Leading Great Meetings By Richard Lent
We curse meetings, but they are essential to today’s collaborative leadership approach. We may long to eliminate them – and...
The Silo Effect
Government is replete with silos. Like the weather, everyone complains about them but nobody does much to change it. And...
Don’t say it, draw it
Words, words, words. Blah, blah, blah. Our days – our work lives – are punctuated by a sea of words....
Writing Without Bullshit By Josh Bernoff
Government executives are writers. Maybe not like Margaret Atwood or Joseph Boyden, but they pound out words every day themselves...
Peak By Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
Gladwell made Anders Ericsson famous—or, at least, his research work. A professor of psychology at Florida State University, Ericsson conducted...
The Bookshelf: Triggers
Every evening, Marshall Goldsmith pays an associate to call and ask a series of questions about his behaviour that day....
Changing behaviour: directing riders, motivating elephants and shaping paths
Let’s resume last month’s discussion on effective change initiatives with some popcorn. Specifically, an experiment some psychologists dreamed up in...
Book Review: Negotiating So Everyone Wins
David Dingwall is familiar to many government executives for his role in the Chrétien government where he held several cabinet...
Bookshelf: The 27 Challenges Managers Face
Are you an undermanager? We’ve all been warned not to overmanage – become a hen-pecking, micro-manager, obsessing about details, instead...
Illuminate
A leader’s job is to illuminate the path ahead. It’s vital to keep employees engaged and aligned with end goals...