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Your help is needed to close one hole in Minnesota safety net
06 February 2012 3:11 PM | No CommentsYou may have read about Charles Van Heuveln in Jon Tevlin’s Star Tribune column a few weeks ago. A good program that benefits people with disabilities — Medical Assistance for Employed People with Disabilities (MA-EPD) — has a loop hole in it. A hole that...
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Theater of Public Policy
02 February 2012 12:19 PM | No CommentsPolitical satire and improvisational theater have a long history in the Twin Cities thanks in part to Dudley Riggs. Huge Improv Theater on 30th and Lyndale in south Minneapolis is adding a new chapter to this legacy with the Theater of Public Policy. In partnership...
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Communities Built to Last
30 January 2012 8:11 AM | No CommentsLast week, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address, in which he raised the call for creating an economy that is “built to last.” For anyone who is a fan of business guru Jim Collins, this is a familiar term and title...
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Leadership Archive
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Recognize your potential to “be the change” in your community
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No CommentsThis weekend I was flipping through TV channels and, while I usually skip over the community programming on cable TV, I happened to land on a city council meeting. A resident I would guess to be in his 60s was thanking the council for recent... -
Vision Check
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 1 CommentI am currently working with the senior leaders of an organization, to craft a vision that will guide them over the next five years. I was leading some group sessions to learn more about one of the organization’s key teams, when that team’s leader confronted... -
Innovation – Try something new
Posted on January 5, 2012 | No CommentsThis is the time of year when we all take a moment to reflect and then set those ever elusive new year resolutions. Although a bit counter intuitive, less is actually better than more. We can easily overwhelm ourselves with too many to focus on... -
A Few Tools on Coaching as learned from Janel Anderson of Working Conversations
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsI had the opportunity to attend a 4-hour workshop on coaching presented by Janel Anderson, PhD , CEO of Working Conversations. She presented many coaching tools; a couple of simple ones are below. They can be applied for coaching direct reports, self-coaching and peer to... -
Less stuff = Better leader?
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsTis’ the season! Black Friday, Cyber Monday, decorate the house, make the Christmas lists, plan the meals, synchronize calendars… The older I get the more of a miser I seem to become. To add insult to injury, I recently read a book on minimalism. Basically,... -
Generosity – Proud to be a Minnesotan
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsI am extremely proud to be a Minnesotan. Over the last week you have read a number of articles on this site about GiveMN‘s Give to the Max Day which took place earlier this week. This was their 3rd annual event and by all measures... -
“Jobs Anywhere” Is Not Enough
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsThis was the mantra at yesterday’s “Urban 2.0” Inner City Economic Summit in Chicago. Convened by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), this day and half-long conference focused on the next generation of jobs and business needed to improve the vitality of inner... -
Take the Time to Connect and Say Yes
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 1 CommentAn email arrives from someone you don’t know and you go to open it. As you read through it you find out it is someone that was referred to you, found you on an alumni database or saw your profile on LinkedIn. They often give... -
Portland: myth, legend or reality?
Posted on September 8, 2011 | 1 CommentIn 2011, the InterCity Leadership Visit (ICLV) is celebrating its 10th anniversary. In early October the civic leadership of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, will travel to Portland. The Minneapolis Regional and Saint Paul Area Chambers of Commerce launched this initiative by traveling to Denver in... -
Leadership on a Stick
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsTiming is everything, and with the opening of the Minnesota State Fair, I’m the lucky Leadership and Community blogger who gets to use this kitsch. So how does one dazzle the masses with such innovation and finesse, encapsulating a whole meal of ideas into something...
