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Episode 347 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
Brought to you by Tyler Technologies
In local government, leaders are often judged by results. Balanced budgets. New development. Infrastructure projects. Economic growth.
But what if the real driver behind all of those outcomes isn’t strategy, policy, or even expertise?
What if it’s relationships?
Episode 346 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
Brought to you by Tyler Technologies
Every community faces pressure to solve today’s problems. Residents want housing. Businesses need infrastructure. Roads need repairs. Budgets need balancing. Elected officials face immediate concerns, and staff work tirelessly to deliver services people depend on every day.
But great local government leadership requires something more. It requires the ability to look beyond today’s demands and ask a difficult question:
What kind of community are we building for the future?
Reed Hastings built one of the most studied organizational cultures in the world, not by adding more rules, but by systematically removing them.
His book No Rules Rules, co-authored with INSEAD professor Erin Meyer, tells the story of how Netflix reinvented itself four times over by building a culture rooted in three principles: talent density, radical candor, and leading with context instead of control.
Episode 344 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
Brought to you by Tyler Technologies
What transforms an organization’s culture? Many leaders assume it’s a new strategic plan, a revised organizational chart, or a fresh set of values hanging on the wall.
Katelyn Zeits learned otherwise.
Episode 343 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
Brought to you by Tyler Technologies
Most leaders hope they never have to face a true crisis. Scottie Harris has spent his entire career preparing for one.
Most local government leaders assume their culture problems are a people problem. Wrong hire. Wrong fit. Wrong attitude.
Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor have spent two decades researching what actually drives human performance and what they found should reframe the way you think about every person on your team.
Episode 341 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Many veterans spend decades serving something bigger than themselves. Then one day, the uniform comes off. The mission changes. And the question becomes: What’s next?
Episode 340 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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What separates a decent workplace from a great one? For many local government leaders, that’s a current, pressing question.
In 2006, Eleven Madison Park was a forgettable restaurant in New York City. Decent food. Nothing special. By 2017, it had been named the best restaurant in the world.
The kitchen didn’t change. The location didn’t change. What changed was the philosophy of the leader running the front of the house and the culture he built around it.
Episode 338 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Most people don’t think much about county government. And if they think about libraries at all, they probably picture shelves of books and a quiet room with someone telling kids to whisper.
But this week’s conversation with Leonard Hernandez reminds us that both libraries and counties are doing far more than most people realize.
