The Gift of a Difficult Conversation
Feedback is often difficult to give, and even more difficult to receive. If we can try to give and receive feedback as a gift, we may all come to benefit from the learning and self-awareness it offers.
Promote Critical Thinking by Looking Two Desks Beyond
“Looking Two Desks Beyond” is a starting point to promote critical thinking across organizations. This concept broadens employees’ perspectives as they consider the impacts their duties and responsibilities have on their internal and external partners.
Book Review: Open Gates for Leadership Tips
Robert Gates’ “A Passion for Leadership” truly belongs on the nightstand of today’s public and private sector leaders. Our institutions and their long-needed reform will be the better for it.
6 Government Issues Solved by Chatbots
From answering business registration questions for citizens like me to streamlining procurement for city officials, chatbots can make governments more efficient and accessible in six ways.
The Latest in Economic Development: Why We’ll All Win
Amazon’s HQ2 bid might be the biggest economic development event in a generation. Here’s where you can win in all of this.
Want to Truly Help Your Team? Stop Rescuing Them!
Do you have the reputation of consistently being the hero who jumps in and saves the day? If you answered yes, you may be a fellow Rescuer. Here’s what you should do.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Not only are women affected by this cancer, men are too. Entire communities feel the effects. Let us advocate for and with them.
3 Ways Around Governmental Red Tape On The Way To Project Completion
Governmental red tape too often does nothing more than tie everyone’s hands behind their backs. This is a persistent problem I dealt with when fulfilling a request for proposal. The agency we were working with was interested in the prospect of outsourcing. Unfortunately, the procurement office knew so little about our industry that every conference callRead… Read more »
TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up
The relentless uptrend of stocks continued this week despite poor earnings reports and lackluster news on the road to tax cuts.
How Organizations Shape Employees’ Ethical Behavior
Do you think an organization has the power to shape an individual’s ethical behavior? Here is a take on Kohlberg’s CMD theory and how it could be used to encourage certain ethical behaviors.