Russ Linden

Recent Articles

• Boosting Your Team’s Effectiveness
• Sep 9, 2010
• No doubt you’ve heard the phrase, “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team.’” Here’s an approach for dealing with those who insist on putting an “I” in “team.”
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• Major Change, Fast Results
• Jun 23, 2010
• Changing the culture of an organization doesn't have to take a decade.
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• Change Doesn't Have to Take a Decade
• Jun 23, 2010
• Russ Linden on bringing about major change in a short amount of time.

• The Power of a Collaborative Mindset
• Apr 7, 2010
• After Hurricane Katrina, it was collaborative leadership that returned order to New Orleans and improved rescue and recovery efforts.
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• Transparency Breeds Self-Correcting Behavior
• Jan 13, 2010
• The more an agency can make information transparent, the more it will breed change into an organization.
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• Story Power
• Oct 14, 2009
• Don't underestimate the strength of a good one to persuade people and move them to action.

• The Experience Strategy
• Aug 5, 2009
• Before selling a solution, a leader needs to "sell the problem." That's best done when managers themselves experience what's wrong.
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• Getting Stuck on the Escalator
• May 20, 2009
• 'Learned helplessness' can be a powerful drag on an organization's performance. But there are ways to combat it.
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• The Promise of the Millennial Generation
• Feb 18, 2009
• Millennials may be problematic, but consider their potential for radically improving government.
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• The Power of Resilience
• Oct 29, 2008
• Individuals need it. So do organizations.

• When Adults Act like Children
• Jul 16, 2008
• It's up to an organization's leaders to create a culture that fosters collaboration, writes Russ Linden.
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• What'll It Cost Me?
• Apr 9, 2008
• When public employees ask the question "what is in it for me," they are evaluating what the change requires from them. Russ Linden provides insights in to how to manage the process of change.

• Success is a Lousy Teacher
• Jan 2, 2008
• What worked in the business world, writes Russ Linden, doesn't always work in the public sector.

• Forming Relationships Before They're Needed
• Aug 29, 2007
• As one emergency management veteran puts it, "you don't want to start forming relationships when you're standing in the rubble."

• A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
• May 23, 2007
• With a little planning and a lot of commitment, writes Russ Linden, a crisis can produce significant changes in the status quo.