Coaching Matters: Are You a DIY Manager Choking Growth and Development?

June 29, 2018
Administration, Communications, Human Resources, Newsletters for Municipalities, Team Building, Training

Good managers often have strong technical expertise and analytical skills. They love to jump into the details and resolve tough problems. Effective leaders resist the quick-fix, I-can-do-it-better-myself temptation. He or she knows such do-it-yourself projects reinforce the upward delegation cycle …

Communicating and Listening Non-Judgmentally: Tools for Dealing with Mental Health Issues in the Workplace

June 25, 2018
Administration, Communications, Environmental Services, Human Resources, Legal, Planning & Economic Development, Public Health/Long Term Care Homes, Public Works, Recreation, Security/Public Safety, Team Building, Training

I am finding as I train, coach and mediate that the issues in the workplace are becoming more complex. In recent events, some high profile individuals have come to the attention of the media as a result of their actions. …

Implementation of an Enterprise-wide Common Street Address Database for the City of Hamilton

June 15, 2018
Administration, Emergency Planning, Environmental Services, Fire, IT & Website Design, Newsletters for Municipalities, Planning & Economic Development, Public Works, Records and Information Management, Roads and Transportation, Security/Public Safety, Water & Sewer

Problem The City of Hamilton has many service delivery applications utilizing and storing resident addresses. For example, street addresses are solicited from the resident in a free form method and are never validated against a common address database.  Thus, the …