame awards 2009.
EWA is the first Bahrain organisation to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and have achieved this recognition after a brief span of 30 months implementation that commence in January 2007; at a crucial phase of transformation from a ministerial body to an authority.
The award has been given in recognition for improvements made on key performance areas including customer service.

During the course of the project implementation the senior executives of EWA arrived at the Vision 2007-2012 for the authority and subsequently aligned it with the Economic Vision 2030 for Bahrain and with the aspirations of the Bahran Excellence Program.

"The Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame judges, led by Drs. Robert Kaplan and David Norton, was impressed with the quality of applications from Europe and the Middle East this year,â€‌ according to Robert L. Howie, Jr., Managing Director of Palladium Group and Director of the Hall of Fame program.  “Beyond the actual breakthrough performance results of the Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain, the judges were most impressed by the Authority’s commitment to strategic management, specifically its use of strategic themes to help focus the entire organization on the critical drivers of performance.â€‌ 

PALLADIUM BALANCED SCORECARD HALL OF FAME FOR EXECUTING STRATEGY

The Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy was created in 2000 in order to publicly recognize organizations around the world that use in an exemplary manner the Kaplan-Norton management system based on the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) to become strategy-focused, successfully execute their strategies, and achieve breakthrough performance  results. The award is recognized worldwide as the gold standard of strategic performance by organizations that have achieved an execution premium.

The award itself is a stunning piece of Steuben crystal designed by sculptor Robert Cassetti in the shape of a five-sided star representing the five principles of Strategy-Focused Organizations (SFOs). It is hand-forged at the Steuben Glass Works in Corning, New York, USA. The award is presented annually in person to executives of organizations selected for the award by Drs. Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton and Robert L. Howie, Jr. at Palladium’s Asia-Pacific, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and Americas (North and South America) summits. Some 120 organizations have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since 2000.