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Leadership – The Key Driver of Employee Engagement
Last month, I shared highlights from my organization’s national survey of employee engagement across the U.S. workforce. Our poll generated data on the levels of engagement in the private and…
Attack on the Administrative State
The Trump administration has begun an overt attack on the “administrative state," in which unelected officials are essentially writing new laws, making political decisions and redirecting public programs according to…
Community Policing: The New Protect and Serve
Community policing, as defined by Community Oriented Policing Services, is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques, to proactively address…
A Primer for Effective and Meaningful Social Equity Measurement
The American Society of Public Administration’s Center for Accountability and Performance, in collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration’s Social Equity in Governance standing panel, sponsored two teams of…
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: Moral Courage in Public Life
On March 4, 1865, shortly after noon, Abraham Lincoln rose on the East Front of the Capitol to deliver his Second Inaugural Address. As the four year long Civil War,…
The Three Clauses that Ate the Federal Constitution and Other Constitutional Concerns
The old argument is Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and The Bill of Rights created a federal government of enumerated and limited power. The fact, however,…
Supporting Ongoing Innovation and Reform in American Policing
Communities across the nation face great challenges in improving police-community relationships. While most communities have positive police-community relations, media coverage has been building salience for law enforcement reform on a…
Protecting Your Federal Career
A civil service career is a delicate creation. It is built on percentages accumulated over many years. The lifetime rewards are great. You can do (more or less) what you…
Thinking About Tomorrow
Benjamin Franklin offered his definition of a sound body and mind by declaring in an early essay, “Health and Virtue are to be preferred over all other considerations.” However, he doesn’t…
Culture Cacophonies: Implications for Public Administration in Growing Edge Counties
America is a place of demographical change driven by our restless patterns of internal migration that flowed to numerous places. According to the U.S. census, we have also grown from…
Words Matter
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” “It’s your actions not your words which demonstrate the kind of leader you are.” PaddockWe’ve been trained to believe…
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