“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw September 5th, 2022 By: Adam Luecking My oldest son Connor started sixth grade in the midst of COVID-19. Not only did Connor have to make the normal adjustments a child has to make when transitioning from elementary [...]
Last updated: 1/31/22 The State of Remote Learning and Work It’s no secret that remote work has changed our personal and professional lives. Fundamentally, working and learning remotely offers more flexibility in how we "get the job done". Focusing less on the "means of work" (location, office layout, hours, preferred work methodologies, proximity to [...]
This blog is the first in a two-part series. You can read the next part by clicking the button at the bottom of the page. This blog is based on content from "Accountability in Racial Equity: Measuring Culture Change," a webinar hosted by Portland Means Progress and facilitated by Serilda Summers-McGee of Workplace Change. [...]
Calling all Results-Based Accountability and public sector leaders – you’re not going to want to miss this new book by Raj Chawla of the OCL Group! Choose Results! – by Raj Chawla – is a deeply considered call to action to leaders committed to improving people's wellbeing. Grounded in the fields of action learning, collaborative [...]
We're excited to share with you a new book by our colleague and former Baltimore budget director, Andrew Kleine. The book is titled City on the Line: How Baltimore Transformed its Budget to Beat the Great Recession and Deliver Outcomes. You can purchase it now on Amazon. Baltimore has received national recognition for inventing CitiStat—an office that uses [...]
Written by: Maya Romic, Capacity Building Consultant, Clear Impact Australia People often ask me if I enjoy what I do. I say that even though I love it, it can be frustrating. I’ll explain why. […]
Being in a leadership role has its challenges. In the current climate, leading for change in communities requires specific skills and attributes in order to drive that change. In other words, trying hard is just not good enough anymore! For example, my homeland of Australia is in a time of dissatisfaction [...]
If you are a client or regular reader of this blog, you may already know some of the organizational values Clear Impact embodies. For one, the name of our company itself, “Results Leadership,” represents our commitment to fostering the the capacity of individuals at any level within an organization, partnership or collaboration to produce measurable [...]
Donna Stark Donna Stark—Vice President of Talent and Leadership at the Annie E. Casey Foundation—recently refocused the leadership-development lens on defining results, in a piece published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In this case, defining results means “stating clearly what success looks like” so that leaders can more easily collaborate their efforts [...]
David Burnby of Burnby and Associates—an Outcomes-Based Accountability™ (OBA) consulting firm based in Hull, England—has recently offered his take on the usefulness of OBA as an effective leadership tool in the United Kingdom. Although written more than a year ago, David’s words remain current, as effective leadership continues to be of concern around the world. [...]
