November 21, 2024, Question of Ethics Conversation Brought to You in Cooperation with the National Association for Court Management Copilot describes data literacy as understanding, interpreting, and using data effectively. It involves knowing how to read charts and graphs, understanding statistics, and being able to critically evaluate data sources for their reliability and relevance. Just … Continue reading Data Analytics: Data, Courts, and Ethics
Work Trends and the Future: How Will We Find Managers with the Skills of the Future?
September 17th Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Episode Brought to You in Cooperation with the National Association for Court Management The world-renowned technology advisory firm The Gartner Group has come out with its Nine Future Work Trends for 2024. These are trends that Gartner has said will reshape the future of work. They are driven by … Continue reading Work Trends and the Future: How Will We Find Managers with the Skills of the Future?
Court Leadership and Problem Solving – Issue #3, Mind Mapping
In this issue of court leadership and problem solving, the practice of mind mapping is covered.
Helping Your People Develop
Helping your staff to develop is an effective way to improve your organization (and yourself). Here is some timeless advice on how to make that happen.
Fulfilling the Public’s Trust: Innovative Practices
Innovative practices are a key component of a learning and growing organization, and as such is one of my fundamental professional values. This post is part of an ongoing series about those values.
Highlights of the 2024 NACM Midyear Conference (Virtually!)
Last month I virtually attended the 2024 Midyear Conference of the National Association for Court Management (NACM). The conference theme was “Leadership Opportunities and Challenges for our Nation’s Courts – Engaging a New and Diverse Workforce.” This was the third time I have used the livestream option to attend a NACM conference, and I highly … Continue reading Highlights of the 2024 NACM Midyear Conference (Virtually!)
AI in the Courts – 2024 (Part Two)
Part 2 of a detailed look at the status of Artificial Intelligence in the courts. What are current and future use cases? What issues need to be addressed? How can courts best prepare for AI?
The Human Side of Performance Metrics
In last month's blog post, Measuring DEI (Measuring DEI – Court Leader), I wrote that truly effective DEI efforts have a robust evaluation component to enable us to know whether our DEI efforts are successful. A key part of evaluation is a measurement framework. I had a recent discussion of the use of performance metrics … Continue reading The Human Side of Performance Metrics
Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023! Resolutions & Goals for the Coming Year
Happy new year! Making resolutions and setting goals are easy, but making them stick is hard. Here is a guide to making effective changes 2023.
Listening is a Fundamental Leadership Skill
Leadership depends to a great degree on communication skills. Fundamental to this is the ability to listen effectively. Here are tips on how to do so.
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