Be in position to help your community Regardless of whether your organization is a hospital, school, police station, church, or something entirely different, if you serve your community then you can expect them to turn to you for information and guidance in the event of a disaster. A bit of preparation can make you one …

When I was young, there was a rule about thank-you notes. If I got $5 from a distant aunt, I wasn’t allowed to spend it until after I had written and mailed her a thank you note. When you were young, you probably had a rule at your house that was similar. It’s a great …

To make it easier for some users to remember and/or to have access to pertinent information quickly, Ready Reference Sheets are created. Ready Reference Sheets are a useful collection of convenient and relevant information on a sheet of paper, a single page of a document, or on a card. They can contain anything from a …

Sandi Edwards’ article, Educated Workers Short On Skills Government Needs Most, published in the online publication, Aol Government, puts a new slant on the “why Johnny can’t read” debate. Only this time it has to do with the four Cs instead of the three Rs. In case, you’ve forgotten, here are the “The Four Cs:” …

I like the Sufi expression, ‘Keep your feet firmly planted on the earth and your heart fully open to God’. Work is such a wonderful place to practice this expression. It is through work that we feel most grounded in the physical world, yet often feel most disconnected from our spiritual life. It is here …

When I started my working life, at IBM, years went by before I had any sub-contractors as part of my project team. We could handle just about every request with in-house skills. Alas, almost 20 years later those days are gone, and the opposite has become the norm. It is nigh on impossible to deploy …

That was the subject line in a recent email in which the writer asked: “We have a skilled fundraiser who wants to do an event for us. She is willing to do it for 10% of profits after expenses. She is passionate about our cause and has worked hard for us for a couple of …

A popular notion is that you should only focus on your strengths rather than develop weak spots. Is that the secret of career success? Of course you need to appreciate your strengths. If you don’t, you can fail to leverage core skills to help you be more effective in your present job and move you …

When trainers are finding ways of improving performance and leadership, there’s one topic we should cover but often don’t. How do we evaluate performance? It seems an obvious fit for us, but it’s a tough and touchy topic to train about. Although people are involved, the human resource methods seem set in stone. Usually where …

Be prepared to solve crises By now it’s an accepted fact that organizations of all kinds need crisis management plans in place. Where some encounter trouble is the fact that you need to be ready and able to actually execute these plans. In a recent blog post on MeetContent.com, Georgy Cohen offered these bits of …