Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic servicePublic Servant Resolutions for 2015As you read through this collection of possible public servant resolutions for 2015, find the 2 or 3 that resonate with you.Jan 9, 2015Jan 9, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceWhere do you spend your time?In 2006 Sir Gus O’Donald (former head of the UK Civil Service) challenged his top leadership with a simple question: Where do you spend…Jan 8, 2015Jan 8, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceMeeting the needs of citizens and the communityI read a really interesting article on client service entitled “What happens when you really meet people’s needs” by Tony Schwartz on the…Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceTake 10 Challenge: make and keep an appointment with yourself to thinkWe hear a lot about the need for public servants to innovate and to collaborate. However, how do we find the time to do this? The reality…Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceGot a good idea? Feed it to the LionsJohn Kotter in his article entitled “Need Buy-In? Invite the Lions in” has some good advice about protecting your good idea.Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterOh God, I left the iron on!“I have no other thoughts when I sing. I’m not there in the middle of the song, going, ‘Oh God, I left the iron on” — Jazz singer Diana…Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceWhat are the Brown M&Ms for the Public Service?Dan Heath and Chip Heath have drawn inspiration from some interesting sources in their article “Business advice from Van Halen” published…Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceA Gift of Service: Just 4 hoursChristmas Cards. Most of us this time of year are either sending or receiving them or both. They come and go in different forms, from the…Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceVolunteer and let them see us volunteerI am a volunteer. I have sold raffle tickets, cooked sausages, coordinated parking, been a stagehand and I have had the chance to volunteer…Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015
Jason SchoolmeesterinPublic serviceA perfect time to say thank youI was sitting down to a drink yesterday afternoon with two friends (they would hate me using the word mentors, but they are both friends…Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2015