Port of Palm Beach District Request for Discussion and Commission Action

PORT OF PALM BEACH DISTRICT REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION AND COMMISSION ACTION

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM E-7 ______PREPARED BY: Aidy Alonzo PR & Media Specialist October 6, 2017 ______SUBJECT: Correspondence ______BACKGROUND:

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Press Release • October 3: Palm Beach County Cares to Host Press Conference at the Port of Palm Beach on Wednesday, October 11

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Manuel Almira, Executive Director

DATE ACTION TAKEN: Approved: Motion By: Disapproved: Seconded By: Deferred To: Unanimous: Yes No Incorporated into Minutes: By:

Media Contact Aidy Alonzo [email protected] 561-383-4138

Palm Beach County Cares to Host Press Conference at the Port of Palm Beach on Wednesday, October 11

Riviera Beach, Florida – October 3, 2017 – Palm Beach County Cares will host a press conference at the Port of Palm Beach on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, to discuss its countywide relief efforts for Puerto Rico. The non- partisan organization’s goal is to collect much-needed clothing and supplies for immediate shipment to Puerto Rico and assist with efforts pertaining to Puerto Rican refugees coming into Palm Beach County.

Supporters of Palm Beach County Cares include Port Commissioner Katherine M. Waldron, Congresswoman Lois Frankel, the Puerto Rican Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Palm Beach County, Keiser University’s Vice Chancellor Belinda Keiser, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, state representatives, mayors, county and city commissioners, Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Palm Beach Day Academy, the School District of Palm Beach County, firefighters, and many more.

The press conference will be held at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 in the Port’s Board Room, on the 6th floor of the Maritime Office Complex, located at 1 East 11th Street in Riviera Beach.

About Port of Palm Beach Located in Riviera Beach, the Port of Palm Beach is a full-service, diversified port, offering cruise and cargo services to more than 30 onsite tenants and users. At 162 acres, the Port’s efficiency is unparalleled, processing more than $7 billion in commodities, 2.5 million tons of cargo, and 500,000 cruise passengers annually. As one of the largest employers in Palm Beach County, the Port of Palm Beach and its tenants employ more than 2,850 people. Through the contribution of more than $185 million in business revenue and $17.5 million in tenant-contributed state and local annual tax revenue, the Port of Palm Beach is one of the largest economic engines in South Florida. For more information, visit www.portofpalmbeach.com.

MELTWATER REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2017

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Stephen Garber, right, an SFBW columnist and director of Third Level Ltd., interviews George Labovitz, founder and CEO of ODI The Power of Alignment Best-selling business book author shares his insight

George Labovitz is the founder and CEO of ODI, an from Boston College, and a PhD from Ohio State University. international management training and consulting company. Before his graduate studies, Labovitz was a captain and pilot He also was a professor of management and organizational in the Air Force. behavior at the Boston University School of Management, He was interviewed by Stephen Garber, director of Third from which he recently retired. He counsels senior executives Level, for SFBW’s exclusive Veterans of Inﬂ uence event at the on organizational alignment strategies as well as quality and Port of Palm Beach. The following transcript has been edited productivity management. for brevity and clarity. The Boston native has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Quality Progress and Quality Management in The Power of Alignment has been a best-selling Healthcare. He is the co-author of "Making Quality Work" and business book for years, about to go into a second lead author of the best-selling business book "The Power of printing. What is alignment? Alignment." Let me ﬁ rst tell you where alignment came from. I’m an He has served as a consultant to the Navy and the Air Force. accidental entrepreneur. I started my company, creating He holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University, an MBA a management training program for both health care and

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for industry. We were a management training company, rapidly growing, and, accidentally, we got into the quality improvement business. We did business with Procter & Gamble, and FedEx has been a client of mine since 1989. My co-author and I noticed there was something going on in those companies that transcended process and improvement. Yes, they were doing Linda Carry, Mike Keeby and Beth Garcia something faster, cheaper, better. But there was something else going on. And we decided to call that something else “alignment.” There are 30 years of empirical research, mostly from Harvard and the University of Southern California, a little bit from Boston University, that shows organizations that are aligned, integrated and focused outperform their competitors by every major ﬁ nancial measure. And so I wrote a book to articulate what that extra something is. Alignment

