Performance in Government - Volume 3 PDF Print E-mail

Thank you for your commitment to performance. This e-newsletter is part of a continuing series produced by the High Performance Government Network designed to promote performance in local governments and recognize success. For more information on any of the topics in this newsletter, please feel free to contact us via our website, www.hpgnetwork.com.


Ryan Chasey
President, HPG Network
Performance Improvement Projects to Save Costs, Improve Services

The High Performance Government Network is committed to helping local government officials see long term performance improvement, including cost savings and service improvements. The HPG Network encourages members to plan for success by developing a strategic performance plan. As part of HPG Network membership, the HPG Network staff is working with every member city/town to provide project management services that will result in progress toward the completion of a cost saving or service improving project that helps the organization achieve a strategic goal. For more information about membership, click here: http://www.hpgnetwork.com/membership.html
How to Support Top Performers in your Organization
In order to embrace a high performance culture, it is critical to support and reward your best performers. ICMA Executive Director Robert O'Neill Jr. offers 6 ways organizations can support top performers. To read his article, click here: http://www.governing.com/column/supporting-top-performers
Advice to spur department leaders to action
The role of the leader in local government is part visionary, part coach, and part cheerleader. Encouraging managers to be transformational leaders often requires a straightforward approach. Ken Miller of the Change and Innovation Agency encourages leaders to "stop complaining and do it." To read his article, click here: http://www.governing.com/column/stop-complaining-and-do-it
Valparaiso University to offer concentration in sustainability
Cities continue to look for innovative ways to become more green, as we saw firsthand at the High Performance Government Network's Sustainable City Conference for local government officials. For a full report on this conference, including sessions on Greening Cities, Controlling Energy Costs, High Speed Broadband, and Green Building Strategies, click here: http://www.hpgnetwork.com/component/option,com_rokdownloads/Itemid,108/view,folder/

Now Valparaiso University has announced that they will be one of the first institutions in the country to offer a concentration in sustainability. For more information, click here: http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=37024

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