{"id":22679,"date":"2024-05-12T11:31:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T11:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/?page_id=22679"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:07:50","slug":"institute-fellow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/individual\/qualifications\/institute-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22679\" class=\"elementor elementor-22679\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77760e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a77760e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c983c45 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c983c45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3033cab elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3033cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;200&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Institute Fellow<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7960ef6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7960ef6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a24235 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a24235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Business Excellence Institute Fellows<\/strong> are the professionals at the top of their game who have not just experience but a demonstrated track record of contributing to the development and success of organizations or the development of business excellence disciplines. They are entitled to use the professional designation\u00a0<strong>FBEI<\/strong>\u00a0after their name.<\/p><p>It is difficult to become a Fellow. People must first be nominated by another member of the Institute after which a Candidate Profile is compiled and circulated to all Fellows who review it and then vote by secret ballot on if the candidate should be made a Fellow or not.<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0bcdc5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0bcdc5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a9f1b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a9f1b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71bef5e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71bef5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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