This group talked about the future and felt these things were important for managers to recognize, address, and do:

Vision/Mission
Planning
Motivation
Delegation
Build in accountability
Update skills
Implementing
Assess work processes
Think in terms of systems
Heighten communication
Provide training
Provide feedback
Support learning
Build reorganizing/change skills
Providing technical support
Spot and reducing inefficiencies
Build in quality
Empower by involving others and increasing ownership
 

An organization consists of living beings, not positions, so to provide transformational leadership, organizations must embrace the concepts of honesty, trust, special treatment, and courage (James Autry in his book Love and Profit, The Art Of Caring Leadership.)
 

Some of the thoughts of this group concerning leadership are:

Be aware of employee needs.
Be proactive in recognizing employee needs.
Know that power comes not only from your organization but also from other people in that organization.
Trust your employees.
Intimidation is not power.
Manage for the best within us.
Remember that there are no secrets.
Life is short, enjoy your work and have fun.
Be upfront and honest.
Trust encourages a good working environment.
Create a place of ownership where people can share success.
As leaders, we should support a positive culture.
Work on an environment that supports communication without fear.
Don't confront a group about problems created by one individual.
 

Please submit your CPM outside requirement work on "work process improvement" to the Davis Award
Panel.  You can find a nomination form on the web page: http://www.floridataxwatch.org/

Don't Forget to visit the CPM Web Page for our schedule:  http://www.fsu.edu/~cpm/
Visit Sterling's webpage to see how other organizations improve: http://www.floridasterling.com/

Don't forget to read Improvement Driven Government and to write the application.  Also, look at the comp Exam and begin that process also.  I hope to hear from you again soon.  Send me an E-mail.