"Leadership Reading to Start Your Week" will point you to articles on leadership, management, women in local government, career stage advice, and more.

SUPERVISORS SHOULD MANAGE CONSEQUENCES, NOT DISCIPLINE

From Govloop, written by Chuck Bayne

"One of the critical responsibilities that rests on the shoulders of supervisors is employee discipline. Many times discipline is viewed as something negative hence it tends to be avoided — which just causes more problems. One way to address this issue is to change mindset and terminology about discipline and instead focus on the concept of managing consequences."
 

Why Performance Pay Is Just the Beginning

From Governing, written by Charles Chieppo

"While some of the Indiana employees who will receive raises are unionized, collective bargaining agreements often make it difficult to expand pay for performance to union employees. Instead of mandating that each worker is treated the same, collective-bargaining agreements could specify annual increases for the bargaining unit as a whole but give managers the flexibility to allocate individual raises based on merit." 
 

FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS

From PM, Written by Jeff Davidson

"In 2011, a survey by U.S. technology research firm Basex revealed that interruptions account for 28 percent of the typical career professional’s workday. On average, employees typically get only 11 minutes to focus on any one task before they encounter another interruption. Then, on average, another 25 minutes are consumed before returning to the original task or project, if it happens at all on that day."

The Missing Ingredient To Achieving Your Goals

from Forbes magazine, written by Kevin Kruse

"In a new book, The Art of Persistence, author Michal Stawicki shares his personal journey from “Average Joe” to “Mr. Consistency” as he teaches you how to stop breaking promises to yourself."

How to avoid sabotaging yourself in 2016

From MichaelHyatt.com

"If you’re setting resolutions for 2016, there are at least ten ways you might be sabotaging your own success."