Leadership Under Stress – the Role of Resiliency

Let us consider leadership under stress. Resiliency can help us deal with stress. This article provides an insight on and summary of techniques to be resilient. Sometimes normal life is challenging and stressful. Court leadership has experienced extraordinary stress: ongoing leadership challenges, resource limitations, pressure for accountable, efficient, and stable operations, and now, COVID19. Some … Continue reading Leadership Under Stress – the Role of Resiliency

The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis?: Thursday, June 11, 2020 Episode

Budget Strategies: What Have We Learned from the Lockdown? About three weeks ago, May 14, 2020, the financial crisis was looming, but the details were still vague.  Since then several courts have been forced to begin budget cuts that have included layoffs and furloughs.  Yet even now all we can say about the national situation … Continue reading The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis?: Thursday, June 11, 2020 Episode

The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis?: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Episode

Courts and Protest! also Virtual Hearings: What Have We Learned After Three Months? The events that have transpired since late February of this year defy classification. A pandemic the likes of which this country has not seen since the 1918 Spanish fluUnemployment numbers that rival the 1929 Great DepressionNow protests and riots in dozens of … Continue reading The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis?: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Episode

These Times Call for Adaptive Leadership!

It’s hard to deny that our interest is captivated on how we in courts adjust to the Coronavirus challenges:  immediacy of operational changes, unfolding information, and an unknown and evolving nature of dealing with and creating a new work environment.  Do these sound familiar with regards to what courts and court staff are facing?  Courts, … Continue reading These Times Call for Adaptive Leadership!

The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 28, 2020 Episode

What Will the Courthouse of the Future Look Like? As more courts reopen many practical problems are emerging.  How to social distance in courthouses and courtrooms that are ill-equipped for this kind of crisis?  What kinds of traffic and crowd management tools are available?  What will courthouses look like ten or fifteen years from now? … Continue reading The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 28, 2020 Episode

The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 21, 2020 Episode

Court Leader Advantage Podcasts - Ready to Reopen: What You Should Be Thinking About Now Almost all states have reopened, yet the future is still uncertain as COVID cases continue to climb and a vaccine appears unlikely before 2021.  Courts are faced with an ever-growing array of challenges.  Keeping employees, judicial staffs, litigants, and attorneys … Continue reading The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 21, 2020 Episode

Court Leadership – the Competency of Leadership

This website is titled "courtleader." It is fitting, therefore, to examine a variety of aspects and competencies regarding court leadership.  We start by noting that the National Association for Court Management, NACM, has published what is known as Core Competencies that court leaders need to know and be able to do.  These competencies apply to … Continue reading Court Leadership – the Competency of Leadership

Courts and Covid-19: where are we, and where are we going? [part 2 of 2]

What will the future hold for the courts in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic? This post outlines the significant challenges and recommends what should be done. We can succeed by using Adaptive Leadership to create a new future reality that is people-centered, maximizes access, and increases personal safety. The new normal is one we create!