No matter what type of organization you are engaged with, private, public, utility, non-profit and so on, leaders will be the defining element in why a non-profit or for-profit is successful or not. I regularly participate on Linked-in blogs on topics that speak to utility management, subject matter experts, infrastructure asset management, change management, organizational … Continue reading
The recent AWWA/WEF Joint Utility Management Conference held in Miami, FL, spoke to the importance of developing and supporting the leadership team of public and independent utility agencies. Ed Ruggero, Leadership Academy, was the keynote speaker and provided a very real comparison of leadership in battle during WWII to the leadership capabilities of utility managers … Continue reading
I found an article by Bob O’Neil, Executive Director of the International City/County Management Association, to be a window to a new era for management and spoke directly to my own understanding of how much government management needs to change. He wrote an article back in September of 2011 on “A New Model For Management” … Continue reading
Governor Chris Christie stated in a recent article in the Trenton Times that collective bargaining and civil service systems are an anachronism from the past that no longer works in the new economic paradigm, and in particular, today’s government. Being objective, and having managed an independent utility authority without either system and having served as … Continue reading
Many organizations looking to become better at managing their capital infrastructure assets that also offers a chance to integrate new efficiency and cost saving measures into the way the organization conducts business, can be difficult to communicate, start and visualize. Capital prioritization allows decisions on where to invest limited financial resources in assets or infrastructure projects which … Continue reading