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Strong Executive Branch Leadership Crucial for Policy Implementation

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Dwight Ink

A president is elected every four years, but he or she does not run the government alone. Thousands of political appointments must be made to establish the White House's leadership of the executive branch. More »

Executive Onboarding: How to Hit the Ground Running

Cheryl Ndunguru

Executive onboarding is critical to an executive’s individual performance and to organizational performance. Where large-scale change is not feasible, establish a process within an organization’s unit, group, or team. The best onboarding strategies provide a... More »

Great Leaders Connect With the People They Lead

Michael Lee Stallard

Every organization’s success requires employees who are engaged. Research consistently shows that 75 percent of employees in organizations are not engaged and not giving their best efforts at work. This is true because in most organizations approximately 25 percen... More »

Can Leaders Keep Their Cool While Feeling the Heat

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Patrick S. Malone

“Those who live the life know that government leaders live in a fishbowl, as if whatever they do could be broadcast around the world. National service requires a level of openness unheard of by leaders in for-profit organizations and even nonprofit enterprises,&rd... More »

How Federal Executives Build Successful Long-Term Organizations

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Paul R. Lawrence

What do executives do? How do they spend their time? What do they leave behind after their tenure? To answer these questions, we interviewed 24 top political executives in the Obama Administration during their first two years in office. Beginning in 2009, we interviewed... More »