As many of you know, we recently conducted a survey on the Top Ten Organizational Development Challenges employees are facing in 2011. After surveying over 300 clients, consultant and partners over the course of six months, the results are in! In order from the most pressing to the least challenging, the list below contains theRead… Read more »
Walter Pincus of the Washington Post brought up a darn good question earlier this week: Which is more important, the person(ality) at the top of your organization or the way it’s structured? In many ways, this brings to mind the old debate about a coach’s job. Is it to motivate players, inspire them, help eachRead… Read more »
When working in a team environment, how do you deal with a consistent dissenter who is vocal about what has not worked in the past? – Federal manager (GS-15) from the Department of Education It can be hard to inspire a team when you’re faced with dissension from another team member. In fact, their negativityRead… Read more »
Some exciting stuff going on right now! Baroness Hanham from the Department of Communities and Local Government is hosting an online discussion on how councils and the voluntary sector can work more closely together. Has there been enough in the mix about digital collaboration? Runs through the 26th – check it out. Representatives from DemenShareRead… Read more »
Elsewhere you’d be given a product to market, or maybe even a brand. You’d be given goals like tailoring messaging for an audience segment, optimizing a landing page, or increasing market share 0.001%. And, sure, here you’ll be able to do all of that. Our team will be rolling out new and innovative products everyRead… Read more »
Thanks to Bruce Rosenstein, columnist, librarian and author of Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life for this guest post: 25 Years of Drucker. Read on… On June 15th, I will be presenting a Spotlight Session at the 2011 SLA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, “Creating YourRead… Read more »
INPUT Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. New Governor Rick Snyder and Utah convert turned Budget Director/Director of the Michigan Department of Technology, John Nixon released the Michigan Executive Budget for FY 12 and FY 13 on February 17, 2011. The new team was greeted with 10 years of $0 revenue growth, one of the highestRead… Read more »
We are proud to partner with Craigslist Foundation on their 8th Annual Boot Camp. Boot Camp is an intensive, fun and focused learning experience for community builders across all sectors. We’re excited to attend and present some of our work and our findings on effectively promoting collaboration across sectors for the public good. Join usRead… Read more »
Next week is a big week for us as it’s the second year that CEPSM is running the MARCOM Annual Forum, which was formerly run by CMG Canada (now part of CEPSM). For all of you newbies, the MARCOM Annual Forum is the only event in Canada that caters specifically to government, non-profit and associationRead… Read more »
As a trained library information professional and from what I see where I work in the Department of Veteran Affairs, I see a definite need for taxonomy development and content management. In many large organizations, the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. This is not intentional; it’s the result of notRead… Read more »