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Want more feedback?
Ask for it. And if you have trouble asking, now's your chance to get better at receiving feedback. The number one way to increase the amount of feedback in your organization is to develop a culture of ASKING for feedback. Many organizations invest in ... read more
That’s Just the Way We Roll
"That's just the way we roll." When people describe "the way" they roll in an organizational context, what do they mean? Is it the unwritten rules? The norms of behavior that are subtly and not so subtly enforced? This is culture, ... read more
Hector, I will miss you, compañero
Thursday night we lost a long-time friend and colleague, Hector Figueroa, who passed away unexpectedly at the young age of 57. Hector was the President of SEIU Local 32BJ representing janitors, doormen, and airport workers in NYC and across the ... read more
How to make change inevitable
We hear often that organizational change is a drag and takes a long time. We may even have experienced change that drawn out and painful, resulting in only modest moves. But then there are other times when change is energizing and ... read more
The 80% Equation: how the open shop turns the traditional union formula on its head
We shouldn't be surprised that an historic moment in the U.S. labor movement didn’t make much of a splash. It wasn’t even the biggest news coming out of the Supreme Court that day . The marches that followed focused on family separation and ... read more
Should I stay or should I go?
What will public sector union members do when they have a choice? #janus #openshop #letsgetready You’re at your cousin’s wedding reception and you are having an okay time. The cake has been cut and a few people are dancing. Some people leave ... read more
Distributed leadership gets support with the launch of a new coaching cohort
This year, a group of fifteen organizing leaders from economic and racial justice organizations across the country will launch the CIWO/APG Ignite Coaching Cohort on Distributed Leadership. The Coaching Cohort is a pilot program being sponsored by the Alvarez Porter Group and the ... read more
Can Public Employee Unions Save the Labor Movement?
Imagine this: hundreds and even thousands of conversations happening all over the country. People in pairs, small groups, big halls. Whispers growing into chatters growing into a cacophony of excitement and possibility. Listen as the talk leads to action which ... read more
Leading Movement Staff in Tumultuous Times
In moments of great threat and great possibility tensions can be heightened. The pressure to adapt to change, tighten belts and take effective action exacerbates issues that may have been dormant. If you are experiencing this just know it is part ... read more
Unstoppable, joyous, exhausted
Bob Lawson b. 1944 in Midland, Texas In 1966, Bob went to Chicago to work with JOIN (originally an SDS community organizing project building a multi-racial movement of the poor) and organized a group called Uptown Goodfellows and later they started an organization in Chicago called Rising ... read more