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Program Design and Information
"We were challenged to break down the traditional barriers between elected and non-elected public officials and between different levels of government. The point was never politics but always public service" Kate Wood, Safety and Risk Manager at the Oregon Dept. of Administrative Services
Legacy Program 9/99
CURRICULAR MODEL
The five day curriculum is organized around a transformational leadership model that devotes equal time to 1) creating a vision, 2) generating support, and 3) making the vision a reality. Each of these provides participants with a set of ancillary leadership competencies and skills.
A sample of session topics:
Scouting - Widening The Circle: This presentation is intended to help participants understand how to take the step-by-step path from the original idea/vision, to creating a small cadre of “inner circle” supporters. How does one bring new players and stakeholders to the table? The strategic timing of these steps, the correct “widening of the circle”, can cement successful visions. The reverse is often the case of public policy failures. Using successful and challenging personal experiences, the guest presenter will help build the case for such strategic communication.
Press & Media: This session includes an overview of press and media issues, experiences and expectations such as press ethics (from both the press and the public official's areas of responsibility), press releases, press conferences, visuals and locations for press opportunites, and handling the "press ambush". The session also spends time discussing and practicing crisis communication.
Action Plans That Work: This session address the critical question of how leaders can create action plans that have agreement among those needed to implement the plan, sufficient details to ensure success by those managing the plan and appropriate measures of intermediate and final outcomes to allow those concerned to determine effectiveness.
Leadership Survival Skills: Panelists discuss two survival conditions. First, how to lead change or take initiatives where there are fairly clear sources of formal institutional authority and where the primary conditions for success depend upon working within existing sources of authority. This condition includes managing the sensitive nexus between the career bureaucrats and elected officials, who at the local level, may only be part-time. Second, how to lead change or take initiatives where authority has to be created through collaborative processes and where the conditions for success depend upon working with parties outside the formal channels of institutional authority. Additionally, panelists often reflect upon strategies for separating or mixing their personal and public lives.
SAMPLE AGENDA
7:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - Session I: Case Study Panel
10:15 a.m. - Break
10:30 a.m. - Session II: Public Service Traditions - Doug Morgan, PSU
Noon - Working Lunch
1:30 p.m. - Session III: Strategic Thinking - Fred Hansen, General Manager of Tri-Met
3:15 p.m. - Break
3:30 p.m. - Session IV: Public Courage - Senator Mark O. Hatfield, PSU
5:30 p.m. - Break
6:00 p.m. - Dinner Program
7:30 p.m. - Daily Wrap-Up: Review today, Preview tomorrow - Craig Shinn, PSU
TARGET AUDIENCE: WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The Legacy Program is designed for individuals who already occupy leadership positions and possess a rich repertoire of leadership skills and experience. Participants are governmental leaders from state, tribal, and local jurisdictions, including elected, appointed and career executives. The class will also include a smaller segment of federal and non-profit leaders who work closely with state and local governmental entities from throughout the Pacific Northwest region.
Past participants have represented the following agencies:
Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Umatilla County
City of Portland Police Bureau
Oregon State Police
PSU Child Welfare Partnership
City of Vancouver, Washington
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Oregon Dept. of Public Safety Standards & Training
City of Estacada, Oregon
Oregon State Treasurer's Office
Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of Central Oregon
Malheur County
Oregon House of Representatives
Washington Dept. of Natural Resources
Oregon Secretary of State's Office
Multnomah County Health Department
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office
Board of Parole & Post Prison Supervision
Oregon DEQ
Deschutes County Mental Health Dept.
Deschutes County Dept. of Community Justice
Oregon State Office for Services to Children & Families
Union County, Oregon
Office of the Oregon State Fire Marshall
City of Wood Village
Oregon National Guard
Multnomah County, Commissioner's Office
Oregon Dept. of Admin. Services - Risk Management
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