Joe’s Leadership Blog

Execupundit looks for a real discussion on racism. I agree that while white America is far more accepting than in the past, black America sees much discrimination that is no longer front page news. They do not have proportional representation in college, business or politics. This isn’t something that the average white American notices and [...]

While compensation is usually not on top of survey results on why people choose or remain in jobs, it is usually in the top 3. Our organization has worked hard to professionalize our staff and raise salaries (not always as fast as our staff would like, but we have made strides). You do get [...]

Execupundit looks for a real discussion on racism. I agree that while white America is far more accepting than in the past, black America sees much discrimination that is no longer front page news. They do not have proportional representation in college, business or politics. This isn’t something that the average white American notices and [...]

Black Gives Back on the drop out crisis. This is a major problem and is a focus for Boys & Girls Clubs of America.  We will be looking to make this a major focus in the fall.  Anyone who can contribute good stats on the topic would be appreciated.

E-learning has info on how online learning [...]

Seth Godin on Managing Urgencies.  He talks about how we can spend so much time putting out fires that we don’t get to our goals.  His advice?
 

I guess the trick is to make the long term items even more urgent than today’s emergencies. Break them into steps and give them deadlines. Measure your people on [...]

 The Optimized Executive offers advice on trying to Make Healthy Choices at the Vending Machine.  Many in the non-profit world work late and skip dinner, particularly those who work with teens and stay open until 9:00 p.m. or later.  I know that early in my career, there were many nights when a snickers and a [...]

Deborah Elizabeth Finn has 10 Things Every Non-Profit Executive Needs to Know.  I think that points 8 & 9 are most important and most non-profit leaders would agree with it-at least once it is pointed out to them.
 
8. In the long run, IT training and support will make up about 70% of your IT budget. [...]

I needed this info when I was in High School. I have always been a night owl and often did papers at the last second.  Of course, I was happy when my folks got a computer when I was a senior and had no clue about the internet until my 3rd job post college. I would [...]

Patrick Lencioni’s Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business takes a new look at how organizations should look at meetings.  Most of us dread meetings, but meetings are where many important decisions are made.   If they are boring, it means we are talking about the wrong things or have [...]

Three Star Leadership has a great post up asking What Do You Do With the Rest of Your Leaders?  One of the leadership groups really hit home for me.  I’ve seen this in many Youth Development organizations and lived through the lack of supervisory skills training.  .
 
“Sergeants need training in the skills they need for [...]