In government, we struggle to develop a consistent, multi-year roadmap. Sometimes, we’re too busy, but often, it’s because our mission and initiatives change with every election cycle. One of the things I love about enterprise content management (ECM) solutions is that no matter who’s in office, they support the heart of government – the documentsRead… Read more »
Somehow over the last few months I have started using a few tools that help either manage my personal reputation or keep a track on my network. I suspect that this is because I follow some people on Twitter who have a strong interest in recruitment. So here are a few interesting/useful tools: Bullhorn reachRead… Read more »
The Third Phase Of Social Marketing Is Upon Us: 5 Steps To Get Ahead BY BRANDON EVANS Brandon Evans is the CEO and founder of Crowdtap, writes about the Third Phase of Social Marketing in the November 19, 2012 issue of Fast Company magazine. It’s not about listening to customers, or even communicating with them.Read… Read more »
Don’t get off track on your way to organizational transformation The idea of an “organizational operating model” is the central concept discussed by Dr. Jeanne Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson in their seminal work, Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution. They contend that for companies to succeed, they mustRead… Read more »
By Donald Freedman, Senior Fellow, DoD DAWIA III, PMP Professional sports have successfully used Performance Based Contracting. Baseball players get bonuses for such things as making the all-star team, or winning so many games as a pitcher. Football players sometimes have a contract bonus tied to the number of offensive or defensive plays in whichRead… Read more »
Don’t Be A Power Hog: How Sharing Information, Time, And Authority Makes You A Better Leader by Erika Andersen Erika Andersen, a nationally known leadership coach and the founder of Proteus International, writes in her book Leading So People Will Follow (Jossey-Bass; October 2012 All rights reserved) on generosity being an essential trait of aRead… Read more »
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I’m with Minnesota State Parks and Trails, a division of the MN DNR. We have an active Facebook page with a solid strategy behind it, a YouTube channel, and we tweet. What we don’t have is any kind of plan for what kind of content goes to which channel, how to use which channel andRead… Read more »
What will it tell leaders when the morale of the workforce is low? Organizational structure, work assignments, workload, supervisor and employee relationship, career advancement opportunities, unfairness and treatment of employees, misplacement of the right talents, underutilization or overutilization of personnel, mismanagement, pay, organizational trust, job satisfaction, working conditions and environment, employee engagement, wrong leaders andRead… Read more »
With any organizational realignment or restructuring the challenge and real work is in the details of implementation. There are risks, challenges and issues to identify, address and manage. Realignment can be as small as rearranging a few positions and responsibilities or a major re-positioning of large divisions, along with changes to their operating units, processesRead… Read more »