By William Wiley, July 21, 2021 By now you probably have heard that the White House finally has nominated two individuals to be Board members over at the US Merit Systems Protection Board. After more than four years of the civil service having no oversight agency to...
By Deborah Hopkins, July 21, 2021 The question in this article’s title has come up a few times over the last several weeks, particularly during our flagship UnCivil Servant training classes. We’ll give you the short answer, and then the longer answer. Short answer:...
By Scott Boehm (with Ann Boehm), July 21, 2021 I hope you have spent the past month reflecting on leadership. This month, we want you to focus on four leadership tenets (integrity, accountability, empathy, and humility). And we are going to have you test your own...
By Dan Gephart, July 21, 2021 Residents from our cozy colonial-era town of Haddonfield, NJ, returned in droves to this year’s July 4 parade. (Last year’s parade was canceled due to COVID.) The streets were packed with enthusiastic and smiling (no masks!) residents,...
By Meghan Droste, July 21, 2021 Repetition can be a good thing. That’s why practice makes perfect, and you measure twice before cutting once. We repeat things to make sure we get them right. But repetition isn’t always a good thing. Sometimes, it means that we’re...
By Michael Rhoads, July 21, 2021 When I was a Rotary foreign exchange student in Argentina, the hardest thing this Yankee with two left feet did was learn the basic step of the tango – an intimate and graceful dance once mastered. The key to dancing the tango well is...
Course Description Discovery is a critical and effective part of any litigation – when conducted properly. Annoying and abusive discovery techniques could have negative consequences, and possibly even lead to sanctions. From disrespect and profanity[...]