
At the core of Driving Government Performance is a series of thought-provoking case examinations of effective, results-producing leadership strategies. The curriculum offers valuable insights that government executives can employ to develop and communicate a performance plan with clarity and impact”
Rick D. Chandler
Commissioner of the NYC Department of Buildings

Driving change is hard. Behn’s The PerformanceStat Potential demonstrates that achieving important public purposes requires leadership commitment, a set of critical operational components, and designing a new way of working. These are hard to pull off, and even dangerous for a public executive. Through a series of cases of PerformanceStat efforts, Behn teaches deep and enduring leadership lessons about what it takes to “Reach the New Order of Things” and why it’s worth the risk.