Just saw a tweet about these Bush Fellowships with the Bush Foundation, and wanted to encourage some NCDDers to apply! The Foundation was established in 1953 by 3M executive Archibald Bush and his wife, Edyth, and its mission is “to be a catalyst for the courageous leadership necessary to create sustainable solutions to tough publicRead… Read more »
Tweet As an elected official, I am often asked to serve on various Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards for different non-profits. Usually the commitment involves attending meetings when possible, providing strategic direction and assisting in fundraising and promoting awareness. One organization caught my interest and drove me to invest much more, and the resultsRead… Read more »
Have you ever voted with your feet? Voting with your feet means you’ve left a job because you were absolutely miserable doing the work. You weren’t challenged by the work, you felt you were just a cog in a wheel, and no one really knew you for who you were, just the jobs that youRead… Read more »
Every project manager is advised to do a stakeholder analysis and there are several tools for analysis. I like to use the PRINCE Accounting System because it helps in understanding the stakeholders’ political motivations. As I discussed in my last project management posting, project managers need to be politically proficient to be successful in deliveringRead… Read more »
NCDD Board chair Marla Crockett posted this request on the NCDD Discussion list today. We’re looking to learn about your current aspirations for your work in dialogue and deliberation, and use what you share to design this year’s National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation. Feel free to reply via email to Marla or the listserv,Read… Read more »
This past Friday night, GovLoop kicked off the Spring 2012 Mentors Program. As part of the orientation session, we asked participants to break into small groups and identify attributes of the ideal mentor and mentees. Here’s what the group (including participants who chimed in by live chat) identified as the top 10 traits for each:Read… Read more »
New media changes the VA, Why Stepping up Matters, and How to have a Happy Conflict by GovLoop Insights The start of our second week… thanks for being here. And there was some significant news on Friday — a new nominee to be the Obama administration’s chief technology officer — Todd Park. Park has beenRead… Read more »
To understand how organizations can succeed, let’s briefly recap the lessons from the first two parts of this series on organizational failure. Part One –Framework for Analyzing Organizational Failure1) Every decision has unintended consequences for the future – latent conditions.2) Leaders often make decisions without a thorough analysis of the effects of their decisions.3) EmployeesRead… Read more »
In part one of this series, I wrote about my research that lead to the Framework for Analyzing Organizational Failure. Since I created the Framework back in 2005, I have seen it validated in a number of organizational failures. So, in 2010, I started work on expanding the paper into a book. During the courseRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— On your project you handle known risks by performing the Plan Risk Responses process. Which of the following would you use when you encounter unknown risks? A.) Risk ReservesB.) RiskRead… Read more »