Government Leadership Keynote Speaker - George Stern
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George Stern is a government leadership keynote speaker for civic, municipal, county, state, and public-sector audiences that need practical service leadership under scrutiny. His keynote connects Jefferson County election administration, 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper, volunteer firefighting, and `The 3P Method` into a non-partisan leadership playbook: own the work, listen to the frontline, match the response to the actual problem, and keep improving the system.
George Stern
Practical keynote frameworks for rooms with real decisions to make.
George's government leadership keynote starts with a belief that is simple and uncomfortable: if someone should fix that, you are someone. He is not speaking about public service from the outside. George served as Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, ran eight elections, earned four national innovation awards, and defended election integrity under national scrutiny. He brings the same practical leadership method to civic rooms that he brings to corporate and firehouse audiences.
George was the first Democrat in 20 years elected Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, ran eight elections, and earned four national innovation awards. He became part of the national election integrity conversation through a 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper about the 2020 presidential election. That experience sits beside ten years of volunteer firefighting and Amentum leadership delivery, giving George an unusually credible bridge between civic service, operational pressure, and practical leadership.
What Your Audience Leaves With
A usable frame for the decision in front of them
This keynote is built for government L&D teams, civic forums, county and municipal associations, election officials, agency leaders, and public-sector transformation programmes. The audience is often mission-driven and tired: people who know public trust matters, but need a usable way to lead slow systems, public scrutiny, frontline strain, and change that cannot wait for perfect conditions.
Topic focus
Government and Public Sector Leadership
The Problem
Why government leadership needs operators
Government leadership content often defaults to values everyone already agrees with: service, transparency, integrity, trust. Those matter. They do not by themselves fix a public-facing system.
George's material keeps the values attached to the work. What does the frontline know? What is the actual problem? What response fits the public risk? What needs to be polished after the heat drops?
That makes the keynote useful for civic audiences that need to rebuild trust through better decisions, better systems, and leaders willing to become the someone who fixes it.
Key Takeaways
What Your Audience Leaves With
How B1 - `If Someone Should Fix That, You're Someone` - turns civic frustration into ownership.
How public leaders can use `The 3P Method` under scrutiny.
How to keep frontline truth at the centre of public-service redesign.
How to lead non-partisan rooms where trust, facts, and service all matter.
How to connect civic values to operational fixes.
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