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The Silly Season Conundrum – How to be Effective During an Election Year
“If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.”
- Jay Weatherill
Election season is upon us and many of you are probably facing what we like to call the “silly season” episodes. It is often a real challenge to try and stay focused on providing effective government when political incumbents are distracted and risk adverse and while candidates are laying claim to be the experts on what needs to be done to improve your agency. These two forces can merge and suppress even the most effective organization from moving forward. Taxpayers are hungry for results and as government officials, it is imperative that and your team continue to do good work while planning for November. Below are several useful tips to help your workforce and team of elected officials maintain some level of effectiveness during the “silly season.”
- Problem Solve - Seek to distinguish between those problems which can be solved and those which can only be worked on. This nugget of wisdom comes from former Secretary of State George Schulz, a guy who understood the world of international diplomacy. Granted, people often think every problem...
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Governments are in the business of public service. Dramatic change is necessary today and through the use of R.A.P.I.D. Innovation, leaders can inject a booster rocket into their organizational mind-set of problem-solving. Based on extensive research, we developed R.A.P.I.D., a bold, forward-thinking, powerful, practical, and productive mechanism designed to generate, identify, select, implement, and evaluate contemporary innovative solutions. We created a training workshop on R.A.P.I.D. so people can take action to enlist their workforce and encourage an ‘innovative’ style of solving problems needed during today’s unprecedented challenges. We have presented the training workshop to a number of government agencies and shorter versions at several conferences. On April 3rd, we will be delivering the workshop for four cities in the Dallas metro area, hosted by Mike Land, City Manager of Prosper. Contact me today at patrick@gettingbetterallthetime.com to schedule a workshop at your workplace so you and your team can become fluent in R.A.P.I.D Innovation. |
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Over the last few weeks, our team has consulted with three different organizations of various sizes. Organizational leaders had a different purpose for engaging with The Mejorando Group, from crafting a powerful and practical 2012 Work Plan to reinventing an entire agency to implementing a forward-looking Succession Planning Program.
To learn more about succession planning program, click here. |
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Yesterday was officially the first day of spring! As the flowers begin to bloom and the temperature rises, the annual rite of Spring Cleaning arrives in true form! We seek to purge our homes of the clutter we somehow accumulated over the winter. Since spring is also the ideal time to de-clutter our mind, here are our thoughts to help on how to take those first steps to clarity. First, change can happen in an instant, so decide right now what more you can do to accelerate your career and your organization so it sustains an upward trajectory. What vitamins are you taking to ensure you, your career and your organization stay healthy? Why don’t you register for a webinar on a clever new solution to an existing challenge? By the way, stay tuned later in 2012 for a major announcement regarding The Mejorando Group’s new Webinar series for those who are committed to getting better all the time. Another idea, take a look at our “News You Can Use” and “Good Reads” articles for some incredible nutrients to your motivational diet. Second, ask yourself how are you consciously straying from your comfort zone? Have you tried a new restaurant lately? How about a different route to work? Talked with a co-worker you barely know about what their role is? We can guarantee you with 100% success that nothing will change if you don’t try! Finally, while some people we know plan to be spontaneous spontaneity is not always easy to come by. Pause, breathe and grab the hand of a loved one, lay-down on the grass and gaze up at the sky; it’s incredibly unproductive and amazingly replenishing. Remember, life is a journey and we’re explorers, so let’s get moving forward in all directions! |
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Our consulting work takes us to a number of terrific places and allows us the opportunity to partner with government leaders, as well as speaking at conferences. Check out our schedule as we may be in
your area soon.
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Thank you for taking the time to read this month’s edition of Moving Forward! If there are any topics that you’d like to read more about, please feel free to email our President and Founder, Patrick Ibarra, at Patrick@gettingbetterallthetime.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Keep Getting Better,
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