Neu & Company serves the following three government sectors:
- Cities
- Counties
- City and County Associations
Neu & Company provides programs, services, and publications addressing
the following critical areas:
The perspectives Carl Neu brings to these programs and services are those
of an experienced elected official (Lakewood, Colorado, city council),
active community leader, and a professional management consultant/trainer
specializing in governing body leadership, board-staff partnerships, strategic
planning, and elected official-community relationships.
Success Stories
Neu & Company has been very successful in addressing the needs of
entities in all three sectors that it serves. A few examples are listed.
City Governments
Prior Lake, Minnesota
Developed strategic leadership plan for the city. Mayor Jack Haugen
says, "It is one of the best things we've ever done."
Eagan, Minnesota
City Council leadership development and goal setting linking the city’s
leadership values and goals to the Baldrige Criteria for Performance
Excellence.
Windsor, Colorado
Establishing Windsor 2020 - a town-sponsored, community-created strategic
plan for the Town of Windsor capturing "the hopes and dreams
for the future" of a community's residents and establishing a
"workable and measurable 'roadmap' to that future."
Prescott Valley, Arizona
Establishing mission and vision statements plus long-term leadership
goals and priorities for the town, council and management staff.
County Governments
Arapahoe County, Colorado
Establishing county strategic leadership plans for the Board of
Commissioners including defining goals for supporting the creation
of the new City of Centennial - the largest incorporation in the nation’s
history; population of 107,000.
City and County Associations
Association of Oregon Counties
Established a "systems" approach to service delivery that
unites local governments as partners on a continuum of service in
meeting the needs of all citizens (constituencies shared among all
jurisdictions). This new framework focuses on major public service
categories (i.e., public safety and community development) as a collection
of programs and activities that are shared by all levels of government
having a common impact on all citizens served by those jurisdictions.
The focus is to enable the whole system to work and empower each government
entity to fulfill its contribution to its system's quality performance
of maximum benefits to citizens.
League of Minnesota Cities
Newly-elected officials workshops for council members and workshops
for experienced-elected officials on strategic decision making and
integrity in public service (conducted annually).
Association of Minnesota Counties
Strategic Decision Making for Experienced Elected Officials, Newly-Elected
Officials workshop, and Leadership workshops.
Similar workshops have been, or are scheduled to be, conducted for
municipal leagues and associations in Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Washington,
Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Montana, and Nevada.
Workshops for National and State Organizations
The following list includes some of the organizations that have requested
workshops from Carl Neu:
- Association of Washington Cities
- Montana Association of Counties
- League of Minnesota Cities
- League of Arizona Cities and Towns
- New Mexico Muncipal League
- Colorado Municipal League (CML)
- National Association of Counties (NACO)
- Texas Association of Counties
- International City and County Managers Association
(ICMA)
- National League of Cities (NLC)
- Iowa League of Cities
- Local Government Leadership Institute (Arizona)
- Wyoming Association of Municipalities
Published Articles by Carl Neu
Carl Neu has written many articles for the sectors Neu & Company
serves. On the Neu Publications
page, you can read abstracts of the articles. The articles, which are
available free of charge, include:
- 10 Habits of Highly Effective Councils
- A Strategic Leadership and Goal-Setting Process
- Community Visioning: What is It? Why do It?
- High Impact Governance - A New Model for Excellence
- Leadership: Awakening the Best in People
- Local Government: A New Working Order
- Managers as Coaches for Elected Officials
- Passages -- A Case Study on The Evolving Roles
of Councils
- Six Axioms for Council/Board Success
- Strategic Governance: A Community Integration
Process
- Five Megatrends Redefining the Future of County
Government
- Achieving and Sustaining Superior Council Leadership
Performance
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