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By Leisha DeHart-Davis, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Tope Olofintuyi, Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This blog was originally posted on the […]
How do you know if you’re biased? Are you a human being? Then the answer is an emphatic “Yes!” The truth is, we all are biased. Our brains are […]
An assistant city manager recently told me about her frustration with a team she had formed to work on a special project for the city. Their task was to develop […]
When I say mindfulness what comes to mind? If the image that immediately pops up is a “woo-woo bleeding heart” sitting cross-legged, alone on the mountain top, eyes closed, silently […]
Feedback received in a routine graduate course evaluation generated a process of reaction and curiosity in me recently, all of which led to an insight that will be useful in […]
As North Carolina’s demographics continue to change rapidly, local governments are increasingly giving attention to diversity and inclusion and making efforts to align their organizational cultures, values, and practices to […]
What professional paths do people take to become city or county managers? After all, most of our citizens are barely aware this position exists in our communities or that it […]
Just over a year ago, I was spending countless hours (or at least it seemed that way) on a research project with Dr. Maureen Berner for the School of Government. […]
Though women comprise more than half of the United States population, they are significantly underrepresented at all levels of government. Several studies aim to explain why, and all come to […]
As a teenager, my father told me “A wise person dreams at night and works during the day.” That was good advice 40 years ago, and it remains good advice […]