Humility in Leadership: Attaining Mightiness
Developing a sense of humility prevents us from getting defensive about our ideas, decisions, and direction for the organization. It makes us open to new ideas and lively debate.
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Maximizing Your Menteeship
January is National Mentoring Month. Learn how you can maximize your mentor-mentee relationships.
Driving Government Innovation Through Chance Encounters
What do Bell Labs, Apple, the State of Rhode Island and Wake County, North Carolina have in common? They all created environments that facilitate interdisciplinary connections to drive new ideas, based on the understanding that innovation is most likely to happen through collaboration as opposed to the lone inventor working in isolation.
This Is Not a Drill: Hawaii’s False Alarm
When faced with imminent danger, you re-think your lack of preparation and the safety of your loved ones. Here are some lessons you can learn from Hawai’i’s recent false alarm.
5 Steps Through the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The 4th Industrial Revolution can be described through current and developing systems as disruptive technologies such as robotics and drones, virtual reality and artificial intelligence and how they will change the way we work and live.
Understand First, Then Form Your Opinion
Practical advice on how to gather enough information to get a basic understanding of an issue to form you own opinion.
“Wantedness” in Government Service
Take time to understand the “me” in your public service domain and strive to make 2018 a little more authentic, a lot more personal and better than last year. Let’s rise to serve the “me,” putting the person before the process.
Leadership: Somebody’s Always Watching
Being in a leadership position is like being in a parade every day. People are watching, and you have the ability to manage their perceptions.
3 Approaches to Better Employee Engagement
After many years of being in the workforce, mostly in government service, the thing that means the most to me is simply being treated well.
Love Your Dissenters: Achieving Innovation in Disagreement
If we truly want to be innovative thinkers and outside-of-the-box problem solvers, we must force ourselves outside the box of our self-affirming minds.