Throughout my professional career  I have held a number of very senior management positions. I have always discouraged employees referring to me as their ”boss”.   I have preferred use of the term “colleagues” 0r “team members” regardless of where one is in the hierarchy.…

We all have had the experience of being difficult with others and of having to deal with difficult people ourselves.  The following are a few “tips” for dealing with difficult people. 1. Diffuse.  Immediately set a positive intention when dealing…

Is your municipality considering a “wind energy” initiative? Best practice documents and studies from the Canadian Wind Energy Association that can be helpful to municipalities and/or interested general public can be found here:             http://www.canwea.ca/municipalities/municipalities_bestpractices_e.php

The following outlines a series of six steps for sound municipal decision making. The COSEMA Approach, from which the model draws its life, is generations old. When applied in a municipal government setting, the principles will usually result in the…

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. -Lanston Hughes

As 2011 draws to a close I am reminded of the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi. His recorded sayings are filled with wisdom. One comes to mind  - “We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.”…

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. – Pamela Vaull Starr

“So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” – Christopher Reeve

The following is from a post by Ravi M. on the Recruiters Network which I believe has value being including on the MUNISOURCE Blog. Ravi writes: Everything has a purpose.  In this marvelous creation everything has its purpose. The smallest…

We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganization; and what…