Our senior leaders held a town hall session with several staff sections, including ours (we actually go to all the town hall sessions, regardless of audience). The other attendees probably
Our senior leaders held a town hall session with several staff sections, including ours (we actually go to all the town hall sessions, regardless of audience). The other attendees probably
I wrote a draft press release and sent it to my higher headquarters for consideration and release. They kept the factual information but changed 100 percent of the words I
Sixty percent of leadership is asking the right questions. When you ask the right questions, you use your experience and responsibility to guide others into solving problems themselves. I learned
A group of senior public affairs officers were discussing a new policy. The policy, in certain circumstance, didn’t fit or make sense. Some PAOs were caught up in the details
In If Only, I hope we touched a nerve with our line about firing poor performers. In Styles Vary, Quality Doesn’t, I shared the three qualities that will earn someone
Feral cats can be nasty. Every once in a while you’ll see them sprinting from dumpster to dumpster, they live out in the wild, they’re street smart and potentially dangerous. In my
There’s almost always one good reason to do nothing. Maybe it’s too risky. Maybe it’s too uncomfortable to respond to that media query. Maybe somebody will be offended if you
