A City That Supports Leadership Training

Somerville, Massachusetts is a city of 75,000 people located just north of Boston. Somerville as a city understands the importance of leadership training. Two years ago the city brought in Dr. Hugh O’Doherty a Harvard professor and leadership expert to teach City managers and department heads adaptive leadership skills. Mayor Joseph Curtatone recently created theRead… Read more »

The Transition with Gary Rebello, City of Milwaukie HR Director

Gary Rebello has been learning the nuisances of the public sector since April 2011 when he began working for Marion County. Before that experience, Gary had spent the bulk of his career in the private sector working for LaCrosse Footwear, Mentor Graphics Corporation, and Intel. He now finds himself leading the human resources department forRead… Read more »

New Sensation with Dan Blue, City of Gresham

Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »

The Business of IT – Can Legislation Strengthen the CIO Role in Government?

The link below leads to my article with this title published in the Winter 2013 issue of FedTech Magazine. Once again Congress is seeking to strengthen the Federal CIO position throught legislation. The draft legislation proposed by Congressman Darryl Issa would strengthen the CIOs’ authority in the areas of budgets and human resources, but itRead… Read more »

OSHA’s First “HazCom 2012” Deadline is Dec. 1, 2013. Are You Ready for GHS?

OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard last year to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System (or GHS for short). The changes went into effect in May of 2012 and are the biggest to the HazCom standard since 1994. The first compliance deadline for employers in the U.S. is Dec. 1, 2013. OSHA estimatesRead… Read more »

03.06.13 Your Morning Buzz

There’s only so many Care Bear conversations a dad can take. It’s time for He-Man to intervene … Welcome Newest Members Evan Fransted, University of Colorado Denver, MPA Student Bradley Olin, California State University – Office of the Chancellor, System Budget Analyst Upcoming Forums March 7: Tiffany Couch, Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting – RSVPRead… Read more »

Seven Steps to Successful Supervision

A Highlight from the Upcoming NAGC Communications School Whether you’ve been a supervisor for years or are new to managing people, the relationship between you as a supervisor and those you supervise is one of the most important. But between long, busy workdays and stressful situations, that relationship can get ignored or thrown out theRead… Read more »