Saving America: 7 Proven Steps to Make Government Deliver Great Results

by Mark Aesch

Overview

National polling indicates that for the first time in American history, people believe their children will not be as well off as they are. The primary reason for this? The lack of performance by government. The public sector receives trillions of American taxpayer dollars every year and yet because of its seeming inability to run effectively, government is not delivering the level of service the people are paying for. In Saving America, Mark Aesch tells us where government — at the local, state, and federal level — is falling short and offers a coherent, non-partisan, Seven-Step plan for rebuilding our nation's public agencies. The book is not a political broadside or a theoretical academic tract; it's an accessible guidebook that helps local citizens, elected officials, and administrators make American government great again. The Seven Steps process will lead to measurable gains for organizations large and small, including school systems, municipal governments, entire states, and even the federal government itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629561554
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2016
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Mark Aesch, Chief Executive Officer and founder of TransPro, is a recognized expert in driving performance and works with public sector leaders at all levels – local, state, and federal – to create high-performance organizations within government that deliver breakthrough results. TransPro has worked with multiple municipalities, public transportation systems and other public entities, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annualized savings to taxpayers. Prior to founding TransPro, Mark served as CEO of the Rochester Transportation Authority (RTA), helping the agency achieve a reduction in fares, multi-million dollar surpluses, and dramatically reduced reliance on taxpayer dollars. Mark’s efforts to drive change in public sector management has been covered in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, on Fox National News, CNBC Squawk Box, Bloomberg Radio and TV, the Lou Dobbs Show, National Public Radio, and many others media outlets. Mark lives in Tampa, Florida and speaks across the country on the 7 Steps to Success. He also provides executive leadership coaching and mentoring.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 America the Broken 1

2 Define the Success Moment 21

3 Plan Your Miracle 43

4 The Performance Scorecard 67

5 Build a Culture of Ownership 95

6 Manage Results As They Come In 129

7 Courage and Decision Making 151

8 Honor the Results 177

Epilogue 197

About TransPro 201

Acknowledgments 203

Notes 207

Index 225

About the Author 235

Editorial Reviews

06/20/2016
Aesch (Driving Excellence), a public-sector business performance consultant, asserts that the United States is no longer a leader due to our government's "irresponsible, thoughtless, and unsustainable" spending. He lays out the seven-step plan that his company, TransPro, uses for transforming organizations, and suggests that these principles can fix government, saying boldly, "Let's go save America." His seven steps are, in fact, sound elements of basic business strategy with applicability to any type of organization. They include defining "success moments," creating a performance scorecard, and focusing on results rather than efforts. To illustrate these points, Aesch effectively draws on key historical moments, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Navy SEAL operation to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden, and WWII's Operation Overlord. Unfortunately, though he provides numerous examples of government incompetence or failure, including FEMA, Amtrak, and the Minnesota I-35 bridge collapse, he offers fewer examples of how government agencies or entities have actually applied his seven steps. References to his own company's work add credibility but leave the book feeling too much like a sales pitch. (June)

Publishers Weekly