Articles in the Organizational and Personal Leadership category

This is Part 3 of a three-part series on organizational culture. Read Part 1: Tending the Soil: Why Leaders Must Cultivate Organizational Culture, HERE, and Part 2: Beneath the Surface: […]

This is Part 2 of a three-part series on organizational culture. Read Part 1: Tending the Soil: Why Leaders Must Cultivate Organizational Culture, HERE, and Part 3: Cultivating the Soil: […]

This is Part 1 of a three-part series on organizational culture. You can read Part 2: Beneath the Surface: Auditing the Culture of Your Organization, HERE, and Part 3: Cultivating […]

Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but […]

As a teenager, my father told me “A wise person dreams at night and works during the day.” That was good advice 40 years ago, and it remains good advice […]

A familiar Biblical Proverb states: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” I would argue that this principle is true for communities and organizations as well. Perish may be […]

Imagine you’ve been asked to design a game. Your goals are to get everyone to play, to learn, and to have fun. You might start with an overall goal. Get […]

When I teach leadership one of the first discussions I have is about the differences between leadership and management. Warren Bennis says that management is about doing things right and […]

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.    — Rodin With few exceptions, public servants tend to work hard and achieve remarkable outcomes in often […]