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Public Leadership Through Crisis 5: Good communication ideas you might consider

written by Matt Andrews In my last blog I noted that communication is a key leadership act in crisis. (and you must commit to communicate —to help people deal with fear and accept change). It is good to remember that every crisis poses different communication challenges, so I don’t think there are one-best-way solutions to…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 5: Good communication ideas you might consider

Public Leadership Through Crisis 4: You as a leader must be smarter than your brain

written by Matt Andrews You will notice that the first three blogs have all been about the leader—not the crisis. This is intentional, as we think you—the leader—need to be ready in  yourself for the challenge  you are  facing. You can never be fully ready, but the basics I am suggesting  can help you. I…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 4: You as a leader must be smarter than your brain

Enhancing the employability of young people in Guinea

Guest blog written by Thierno lliassa Balde The Guinean tertiary education and Technical Education and Professional Training (TVET) system is dominated by programs that do not meet the needs of the labor market. Inappropriate orientation of training is a major cause of programs’ lack of relevance to business requirements. The system lacks scientific, technical, and…Continue Reading Enhancing the employability of young people in Guinea

Public Leadership Through Crisis 3: Be brave, calm, adaptive; there is no perfect crisis response

written by Matt Andrews In my last blog post I emphasized the importance of leaders in crisis situations being (i) motivated for the public good, (ii) honest about—but not hampered by—self-doubt, (iii) committed to communicating more than ever (to help people deal with fear and accept change), and (iv) aware of who their key people are…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 3: Be brave, calm, adaptive; there is no perfect crisis response

Public Leadership Through Crisis 2: Know your motivation, put communications and key people first

written by Matt Andrews When the storm, wind and rain, of crisis is coming (or has come), how do you start to lead? Building on my earlier blog post, we are sharing two posts today with some rapid ideas on how leading organizations, towns, cities, regions and countries might start thinking about leadership in the face of…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 2: Know your motivation, put communications and key people first

Public Leadership Through Crisis 1: Can public leaders navigate high winds and big waves in little boats?

written by Matt Andrews Governments are most important in times of public crisis. This is where individuals—no matter how talented or self-reliant—look to their governments for help; to empower or use or deploy the powers and potentialities of the collective on behalf of that collective. But many people tasked with leading public organizations in times…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 1: Can public leaders navigate high winds and big waves in little boats?

Finding Family through Process Improvement in the U.S.

Guest blog written by Maggie Jones Trey’s words hung in the air. Would you like to go to Harvard? A million thoughts ran through my head as I watched the unsuspecting traffic pass outside my office. Of course I wanted to go. I had to go. As soon as “yes” stumbled out of my mouth…Continue Reading Finding Family through Process Improvement in the U.S.

Motivation Sustains Passion the PDIA way

Guest blog written by Upamanyu Basu I am a career bureaucrat from India and my job responsibilities have always revolved around implementing public policy – whether in my postings in my parent department i.e. Income tax Department or in my secondments to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and now in the Ministry of Fisheries,…Continue Reading Motivation Sustains Passion the PDIA way

The Legitimacy of Performance and Problem Oriented Institutional Development in Ethiopia

Guest blog written by Etambuyu A Gundersen I had very high expectations of the course and what I was going to get out of it in terms of gaining not only new knowledge but also important skills in policy implementation that would assist me in my job. The course went above and beyond my expectations….Continue Reading The Legitimacy of Performance and Problem Oriented Institutional Development in Ethiopia