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 Ethics of Influence

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As understanding of social behaviour increases through intensified research, many government executives are learning about the art of nudging. Governments……...

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Leading Great Meetings By Richard Lent

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We curse meetings, but they are essential to today’s collaborative leadership approach. We may long to eliminate them – and……...

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The Silo Effect

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Government is replete with silos. Like the weather, everyone complains about them but nobody does much to change it. And……...

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Don’t say it, draw it

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Words, words, words. Blah, blah, blah. Our days – our work lives – are punctuated by a sea of words……....

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Writing Without Bullshit By Josh Bernoff

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Government executives are writers. Maybe not like Margaret Atwood or Joseph Boyden, but they pound out words every day themselves……...

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Peak By Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

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Gladwell made Anders Ericsson famous—or, at least, his research work. A professor of psychology at Florida State University, Ericsson conducted……...

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The Bookshelf: Triggers

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Every evening, Marshall Goldsmith pays an associate to call and ask a series of questions about his behaviour that day……....

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Changing behaviour: directing riders, motivating elephants and shaping paths

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Let’s resume last month’s discussion on effective change initiatives with some popcorn. Specifically, an experiment some psychologists dreamed up in……...

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Book Review: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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David Dingwall is familiar to many government executives for his role in the Chrétien government where he held several cabinet……...

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Bookshelf: The 27 Challenges Managers Face

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Are you an undermanager? We’ve all been warned not to overmanage – become a hen-pecking, micro-manager, obsessing about details, instead……...

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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 11

The CGE Leadership Series Host, J. Richard Jones and CGE editor-in-chief, Dr. Lori Turnbull, once again weigh in on the…

DXC Technology’s Role in Data and Analytics in Public Sector

Welcome back to another episode of CGE Radio with host, J. Richard Jones. This week we talk to Kristen Leroux,…

From Cloud First to Cloud Smart

Join host J. Richard Jones for the latest episode of CGE Radio. He speaks with Craig McLellan, Chief Executive Officer…

CGE Weekly – episode 10:

The Canadian Budget Welcome back to another episode of CGE Weekly with host, J. Richard Jones. This week, CGE editor-in-chief,…

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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