National Association of State Budget Officers

2006 Leadership and Professional Development Seminar
September 17-22
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Cambridge, Massachusetts

The National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) 2006 Leadership and Professional Development Seminar took place from September 17-22 at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. This was the first seminar of its kind to be held in conjunction with the Kennedy School’s Executive Education program. The seminar offered a tremendous opportunity for state budget officials to attend an intense, comprehensive, week-long academic seminar tailored specifically for state budget officials. It also provided an excellent opportunity for participants to discuss advanced strategic thinking, leadership skill development, as well as performance management and housing issues.

The 2006 Leadership and Professional Development Seminar also focused on leadership strategies that produce results in public agencies and reflected specific performance challenges facing senior budget officers.

The seminar was a success and included more than forty participants from across the country. NASBO would like to extend a special thank you to all those who participated.

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Agenda
Listed below are some of the topics that were addressed during this training program.

The Performance Orientation
How can public executives develop a mental orientation that focuses them and their staff on the key question: “How will we know if our organization improves its performance?

Motivating and Measuring Organizational and Systemic Change
How can public executives use performance measures both to learn how to produce better results and to motivate their organization to do so?

Vision, Performance, and Learning
How can public executives instill in their organization an operating vision that not only improves performance but also supports the task of learning how to improve performance?

Value and Performance
How should the leaders of public agencies think about the challenge of creating public value?

Motivating Individual and Team Performance
What specific strategies can public executives use to motivate both individuals and teams?

Participant Information
The 2006 Leadership and Professional Development Seminar was attended by the most senior budget officers and senior financial management leaders in the states, including the state budget directors, finance secretaries, deputy budget directors, deputy secretaries and other financial administrators of the fifty states and territories.

In addition, the seminar was open to the most senior budget analysts in state budget offices.

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If you have questions regarding this seminar, please contact Kevin Bradley.