Of course the first step is that I have to identify what people most often criticize. Perhaps the first step is to actually get past denial – to believe that someone somewhere is criticizing my leadership. Do they feel like I am unfair or that I play favorites or maybe that I don’t listen? Let’s […]
Month: May 2015
We talk about looking at the data and thinking about it – but do we really do that?
It’s very trendy to talk about Big Data, data-based decision making, data governance and data-based government. We read about it, talk about it, tell others they should do it – but are we really spending the time and effort to do it – or to do it well? To begin with, after looking at the […]
Was our last success just luck? Do we really know what we did to achieve it – and are we taking similar steps to repeat it?
It seems like when we fail, we quickly dive in and find out what caused the failure and how we can prevent it in the future. But when we succeed, we respond by shouting out, “Yes!” and move on. We expect success, but when it comes, do we really know how we got there? In […]
Is there enough trust in our organization for people to be able to say what they need to?
As the leader, I might say, “Of course! I love getting feedback.” However, what would others around me say – especially those that I don’t work with directly? What kind of culture have we created? Is it one where there is authentic trust and an understanding that it is important to speak out and provide […]
Is there a long-standing problem that is affecting us that we need to tackle now?
Of course there is. We set priorities all the time and leave the problems behind that aren’t critical right now or that aren’t holding us back in a significant way. It makes complete sense, because we have limited resources and only so much time to tackle our most important problems. However, at some point, this […]