(Click on links within the text to read some of my related articles.) It could be the sunset for an industry … or the sunrise for a revitalized industry. Yet, unlike the timeless, unchanging behavior of celestial bodies, the future is all about choices, isn’t it? So, here you are – and, goodness, it isn’t like you haven’t been trying… Read more →
Inspiration: Latin: inspiratus, pp. of inspirare “inspire, inflame, blow into,” from in-“in” + spirare “to breathe” Please strip everything else away for a few moments. Strip away all the trappings of so-called “civilization,” all our collected and coveted possessions, all the superficial puffery and artificial plumage we use in our efforts to define how important and unique we think we are. Please – just strip all of it… Read more →
During these times when public trust in government is low, when the media frenzies are about conflict and not about successes, when Citizens are frustrated that they’re not getting their money’s worth out of government … it strikes me we should all be doing even a better job of making certain we consistently earn the trust of The People Who… Read more →
STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE: 1. Strategic: Gk. strategia “office or command of a general,” from strategos “general,” 2. Advantage: O.Fr. avantage, from avant “before,” probably via an unrecorded L.L. *abantaticum, from L. abante Lao Tzu is credited with noting, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and he can eat for a… Read more →
Leadership: O.E. lædan “cause to go with one, lead,” causative of liðan ” – to go in advance The Results Leader defines, “leadership” as, “the choices we make to inspire others to take positive, decisive courses of action.” Rank? That’s just some stuff about pay grade. (I know some pretty high-ranking people in Law Enforcement who couldn’t lead ants to… Read more →
The plain truth is this: I know of no rule in the Universe that gives your agency or section a charter to be in business forever. For those of you who think otherwise – or who haven’t thought about it at all – I offer a couple of cautionary observations for your consideration. For years, I believed every community simply… Read more →
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