The Obama Management Agenda: Five Steps Toward Transformation

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Alan Balutis

In the Spring 2008 Special Issue of The Public Manager, nearly 20 current and former government executives, academicians, and private and nonprofit sector leaders outlined a management agenda for the incoming 44th President of t... More »

Building Leadership and Organizational Capability at Agilent

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Teresa Roche

When measurement matters, engineers, scientists, manufacturers, businesses, researchers, and government agencies rely on Agilent tools and solutions. From home entertainment to homeland security, from food safety to network reliability, and from communicating wirelessly... More »

A Matter of Transparency

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George Wolfe

According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, "transparency" denotes an individual or system that is "free from pretense or deceit and readily understood." And research from SUNY New Paltz (as communicated through the ASTD Benchmarking Forum), found that "business areas, i... More »

Leadership: From Above and Below

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Paul Flynn

Did you watch the polls during the primaries and leading up to the U.S. presidential election? Are you all polled out? I know I was, so I wasn't sure if I wanted to read a book by a couple of guys from Gallup based on polling research on leadership. On the other hand, i... More »

Trust: The Critical Factor in Leadership

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TPM Staff

The newspapers are riddled with stories of deceit and deception from leaders in both the commercial and government sectors. Leaders everywhere face the challenge of disenfranchised and ... More »