Miscellaneous

3 Key Leadership Mistakes Government Employees Make That Leave Them Burned Out and Frustrated.

Mistake 1. Thinking that leadership is something you learn to do. Leadership is not something you “do,” it is something you “be.” In other words, leadership is not a series of required actions you take, rather it is the essence of who you are, the impact you have on those around you. You don’t “learn”Read… Read more »

Strange Police Calls From 2012

The listing of police calls contained in the weekly Bee Newspapers in Western New York can be quite interesting. It is amazing what people will call the police for and what crazy situations people get themselves into. The Bee Newspaper published there best of the police blotter calls for 2012. My top favorites follow. WhichRead… Read more »

White House Petition Affecting Government Employees

I have created a petition on We The People aimed at allowing leave donated under Federal Leave-Share provisions to be considered tax deductible. The aim is to increase leave donated to increase Federal productivity by limiting use-or-lose leave, while increasing the amount of leave available for qualified leave-share recipients to use to cope with illness,Read… Read more »

ROWE’s Obituary

At least some version of telework is still available for some! Although I suspect that for the same reason(s) that ROWE experiment failed is PROBABLY the reason that Telework will continue to struggle to gain traction. Although Teleworking can still show some economic benefits for those organizations which provide more than lip service to teleworking.Read… Read more »

PublicStuff CEO named Top 30 under 30 by Forbes

Congratulations to the CEO of PublicStuff who was named one of the Top 30 under 30 by Forbes Magazine,http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/30-under-30/30-under-30_social.html ! PublicStuff continues to pave the way in CRM technologies, mobile apps and increasing civic engagement. The Philly 311 App also received some great press this week and won a Big Vision Award! Check out theRead… Read more »