Miami Beach, FL – On Tuesday, March 11, senior federal executives participating in a leadership development program with the Council for Excellence in Government will be in South Florida to meet with several leaders and organizations to benchmark their best practices to take back to their federal agencies and implement some of their findings at the federal level. Council fellows visit leading private, not-for-profit and government organizations to meet with leaders who share their insights on achieving high performance.
The group, 25 senior level employees of the U.S. federal government from departments including the Departments of Education, State, NASA, Social Security Administration, Army, Air Force, CIA, EPA and Administration of Children, Youth & Families, among others, will meet with Miami Beach City Manager Jorge M. Gonzalez to learn directly from him on how he is leading the City; what innovative approaches he has implemented throughout his career; and about the results he has achieved and how he achieved them with a focus on how to lead change. Gonzalez is the only municipal government administrator in the country this year that has been selected to take part in this study. This is the third consecutive year that Gonzalez has been made part of the process.
“The Council has chosen to benchmark Jorge again because he has a national reputation as an effective and visionary leader,” said Dave Sheldon, director of Leadership Development, Council for Excellence in Government.
The group will also meet with Miami Beach historic preservation leaders: Miami Beach Commissioner Matti Bower, Historic Preservation Director William Cary, and George Neary, Miami Design Preservation League. Through Thursday, they will meet with leaders from Baptist Health Systems, the National Oceanographic and Air Administration (NOAA), and Citibank International.
The Council for Excellence in Government works to improve the performance of government at all levels; and government's place in the lives and esteem of American citizens. With its experienced staff, network of experts and members, and diverse partners, the Council helps to create stronger public sector leadership and management, driven by innovation and focused on results; and increased citizen confidence and participation in government, through better understanding of government and its role.
South Florida is in good company. Other communities the Council will be visiting to benchmark their successful programs this year are Seattle, Washington (Microsoft and Starbucks), San Diego, California (District Attorney’s Office and SAIC), San Francisco, California (University of California and Presidio Trust) and New York City (Pfizer Pharmaceuticals).
Founded in 1982, the organization is nonpartisan, nonprofit and national in scope. Diverse in its activities, the Council's primary work focuses on four important goals:
• To attract and develop talented people for public service;
• To encourage innovation and results-oriented performance in government;
• To promote e-government as a revolutionary tool for improving performance and better connecting people to government; and
• To improve the connection between citizens and government and encourage their participation in governance.
The Council is supported by members (called principals) -- private sector and nonprofit leaders who have served in government and are united by a strong, sustaining commitment to Council objectives -- and by project grants and other funding from government agencies, corporations and foundations. Former Presidents Carter, Ford, Bush and Clinton are honorary chairs of the Council.
For more information on the Council for Government Excellence, contact Dave Sheldon, director of Leadership Development, at 202-285-6202.
List of Fellow attendees & List of previous benchmarked locations
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