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Ten Notable Resources for Cross-sector Collaboration in Rural Areas

Ten Notable Resources for Cross-sector Collaboration in Rural Areas

The Intersector Project presents resources on cross-sector collaboration in rural areas -- cases, articles, multimedia and reports which tackle topics ranging from rural sustainability to improving education to providing broadband…

How MPA Students Can Have an Edge

How MPA Students Can Have an Edge

I suggest MPA courses be heavily weighted toward practitioner skills and knowledge to give students the best chance in a tough job market. MPA students can gain an edge in…

How a State Government Brought Diverse Agencies Together for Strategic Planning

How a State Government Brought Diverse Agencies Together for Strategic Planning

How does a state government begin the process of strategic planning across many diverse agencies and workforce representatives? For the state of Arkansas, the process began with the Efficiency Project,…

Developing New Leaders for Healthy and Agile Public Agencies

Developing New Leaders for Healthy and Agile Public Agencies

In my work at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Enterprise Training Division, I have led the Aspiring Leader and Individual Leader program and currently lead the Supervisor Certification Program.…

Bags Packed? Public Service Empowerment after Disaster

Bags Packed? Public Service Empowerment after Disaster

They are everywhere. I keep running into them - these people who deployed in support of the 2017 hurricane season. Voluntary organizations, the private sector – you name it and…

Public Service Motivation: Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Understand Employee Motivation and Engagement

Public Service Motivation: Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Understand Employee Motivation and Engagement

For public managers, the principles of public service motivation and employee engagement are something that play a significant impact on organizational outcomes. If employees are not motivated to come to…

Evolution of Performance Management in Government

Evolution of Performance Management in Government

Policymakers wanting to improve their government’s performance are often presented with a rich menu of choices by their advisers. They are told that they could choose from several options: Budgeting…

Ethical Curiosity: An Essential Dimension of Ethical Leadership

What about ethical dilemmas? How might public administrators develop the “ethical curiosity” that’s essential to resolve them effectively? Furthermore, how might public administrators lead their followers to value ethical curiosity…

The Big Questions Facing Public Administration in 2018

The Big Questions Facing Public Administration in 2018

Exactly what are the big questions facing the world of Public Administration in 2018? Over the next few months I plan to write columns on each of these questions, lest…

Undoing National Monuments

Undoing National Monuments

Environmentalists were outraged this past December when President Trump announced he was reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante. These were big…

How the Baldrige Framework Supports Customer-Focused Excellence

How the Baldrige Framework Supports Customer-Focused Excellence

This Fall, the Improvement and Compliance Service (ICS) within the Office of Finance and Planning of the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) hosted an event called Engagement Day. The target audience…