Stephen Garber, right, an SFBW columnist and director of Third Level Ltd., interviews George Labovitz, founder and CEO of ODI is when the critical elements of a business are working in concert with each other to drive growth and profi t. In my view, they are organizational competencies. One of those are having a clearly articulated strategy for your Patrick Jacks, Matthew Sheehan and Gavin McNally The Power of Alignment business and being able to rapidly deploy it. The operative word being “rapid” to take 9,000 young men and women Best-selling business book author shares his insight because strategies change. And can you into harm’s way, in a battle group, you deploy it down to the people who have would want to make sure that every George Labovitz is the founder and CEO of ODI, an from Boston College, and a PhD from Ohio State University. the skills and knowledge to execute it? department head, every manager knew international management training and consulting company. Before his graduate studies, Labovitz was a captain and pilot Strategies are executed from the bottom exactly what the mission was and what He also was a professor of management and organizational in the Air Force. of an organization, not the top. they were going to contribute to that behavior at the Boston University School of Management, He was interviewed by Stephen Garber, director of Third If only 10 percent of the people in mission. That’s not enough. You also from which he recently retired. He counsels senior executives Level, for SFBW’s exclusive Veterans of Infl uence event at the your organization really understand need horizontal alignment. You need to on organizational alignment strategies as well as quality and Port of Palm Beach. The following transcript has been edited what you, the boss, are trying to be customer-focused. productivity management. for brevity and clarity. accomplish, that is misalignment. You Over at Procter & Gamble, they were The Boston native has been published in the Wall Street want clearly articulated strategies down fanatical about understanding their Journal, Quality Progress and Quality Management in The Power of Alignment has been a best-selling to the people that can execute it. That is customer base. Before the customers Healthcare. He is the co-author of "Making Quality Work" and business book for years, about to go into a second vertical alignment. know what they want, P&G knew what lead author of the best-selling business book "The Power of printing. What is alignment? Vertical alignment is imperative in they wanted. Alignment." Let me fi rst tell you where alignment came from. I’m an the military. This is some of the work What keeps you centered is leadership. He has served as a consultant to the Navy and the Air Force. accidental entrepreneur. I started my company, creating that I did for fi ve years when I helping And right underneath leadership is He holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University, an MBA a management training program for both health care and the Navy. If you were an admiral about measurement. That old adage—you can’t Lesley Parente and Dan Touchet

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manage if you can’t measure—is true. No. 1 goal for the Navy is because, in his business, second place is a terminal Why did the chief of naval disease. In business, you lose a step in the operations make it required market and shares goes down, nobody dies. About reading for all of the 400 admirals He explained to me why the Navy Veterans of in the Navy? was such a candidate for organizational I found out that the biggest buyer of my alignment. There’s an underwater Navy, Infl uence book was the Navy, so I sent Chief of Naval there’s an aviation Navy, there’s a surface SFBW’s Veterans of Infl uence series is an Operations Vern Clark [who served 2000- Navy, there’s an east coast Navy, there’s a exclusive, invitation-only, quarterly event 05] a note: “Lots of luck with alignment.” west coast Navy. And none of them talk to that brings together South Florida’s top Two weeks later I was invited to his offi ce each other. This guy transformed the Navy. business leaders to meet and mingle with and met him in the Pentagon. That began Alignment was his model, his banner. And their peers. my fi ve-year hitch with the Navy. I was blessed to have the honor to work The evening begins with a cocktail reception The reason he made alignment the with him and be his agent.♦ for about 100 guests followed by a live interview of a C-level military veteran who provides insight into their personal lives, careers and views on issues affecting the business community. The presenting sponsor is Brown & Brown Insurance and the gold sponsors are CenterState Bank and Port of Palm Beach. Partnering with SFBW on this exclusive event provides an opportunity to network with the area’s business elite, generate new business opportunities, and increase brand awareness. For information about event sponsorship opportunities, email Clayton Idle at [email protected]. Kathy Macaluso and Michael Fisher Connie Capanegra and Carl Mistretta

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