First-Rate Communication Skills necessary for effective State Govt.

Fundamental change is necessary in state government, said 90 percent of state executives surveyed at the California Performance Review (CPR) Statewide Strategic Leadership Summit held in November 2004. However, only nine percent of those surveyed were highly confident of their ability to make those fundamental changes. In his opening remarks at the Public Sector CIO Academy last week, California’s CIO Clark Kelso called the state’s information technology community the "change agents" that will help achieve the recommendations envisioned by the CPR. And effective communication is an essential tool for any change agent.

By Corey McKenna

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