Author: Harvey Schachter

Harvey Schachter

Harvey Schachter is a writer, specializing in management and business issues. He writes three weekly columns for the Globe and Mail and The Leader’s Bookshelf column for Canadian Government Executive, and a regular column and features for Kingston Life magazine. Harvey was editor of the 2004 book Memos to the Prime Minister: What Canada Can Be in the 21st Century. He was the ghostwriter on The Three Pillars of Public Management by Ole Ingstrup and Paul Crookall, and editor of Getting Clients, Keeping Clients by Dan Richards. A McGill commerce graduate, Harvey spent more than 15 years in a variety of positions at The Kingston Whig-Standard, including editor and planning and promotions manager. He won two National Newspaper Awards for his writing and a national Owl Award for a marketing program he created at the newspaper.

The Leader’s Bookshelf

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Digital Body Language By Erica Dhawan St. Martin’s Press, 267 pages, $38.99 Thirty years ago, communication in your workplace revolved……...

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Bookshelf: Beyond Burnout

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Burnout is on the rise. Our frenzied work styles and the increased pressure to produce have taken their toll over……...

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Bookshelf: Gender

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There was a time when people who ran meetings were chairmen, whether male or female. Local officials were aldermen. Women……...

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Bookshelf: The Five Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders and Inclusive Conversations

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When we look back, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the coronavirus. But a second issue flared up……...

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Bookshelf: Post-Pandemic

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When the financial crisis his in 2008, Jonathan McMahon was a director of the Central Bank of Ireland, giving him……...

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Bookshelf: Indistractable

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Our days are filled with distractions and noise. So whatever our other skills, we must hone our ability to focus……...

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Bookshelf: The Sponsor Effect

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In 2013, economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett published a pathfinding book telling us to Forget a Mentor, Get a Sponsor. Until……...

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Bookshelf: Decisive Intuition

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Don’t ignore that gut feeling. Too often we clutch at analysis and ignore our instinct – a clear, distinct……...

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Bookshelf: The Next Level

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When consultant Scott Eblin started working on The Next Level in 2004, he was trying to help people promoted to……...

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Bookshelf: The Book of Bountiful Questions

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Carpenters and electricians have tools: hammers, saws, pliers, plungers and flashlights. So, do managers: questions. But we often fail to……...

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Reforms, Election and Cyberspace

We are now a matter of days away from a federal election in Canada. With over 27 million Canadians on……...

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Immunity passports, a looming election, digitizing, and diversity

A lot has been happening across Canada. From COVID-19 vaccines to immunity passports, a looming election, digitizing, and diversity. And……...

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Leadership, Strategy and COVID-19 vaccines

At the time of writing, Canada has distributed over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. These vaccines will be available……...

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Public trust and infodemics

We are officially in the second wave of COVID-19. This is evident in the increasing number of infections that are……...

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CGE Weekly – episode 9: Canadian Healthcare Budget

Welcome back to CGE Weekly with host J. Richard Jones and CGE editor-in-chief, Dr. Lori Turnbull. Healthcare has long been…

CGE Weekly – episode 8: Predictions for 2023

It’s the first CGE Weekly show of 2023! Join host J. Richard Jones and CGE editor-in-chief, Dr. Lori Turnbull as…

CGE Weekly – Episode 7

The summer is quickly coming to a close and the host J. Richard Jones is back with a new episode…

How IoT can Support Business Growth and Enhance an Organization’s Bottom Line

In this episode of CGE Radio, join host J. Richard Jones as he sits down to talk about the Internet…

Studying public management in dangerous times

The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004 road movie, coming-of-age story, and biopic. The film follows a young Che Guevara’s travels across South……...

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Decisions, decisions, decisions

Whether you’re trying to decide on which brand of cereal to buy, a holiday destination, or having your in-laws for……...

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Manners maketh the person

Good manners are the foundation for building positive relationships with bosses, coworkers, and employees. They are essential in creating a……...

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Let’s get physical

You can feel their presence. They traverse the office like zombies moaning “praise … praise” as they glance from hand-held……...

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COVID-19: Uprooting and Transforming Work in Canada

The COVID-19 crisis has placed unprecedented demands on public servants in all jurisdictions in the country. Their response has been……...

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Inter- and Intrastate Politics and Governance in Canada

In federal systems like Canada’s – where power, authority, and responsibility are divided and/or shared between multiple orders of government……...

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