03 · Training & capacity building
Public-sector management and performance improvement
We facilitate a performance diagnostic for a public institution and work with its managers on practical improvements, grounded in the Professor’s documented work on effectiveness in public organisations with limited resources.
Tell us what you need- Led by
- Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Delivery
- Remote, and on site from Accra
- Fees
- Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
Who commissions this, and when.
Buyers and moments where this work pays for itself, and where it does not.
Who it is for
- Ministries and agencies
- Regional and continental bodies
- Donor programme units
- Local government
When to call us
- Performance targets are being missed
- A reform programme needs management capability
- Leadership wants a structured improvement effort
When it is not the answer
We do not replace political or statutory decision-making; we support managers to act within their mandate.
What you receive.
Documents you can use, each with its method and sources attached.
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See a demonstration of the output: Specimen · Public-sector management & performance improvement
Performance diagnostic
Where performance is lost and why.
Improvement plan
Practical, prioritised and owned.
Management workshops
On the plan’s key disciplines.
Progress review
After an agreed period.
How the work runs.
Each stage ends in something you review before the next begins.
Stage 1 of 5
Learning need
Agree the institution’s mandate, targets and pain points.
Review pointLearning needs and outcomes agreed in writing.
Stage 2 of 5
Curriculum
Design workshops around its real cases.
Review pointCurriculum and materials reviewed before delivery.
Stage 3 of 5
Practice
Practise the management disciplines on live work.
Review pointPractice exercises tested with a sample group.
Stage 4 of 5
Assessment
Assess progress against the plan.
Review pointAssessment results shared with the sponsor.
Stage 5 of 5
Transfer
Hand over the plan and the review method.
Review pointTransfer plan and materials handed over.
Scope and fees.
Fees are agreed in writing before work begins. Estimates are shown as estimates.
Fees
Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
Send a brief or book a short call. We reply with a written scope, dates and a fixed fee before any work begins.
What we need from you
- Mandate and performance reports
- Access to managers
- A sponsor in leadership
Not included unless agreed
- Restructuring decisions
- Staffing changes
- Long-term embedded support unless agreed
Led byProf. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
- Consultation
- from USD 150
Documented experience.
Roles held by the principal who leads this work, each with its source.
- 14 April 2011EC–UN–AUC tripartite seminar, NairobiThe Professor presented the lead paper, on managerial approaches to effectiveness and efficiency in public-sector organisations with limited resources, and served as lead facilitator.
- 2004–2010GIMPA Consultancy Division: project and strategic managementThe Professor was a Senior Consultant at the Consultancy Division, developing modules and facilitating project- and strategic-management programmes for public and private clients, including AngloGold Ashanti.
Individual experience of our principals, before or outside GKM Strategic Advisory & AI. Not GKM contracts.
Questions buyers ask.
Anything else: ask in a brief.
Is this training or consulting?
Both: a diagnostic, then workshops that apply it.
What is the evidence base?
The Professor’s published seminar paper on public-sector effectiveness and his consultancy work; see the records below.
Can donors fund it?
Yes, and we align reporting to their requirements.
Related work
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
No charge to submit an enquiry.