Here are several articles on leadership topics pulled from various local government resources to start off your work week. "Leadership Reading to Start Your Week" will point you to articles on leadership, management, women in local government, career stage advice, and more.

The ikea effect on engagement

From govloop, written by richard regan

"The do-it-yourself market that IKEA has perfected is grounded in meaning and purpose. We take more ownership in something we know that we have created. The more time and energy we put into a project the more identity we have with the experience and its outcomes."

3 ways to make millennials manager material

From government executive, written by donna wells

"A recent Deloitte study reveals that just 24 percent of millennials feel as though their formal education has prepared them for leadership in the workplace." 

13 ways you can grow as a leader in 2016

From smartblog on leadership, Written by dan mccarthy

"We’ll start with 10 goals. Don’t get too ambitious, just pick one or two, or maybe these will inspire you to come up with something better of your own. Then, make sure you include the three “goal boosters” at the end."

I Interviewed the Most Successful People Alive—Here’s What I Learned

from fortune magazine, written by Gillian Zoe Segal

"For my new book, Getting There: A Book of Mentors, I spent 5 years interviewing some of the most successful people alive (Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Anderson Cooper, Sara Blakely, Jeff Koons, Kathy Ireland, Les Moonves, to name a few). Here are the 7 things they all have in common..."

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