The Last Ten Years
Somebody at fifty-five holds more transferable understanding than they ever will again and has roughly a decade to move it. Almost nobody uses that decade for…
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Leadership Lessons
Practical leadership lessons from experienced Idahoans across the state's industries, institutions, and communities — guidance you can apply in your own work.
Bringing Somebody Home
The person considering a return at thirty-two is the highest-probability recruit a rural community has. Almost nothing is done to reach them, and what would work…
Read →Volunteers Doing Serious Work
Unpaid people perform work with real consequences across this state. Holding a standard without the instruments an employer has requires different methods, and most institutions use…
Read →The Closed Session
Executive session exists for a narrow set of purposes and drifts toward becoming the place where the real discussion happens. The drift is gradual, well-intentioned, and…
Read →The Year There Is Not Enough
A curtailment year is the test every ordinary year has been preparing for. What a board can do in it is narrow, and almost all of…
Read →When the Firm Has to Say No
A visible firm is asked for something most weeks. Saying yes to everything is unsustainable and saying no badly costs standing, so the useful thing is…
Read →Being the Vote Against
Losing a vote well is a distinct skill. A member who handles the minority position badly forfeits their influence on everything that follows, and the damage…
Read →The Person Nobody Nominates
Identification systems reward visibility, and a substantial share of capability is held by people who do not generate any. The correction requires looking somewhere other than…
Read →Inheriting an Institution
You arrive holding the authority and none of the understanding. The first year determines whether you acquire it, and the instinct that got you the position…
Read →The Member Who Deals Elsewhere
A cooperative competes for the business of the people who own it. Appeals to loyalty are the wrong instrument, and they signal that the institution has…
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