Getting Beyond Active Listening
Active listening is often described as suspending your thoughts and judgment or keeping an open mind about what the other person is saying. Here’s how.
Posts Tagged: collaboration
Collaboration or Collective Impact – What’s the Difference?
Read this post to find out the differences between collaboration and collective impact. Which works better? And what will take your team to the next level?
A Digital Experience Refresh for a Venerable Institution
The redesigned NYSCA online experience reflects New York Governor Cuomo’s vision for a more efficient, effective, and modern government.
Tangible Ways to Improve Your Work Environment
The path to improving your work environment includes strengthening pillars of workplace happiness. Addressing at least one of these will improve the work environment.
Bringing Dialogue Back to Government
What we need is a resurgence of dialogue: relating, attuning and authentically relating to one another. Bringing dialogue back to government would be good for all of us.
Peer-to-Peer Learning: The Most Powerful Tool in the Workplace
There is usually a small pool of folks that are nothing short of rock stars. So, how can we leverage their knowledge and expertise to magnify the overall strength and performance of most workers in our organization?
Making The Case for API
Let’s face it. We live in an age of constantly changing, ever expanding technologies. But if used properly, APIs can help.
5 Tips on Collaborating with “the Competition”
Instead of looking at your neighbors as competitors start seeing them as colleagues. By working together you can share information, save money and drive regional investment.
50 Cups of Coffee This Year
Setting the goal of having coffee with 50 people forces you to be clear about your goals.
Dear U.S. Taxpayer: A How-To on Collaboration
As a govie, I often find myself framing things as a letter in my mind that starts with “Dear U.S. Taxpayer.”It’s a great way to remind myself that what I’m working on is connected to something larger.