Seeing Ourselves Clearly: Overcoming Leadership Blind Spots

Building strong, trusting relationships is essential for gaining a more objective view of ourselves, our ideas, our decisions, and our leadership.

Career Advice to Pivot with Purpose Following Federal Service

Municipalities and state agencies across the country are hungry for experienced leadership, operational acumen, and cross-functional collaboration

Can the Gig Economy Fix the Public Sector’s Skills Shortage?

These influences and others are altering the number of people funneling into government positions.

Success Can Mean Many Things

There are a lot of posts on social media about success,But what is success? Is success a big house, or a great job, or a fancy yacht?

Beyond Burnout: How Smarter Systems Can Protect Public Sector Teams

What makes burnout so tough to fix in government work is that it’s baked into how the work happens.

Validation Is Leadership: Why Your Team Needs More Than Direction

When was the last time you recognized a team member for solving a challenging problem or rallying with others to hit a big goal, on time?

Career Inertia

Career Inertia

As stated in Newton’s first law of motion: an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a net force. If a career, a noun, can be connected to an object, also a noun, a career that is either stopped or stalled...

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The Juggler as Leader

The Juggler as Leader

As a small child, I was impressed by those who could effortlessly toss several objects into the air and continue their co-existent flight for elongated periods of time.  I marveled in particular those especially talented people who could do this with a wide variety of...

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LIFE – A Simple Complexity

LIFE – A Simple Complexity

I am quite enjoying being in my fifties. The stage of your life when all of the elements, if not quite come together, get as close are they are probably going to. It is the brow of the hill of life. You are old enough to look back and be reflective and wise, but still...

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