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Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Dr. Martin Luther King’s Life of Service
King finished the speech outline at about midnight and then wrote a draft in longhand. One of his aides who went to King's suite that night saw words crossed out…
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…
Ideas for a Federal Government Intervention to Improve Conditions in the U.S. South
A 2017 report on health outcomes in the states highlights how poorly populations in the South are fairing when it comes to their physical well-being. Privately, many of my colleagues…
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…
State Preemption of Local Government: Shutting the Door for Addressing the Future Needs of Society
A principle component of federalism is the division of powers between the federal government, states and localities. In our era of national policy paralysis, a common catchphrase has been that…
Funding Community Development
Battles within local government budgets are heating up. Tight budgets are nothing new for municipalities of course, but there are several factors that make this moment especially difficult for local…
Public Administration: An Art Worth Saving
The world has produced a litany of manifestations and descriptions of public administration. In doing so, almost 200 countries have succeeded in creating a parade of acronyms, organizational charts, job…
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
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
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…
Where are Government’s Great Places to Work?
The train has left the station. In every other sector there is a focus on the policies and practices which make organizations “great places to work.” Government’s workforce problems—the aging…
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