Month: June 2009
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Governor Haley Barbour in Iowa
The newly-named chairman of the Republican Governors Association pitched a message of inclusion to a crowd of party activists at a major summer event in Des Moines Thursday night, one of many preludes to the presidential campaign of 2012. More…
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Should Rhode Island Change Its Name?
Most people probably don’t know that the official name for what most of us think of as Rhode Island is actually “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.” In 2010 there will be a referendum on the ballot for the state’s voters to decide the matter unless the governor vetoes the measure that has been…
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How Do We Pay for Health Care?
There seem to be weekly snapshot pools on what people think of health care reform. A better tool, in my opinion, for guaging the public sentiment on this issue is a report prepared for the Kettering Foundation that was released June 19, 2009 at briefings in Washington, DC. The Stennis Institute held one of the forums last year for this…
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Jackson, Mississippi and its Web site Woes
If your city is going to get on the Web, it should do it right. The City of Jackson, Mississippi should either update its old Web site –http://city.jackson.ms.us/ – which is labeled as “The Official City of Jackson, MS” or close it down. It’s rather embarrassing for users to see a “send a getwell message…
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Overall Economic Performance of 100 Largest Metro Areas
The Brookings Institute recently released a report that tracks the overall performance of the 100 largest metro areas. Interesting to see the dispersion. The Jackson, Mississippi metro area landed the in Second 20 Tier. Very interesting report. Click here to get to the full report.
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Free Leadership Resource
There are hundreds of resources on the Internet on the subject of leadership. One that I find useful is Leadership Education and Development, Inc. It’s basically in the seminar and workshop business, but it does offer a free online magazine and a free e-newsletter that I have found useful. This month’s issue of the magazine…
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10 Most Common Failures of Unsuccesful Leaders
1. Lack energy and enthusiasm 2. Accept their own mediocre performance 3. Lack clear vision and direction 4. Have poor judgment 5. Don’t collaborate 6. Don’t follow the standards they set for others 7. Resist new ideas 8. Don’t learn from mistakes 9. Lack interpersonal skills 10. Fail to develop others Source: Harvard Business Review,…