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The Public Sector Consortium is commited to reinventing the pratice of leadership for the public good.
The Public Sector Consortium uses an adult action-oriented learning model in the design of our programs. The programs incorporate scenarios and examples that are relevant to public sector workplaces by including exercises that are comparable to those leaders would encounter in their work setting. The classroom experience provides the opportunity to practice and learn new behaviors. Participants experience the marriage of current management practices with a strong focus on the challenges and systems that are unique to public leadership. The programs are focused in part on the principles and disciplines of Organizational Learning but also include Facilitation Strategies for Leaders, Strategic Alignment, Performance Skills, and Negotiation Practices, among others.
Sustainable Leadership Practices
Given the leadership role of the United States in the world, our choices as public leaders often have an impact well beyond the American citizens that we serve. In this context we believe that public leaders must have the capacity to serve both their organizational missions as well as the larger mission we all share: sustaining resources (human, natural and economic) for future generations. Sustaining resources to serve the public good requires us to think differently about our role as leaders and to develop tools and competencies that support this new model.
The Public Sector Consortium is committed to reinventing the model of public sector leadership. We have identified several practices that we believe are essential to this new model and have incorporated them into our curriculum. We are currently focused on the need to provide leaders with advanced skills that will redefine high performance as both accomplishing their organizations’ missions and sustaining the resources necessary for future generations.
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Welcome
The Public Sector Consortium is a multi-service non-profit committed to growing the practice of leadership through adult action-oriented learning opportunities to assure that leaders create and sustain high performance in public sector organizations.
We are committed to sustainable leadership practices and models of governance that:
- Balance operational demands with learning and innovation
- Support integrative vs. additive approaches to societal needs
- Honor a systems approach
- Promote interdependent leadership practices
- Provide accountability and measurable results
- Balance the complexity of the work with achieving outcomes
- Support the professional practice of leadership
History has shown us that democracies around the world thrive only where there is a healthy and competent civil service. Strong public institutions that positively affect the quality of our daily lives depend on excellent leadership at all levels. The Public Sector Consortium’s Formal Learning Programs are only one part of a system of learning which includes a Community of Practice, On-Site Consulting, Coaching Services and ongoing Research Projects.
What sets us apart is our commitment to quality leadership learning opportunities while insuring financial feasibility for public sector leaders. We serve all levels of the public sector federal, state, local and public education. Access at state and local levels to quality leadership training is often more difficult given strict budget restraints. Our goal is to close this gap through grants, donations and revenue from current programs.
We support leaders who inspire passion and energy in the workforce through learning, practice and partnerships.
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The Community of Practice mailing list is used to notify people of our monthly First Friday dialogue sessions, which are free teleconferences focused on topics related to public leadership. Learn more about the Community of Practice here.
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Public Sector Consortium
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-547-8448
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