Managing in Government Without Hindrances
Governor Chris Christie stated in a recent article in the Trenton Times that collective bargaining and civil service systems are an anachronism from the past that no longer works in the new economic...
View ArticleManaging in Government Without Hindrances, Part Two
The previous blog on this subject discussed ways to reduce the value of collective bargaining. I’d like to focus on the second part of Governor Chris Christie’s comments presented in the same recent...
View ArticleAll Options Are Needed to Save Money in Government
Fiscal resources are in a downward spiral and local, county and state governments are being pressed to decide the best course of action to manage within a tight budget constraint. A recent article in...
View ArticleA Compelling Read For Public Managers
I found an article by Bob O’Neil, Executive Director of the International City/County Management Association, to be a window to a new era for management and spoke directly to my own understanding of...
View ArticleUtility Management Conference Focuses on Building Business Leadership
The recent AWWA/WEF Joint Utility Management Conference held in Miami, FL, spoke to the importance of developing and supporting the leadership team of public and independent utility agencies. Ed...
View ArticleMore Reasons For Pushing Consolidation as a Requirement For Attaining...
In a recent front page article in the Trenton Times (“Property Taxes Rise, But Slowly” Jan 8, 2012), Governor Christie was indicating that he is not yet satisfied with just attaining a 2.4 percent hike...
View ArticleLeadership Will Always Be The Key Ingredient to Organizational Success
No matter what type of organization you are engaged with, private, public, utility, non-profit and so on, leaders will be the defining element in why a non-profit or for-profit is successful or not. I...
View ArticleRight Sizing a Committee
Anyone in the professional game, public or private, has had an experience participating on a committee that can be remembered as a positive experience and successful versus a dysfunctional, drawn out...
View ArticleLeadership is Coming of Age
There is more and more material being posted on professional sites that speak to the growing need for a change in the type and style of leadership in public organizations. The top down approach to...
View ArticleValue of a Consultant to Your Organization
Seeing the forest through the trees or the inefficiencies in a complex organization can be challenging to any leader/manager that works within the belly of the beast. Yet the idea that managers, bad...
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