Coaching ourselves: Achieving success through guided conversations
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Henry Mintzberg is Canada's most celebrated management thinker. He and colleagues have recently developed a method to help organizations become...
Pleins feux sur l’Ontario
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Début septembre, la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) célébrait le 10e anniversaire de Showcase Ontario, sa conférence annuelle d'apprentissage sur...
Why tomorrow’s cities need tele-working today
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The federal election campaign has not been particularly kind to cities and, by extension, the growing majority of Canadians who...
Both sides now: looking at clouds and the gathering storm
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Two important global events are garnering much attention: the upcoming Winter Olympics and December's global forum on climate change in...
Getting to the core of adversity
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How many adversities do you encounter in a day? Does 23 sound right? That's the number that Paul Stoltz, who...
How the mighty fail
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Good leaders can make bad decisions. President Kennedy blundered over the Bay of Pigs. Margaret Thatcher championed a poll tax...
Valuing Public Service
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Bill Greenlaw is the elected president of the Institute for Public Administration in Canada. His keynote speech to their annual...
Evaluation of the quality management system
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Have you ever asked yourself the question: 'How would I evaluate the Quality Management System (QMS) in my organization' The...
Turning customer service into a profession
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The Heintzman Leadership Award is presented annually by the Institute of Citizen-Centred Service to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding...
Clouding over
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"Oh, the land of cloudless days," Willie Nelson croons in one of his better known tunes. "Oh, the land of...