Get Promoted Using Self-Deprecation

Get Promoted Using Self-Deprecation

The more self-aware you are the greater your leadership effectiveness will be. In a recent study from PDI Ninth House and the University of Minnesota, researchers found that leaders who were out of touch with how others perceived them were more likely to see their...
Employee Owners or Employee Renters?

Employee Owners or Employee Renters?

Employees are a lot like cars.  The amount of care, attention to detail, and feelings of permanency we project toward our cars is comparable to the way employees view the employer-employee relationship.  Consider this analogy. Employee Renters   When we rent a car,...
Working Your Strategic Plan

Working Your Strategic Plan

Has your organization joined the many that are embarking on a strategic plan?  Public sector organizations are turning to strategic plans en masse with the hope of defining a better future.  Beautiful documents are being created to represent visions of a better...
Accountability Doesn’t Work

Accountability Doesn’t Work

The outcry is loud and clear: public agencies must be held accountable! It follows that if the agency is going to be held accountable, employees who make up the agency should be held accountable too. As a result, public sector leaders are considering accountability...
Gaining Momentum

Gaining Momentum

I’m part of a volunteer organization that went through a bit of a slump in the past few years.  We found ourselves begging for board members and scraping by financially.  Attendance at events was at an all-time low. The leadership team struggled to agree on a...
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