Local government and the management profession can be dominated by stories about crime, tragedy, and trauma. It’s important for media sources and publications—including this magazine—to tell the positive stories of management resilience, renewal, and recovery that are taking place around the world.

There are behaviors and practices that, through repetition and perseverance, can help leaders and anyone else develop a mindset that’s open to imaginative and better ideas

Public Management (PM) published 147 articles in print and online during calendar year 2015. I’ve selected 11 articles (I couldn’t pick just 10!) as my favorites for the year.

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Excuses take root in our lives because we allow ourselves to get caught up in the cycle of repeating them instead of taking control, breaking bad habits, and building self-esteem.

In this post, we interviewed Amy J.P. McEwan, deputy county administrator of Lake County, Illinois.