Credible Evidence. Wrong Decision. The Risk Inside Your Executive Brief.
Accurate evidence can lose its relevance to the decision at hand. Executives must test whether the conditions supporting earlier findings still apply.
Posts By Dr. Rhonda Farrell
Every Agency Met Its Target. The Public Is Still Waiting.
Strong performance can coexist with poor outcomes if accountability ends at institutional boundaries. Improve results by recognizing shared responsibility.
The Temporary Fix That Quietly Became Your Operating Model
As temporary arrangements become permanent dependencies, executives lose visibility into cost, accountability and risk. Is it time to review yours?
The Hidden Competition Inside Your Transformation Portfolio
When initiatives compete for the same expertise and resources, individually viable investments can undermine collective performance.
Your Strategy Is on Track. Is It Still the Right Strategy?
As conditions change, public-sector leaders must reassess the assumptions underpinning major commitments.
Build the Leadership Bench Before the Vacancy
Government organizations need transparent, experience-based pipelines that prepare people to assume greater responsibility.
Development Is Mission Infrastructure
Workforce development isn’t optional. When capability gaps threaten execution, learning becomes mission infrastructure.
Public Service Is a Leadership Laboratory
Public servants develop leadership capabilities every day. Using the right language reveals they are transferable across roles, agencies and sectors.
Stop Waiting for the Opportunity: Build It
Career advancement is too important to leave to chance. Create opportunities by building skills, relationships and capacity for greater responsibility.
Cyber Recovery Is a Mission Capability, Not an IT Plan
Agencies invest in preventing and responding to cyber incidents. But resilience requires the ability to recover under real-world conditions.