Course Length: Ten to twelve days, scheduled over an extended period of time
To schedule this program for your workplace, contact the Management Education Group at 480-705-9394 or click here.
Course Overview:
A revolution is taking place in how public leaders are cultivated and managed. Organizations can no longer expect that when they face a leadership void, a pool of qualified and motivated candidates will miraculously appear. The concept of “growing your own” in terms of leadership is permeating organizations of all types. While many organizations have recognized this need, few have sustained a successful method for developing and retaining leaders. The Management Education Group’s Art and Practice of Public Leadership provides a solution for public organizations looking to aggressively address this challenge.
The Art and Practice of Public Leadership is more than a training program. To successfully implement the effort, the organization’s top leaders must be committed to the design and delivery of the curriculum. Top executives work with our experienced consultants to design a curriculum that includes organization-specific examples and case studies. Once the agenda is agreed upon, a comprehensive candidate selection process is designed so that it supports the organization’s succession planning efforts.
The delivery of the Art and Practice of Public Leadership can be tailored to the organization’s needs. Some organizations implement the program by offering workshops weekly and others choose to hold workshops monthly. However the schedule is arranged, the content of the program focuses on practical, thought-provoking, and challenging concepts that apply to the real life experience of a public leader. Typically, the Art and Practice of Public Leadership content includes a multi-rater feedback process, individual development planning, action learning through an organization-specific project, and a variety of subjects including risk taking, collaboration, and political savvy.
Target Audience:
Our goal is to develop executive-level public leaders. As such, the target audience for the Art and Practice of Public Leadership is typically those managers who are one step away from a director-level position. Successful candidates should:
Have at least six months experience with organization
Understand clearly why they have been nominated and why they are expected to commit their time to the program
Have direct reports or current, relevant supervisory experience
Are currently accountable for the performance of others
Plan on a long career with the organization
Are seen by their peers as a leader
Have shown an active interest in their own professional development
The Art and Practice of Public Leadership
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Course Objectives:
The Art and Practice of Public Leadership is designed to:
Enhance the leadership skills of selected public-sector managers
Prepare selected leaders for taking on the organization’s current and future organizational initiatives
Upgrade the organization’s talent pool
Enhance communications at all levels throughout the organization
Facilitate individual development planning for selected leaders
Course Outline:
The Art and Practice of Public Leadership agenda is developed in conjunction with the agency’s leadership team and will reflect the most pressing leadership-related issues facing the organization at the time that the program is delivered. In the past, the program has consisted of the following elements:
360-degree feedback and individual development planning
Behavioral assessments
Action learning through a organization-specific project
Extensive, experiential learning activities
Role play
Outside reading assignments
Journaling
Organization-provided guest speakers
The workshop topics are also defined with input from the organization’s leadership team. In the past, workshop topics have included:
The Challenge of Leadership, based on the work of Kouzes and Posner’s
Workforce planning and talent development
Innovation and risk taking in local government
Public sector strategic planning
Collaborative communication
Conducting risky conversations about work performance
Public presentation and engagement skills
Enabling diversity in a government organization
Building, facilitating, and leading effective teams
Public sector human resource issues
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