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Adult Action-Oriented Learning Models
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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SPECIALIZED SERVICES
The Public Sector Consortium has created a system of learning specifically tailored for public sector leaders. The Formal Learning Programs delivered on-site can be combined and reconfigured in length and sequence to best meet the needs of your employees and are part of an overall system of learning that includes the following Specialized Services:
The Community of Practice
Taking knowledge and turning it into practical day-to-day applications is a big challenge. How can you stay engaged and energized throughout the process? The Public Sector Consortium created The Community of Practice as an ongoing forum for our participants to share their practical experiences in the workplace as they introduce and practice the organizational learning disciplines. Visit the Community of Practice page.
On-Site Consulting
The Public Sector Consortium is happy to offer organizations multiple approaches to introducing essential leadership practices into their work setting. We work with leaders and human resource specialists to design tailored programs and retreats. Teams come together to address workplace challenges and learn new leadership tools and competencies at the same time. This direct application approach can be one of the most successful ways to integrate Systems Thinking, Facilitative Leadership, After Action Reviews and other skills into the workforce.
Coaching Services
The Public Sector Consortium believes that leadership capacity has to be developed at all organizational levels in order for the public sector to really thrive. To this end, the program Leadership Coaching for Peers...Building a Culture of Leadership was created to teach ongoing leadership practices and capability throughout an organization. Groups that do this shift the organizational paradigm from reactive to anticipatory, which is far more dynamic and productive.Click here to learn more about this innovative program.
Research Projects
Currently the Public Sector Consortium is investigating the skills necessary for effective leadership transitions within the government arena. The transition skills required for both the political Senior Executive appointees and the career Senior Executive Service are critical to the management of the short and long-term goals of our public institutions. These skills are particularly critical after elections and are also part of an ongoing process of leadership transitions that occur routinely throughout a leader’s career.
The “Sustainable Leadership Practices” project digs deeper into the core competencies and shared vocabulary essential to sustainable leadership. Public sector leaders must serve their organizational missions as well as the larger mission we all share: preserving global resources (human, natural and economic) for future generations. This will require a redefinition of how we measure successful leaders, the application of interdisciplinary skills and behaviors, and the willingness of leaders to expand their sphere of influence beyond the home agency or geographic boundaries. The outcome of this initiative will be a descriptive model of these crucial sustainable leadership practices in addition to a credible series of learning opportunities to acquire the necessary skills.
For further information on how to schedule one of these programs on site or to participate in the Community of Practice, please email info@public-sector.org