As a leader, does your foundation sit on bedrock or sand? Just like your home, the foundation of your excellence as a leader must be firm and sure, able to withstand even the fiercest storms. If 2014 is the Year of the Employee, then it becomes even more important to deliver exceptional leadership for them.Read… Read more »
What can leaders to do to get employees to share their best ideas with you? Great way to increase employee engagement, and generate innovation in your organization… Many senior leaders try to get creative ideas from employees; however, the wall between you and your employees is profoundly thick, even if you don’t think it is.Read… Read more »
“Workforce = mission. If you don’t have the right people it is a recipe for disaster,” said Goldenkoff. But hiring and retaining top talent has been a big problem for government. The Government Accountability Office looked at workforce challenges in their new report, “Recent Trends in Federal Civilian Employment and Compensation. Robert Goldenkoff is theRead… Read more »
Summary: The main building blocks for Digital Era success are leadership, governance, digital competencies, education and training, and change management. Each requires a unique set of considerations that differ from traditional success factors, and in some cases are unprecedented. Many Industrial Era mental models, processes and cultural values are not transferable to or effective inRead… Read more »
Here are 3 key factors for any leader desiring a change in their organization to remember These actions are critical in any transformation. First, leaders must recognize that the power of a plan or vision comes from the people understanding and adopting it. But, contrary to what many believe just having that ‘compelling vision’ isRead… Read more »
As our nation observes Presidents’ Day there’s not much good news regarding how citizens view government at the national level – from Congress, to the White House, to federal agencies. This is a sobering and troubling reality, especially for feds. Presidents’ Day is supposed to be “a time of patriotic celebration and remembrance,” according toRead… Read more »
Ten years ago I went on a date with a girl that was way out of my league. The dinner went well. I guess it was going so well that she decided to pop the dreaded “early stage question.” Here is an approximate manuscript from the evening (I’ll tie this back to work in aRead… Read more »
Silicon Valley is known for its technology, not its management, innovations. But some of its management innovations are worth looking at. Netflix’s HR policies rank right up there when it threw out the standard playbook! Former Netflix chief talent officer, Patty McCord, describes its key talent management tenets in a recent Harvard Business Review article.Read… Read more »
What is the recipe for a perfect innovator or an innovative city? One dash idea. Two cups execution? Three cups metrics? Four cups risk? Creating the perfect recipe for innovation might be impossible. But the City of Denver has been working hard to create a culture of innovation and execution. Frank Daidone is the ChiefRead… Read more »
If you could show a $500,000 improvement in your organization’s bottom line, would you be a hero? If you could show a 75% retention rate in your pool of valued employees, would you be content? These are real life, internally verified savings of just a couple of our clients. Of course, not everyone reports theseRead… Read more »