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LTC 039-2004 Commission Retreat CITY OF MIAMI BEACH Office of the City Manager Letter to Commission No. 039-2004 To: From: Subject: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission Jorge M. Gonzalezl~:~~"'~ City Manager COMMISSION !TREAT Date: February 9, 2004 I have had the opportunity to informally discuss with several of you the opportunity to conduct a retreat with the Mayor and members of the City Commission in eady 2004. Bob Pamher has confirmed Mamh 23rd & 24th as dates for the retreat. Typically, retreats with a Mayor, City Commission and a City Manager focus on the establishment of a specific vision for the City Commission, priorities that the City Commission would like the Administration to pursue, how the leadership role of the City Commission can be further developed and strengthened, and how the relationship with the Manager and the Administration can be further developed and improved. Other subjects are certainly available to discuss and might be very appropriate for us to pursue particularly in the first of what hopefully will become an Annual Retreat with the Mayor and member of the City Commission. Retreats of this nature typically use a neutral facilitator that assists in leading discussions and keeping all of the participants appropriately focused on the topics at hand. ,Selection of the appropriate facilitator is an important task and ideally should be a joint venture between the Mayor, Commissioners and the City Manager so that a compatible personality with appropriate skills can be selected to assist. I have identified a facilitator who may be helpful for the Commission Retreat. He is a local individual named Rick Jensen and I have attached a copy of his biography for your review and consideration. We have contacted him to assist with the Annual Administration Retreat that will be conducted this spring. Mr. Jensen's skills and abilities have been determined to be appropriate to the task of conducting the Administration Retreat. For consistency between the Administration and the Mayor and City Commission Retreats, it would be helpful~though not required~to use the same facilitator. While members of the Administration have had a chance to meet Mr. Jensen and develop a comfort level, it would be helpful if one or more Commissioners would avail themselves of the opportunity to meet Mr. Jensen to assure that he is an appropriate fit for the Retreat with the Mayor and City Commissioners. My office will coordinate opportunities to either have a phone conversation or a personal meeting with Mr. Jensen as the Mayor and City Commissioners interest and schedules will permit. If Mr. Jensen is an acceptable facilitator, we can also enlist his assistance to help us develop an agenda for the meeting. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Attachment Rick Jensen, Ph.D. Rick Jensen, Ph.D., founder of the Performance Enhancement Center, is a nationally recognized sport psychologist and performance consultant. Dr. Jensen is known for his teachings on the Essentials of Champions - the proven training and performance strategies mastered by the world's best athletes, coaches, and public and pdvate sector professionals. Dr. Jensen works extensively with top performers in the wodd of sports and business. His clients include more than 50 toudng pros on the PGA, LPGA, and Senior PGA Tours, including leading money winners and Hall of Fame recipients. His clients' combined tour victories total 195, earning them more than $64 million dollars. Thirteen of his clients have won at least one major championship and have combined to win a total of 31 majors. In the tennis circuit, his clients include Wimbledon and U.S. Open champions. Dr. Jensen is the exclusive sport psychologist for ESPN Golf. He is also a performance consultant to the PGA of Amedca, the LPGA, the Canadian PGA, Golf Magazine, the Women's Tennis Association, and the Florida Panthers. He has been featured on ABC, ESPN, CNN, the Golf Channel's Golf Academy Live, and is also a contributing wdter for GOLF Magazine and The Majors of Golf Magazine. In the wodd of business, Dr. Jensen consults with organizations such as NIKE Corporation, US Bancorp, AIG, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Prudential Securities, Amedcen Express, ADP, Ford Motor Company, Spdnt, and Toshiba. In the public sector, Dr. Jensen has worked with the City of Coral Spdngs, Flodda over the past ten years. His work with Coral Spdngs has included helping the City develop a strategic plan and working with their City Commission and Administration on establishing goals that align with their strategic priorities. These strategic planning efforts have helped the City of Coral Spdngs win the Florida Govemor's Sterling Award in 1997 and 2003, the only organization in Florida, public or pdvate, to receive this prestigious award twice. Dr. Jensen is an adjunct professor at the University of Florida where he received his Doctorate in Psychology. He has served as assistant golf coach for the golf teams of the University of Florida and Stanford University.