The Partnership for Public Service has announced the start of the Annenberg Leadership Institute, billed as a leadership “laboratory” for top federal managers.
The institute will tap management expertise in the private sector, academia and federal agencies to train promising mid-level federal managers with cutting-edge leadership skills to address pressing issues such as food safety and veterans health care, according to PPS.
It said the institute would be staffed by volunteers from corporations such as Accenture, Lockheed Martin, IDEO, and Aon Consulting, who will serve as faculty for a seven-month program and as private training coaches for 32 Annenberg Fellows selected by their agencies and the institute.
The Defense Logistics Agency and Georgetown University will also lend leadership expertise to the institute, PPS said.
Teams of fellows will work to address issues such as the need to improve agency coordination and public communication surrounding the national food supply, recruiting nearly 30,000 health professionals to care for wounded veterans, improving employee morale at the Small Business Administration, and recruiting over 1,000 engineers and others to develop clean energy.
“Inadequate leadership and weak management skills are two of the greatest impediments to effective government,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service.
“The goal of the Annenberg Leadership Institute is to build the management skills of federal managers, and improve federal agencies performance,” he added.
