Real life leadership lesson – be transparent, congruent and authentic to both yourself and to those you lead! To be clear – I am wearing my organization development practitioner hat here. This is a bi-partisan analysis of a real life event to highlight what I believe are imperative traits of successful leadership -transparency, congruence, and [...]
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Part 2: Generational Diversity in Government – What’s Your Generation Thinking?
As a recap, I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking on the panel, Bridging the Generation Gap, at the Next Generation of Government Summit in July 2010, sponsored by Govloop. As the 2011 Next Generation of Government Summit is quickly approaching – what better time to reflect back and share experiences from last year’s [...]
The Obama Healthcare Summit: An OD Perspective
I watched the Obama Healthcare Summit and on purpose watched it wearing my “OD hat.” It was a tough crowd, and although in my view Obama did a somewhat decent job of acting as facilitator and participant, as a trained behavioral scientist and a facilitator myself, I found it entertaining and painful to watch. My [...]
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