This blog post is the first in a series adapted from the resources of Harvard Business Review’s Guide to Better Business Writing. As I make my way through this guide, I will post the tips and suggestions I find the most helpful. If you have tips of your own to add, I welcome your additionsRead… Read more »
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, October 10, 2013 by Ron Manderscheid, PhD Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on twitter Share on google More Sharing Services NOTE: October 23rd is the date on which the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s 1963 Community Mental Health Act will be celebrated in Boston. That Act has cast a long shadowRead… Read more »
For years now, the beleaguered federal workforce has paid too high a price for the political ineptitude of Congress. Hard working and loyal public servants should never be used as political pawns in an ideological chess match. Feds are not sacrificial lambs that lawmakers can conveniently use to cover up their own conspicuous failure toRead… Read more »
A recent analysis by Jim Heaney, documented the declining rate of voting taking place in Buffalo. Only 20% of registered Democrats voted in the Buffalo Mayor primary election. The number of people participating in school board elections is even worse at 7%. The state of New Hampshire ranks higher than the national average for voterRead… Read more »
As I was sifting through updates on Facebook last night, I came across an interesting photo that one of my friends “Liked” on her Facebook page. The picture was of a letter sent from Republican Congresswoman, Ann Wagner, to Dan Strodel, Chief Administrative Officer, requesting that her pay be withheld throughout the shutdown. Ann’s requestRead… Read more »
Continuing to provide adequate services in the face of unprecedented across-the-board cuts; a declining, dispirited workforce; and growing financial and other management requirements is the top concern of Federal Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), according to the 18th annual federal CFO Survey conducted by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) in partnership with Grant Thornton LLP.Read… Read more »
One thing the government shutdown has made me think about is the need for some better core negotiating skills. I know there’s lots of different opinions and many different ways to make things work but I just speak for myself and say that anytime I’m trying to get something accomplished with somebody else and we’reRead… Read more »
I was looking for a book in my bookcase and As A Man Thinketh by James Allen seemed to fall off the shelf. The well-worn copy begged to be read again. So much is in limbo with the government shutdown, the thoughtful and literary words used by James Allen reminded me I can still beRead… Read more »
In today’s economy with gas prices as high as they are, timing couldn’t be much better and in our favor to officially introduce the new branch of office, the one that is going to be open when we have time, and when we need them. It’s 2013, if your not in Corporate America, or inRead… Read more »
Day #3 of the Federal Government Shutdown. I am reminded on the streets of D.C. that there are many others hurting and in need. Pictured here are some hardworking folks striking against “unfair labor” practices. They’re up early and are standing there ready, presumably willing, and able to work. At the bottom it says, “EmployerRead… Read more »