Hal’s Blog- The word “standards” sounds great. We all want people whose standards are high. The real question is whether the standards forecast the desired outcomes.
Hal’s Blog- My longtime friend and thought partner, Arthur Webb has just published a book about public policy in the field of intellectual and development disabilities (I/DD).
Hal’s blog- “…products stay at rest because they are internally defined by what they are, not the motion to put them to use. People stay at rest not because they don’t want to do better but that they lack clear steps forward…”
Hal’s blog-I once worked with a Connecticut foundation whose grantee ran an afterschool program for struggling middle school students. We had been provided a list of students who did significantly better in school during the year they attended this program.
Hal’s Blog- “…Sustainability is not about us. It is about participants and their motivation and support to keep the gains they made.”
Hal’s Blog- ….Understand the role of key people and how difficult they are to scale. Design for what you will get….
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In Results1st we often speak of trying things at a small scale and building on what works. Some ideas, however, need a significant critical mass even for the first application. My partner Robyn Faucy illustrated that while CEO of Neuro Challenge, a multicounty leader for persons with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers.
Hal’s Blog- In 2016 I led an inquiry for NACHC (National Association of Community Health Centers) into just what defined and explained The Great Community Health Center.
Hal’s Blog – Interviews are close to worthless in selecting great people. Regardless of the question, the response favors the slick talker.
Hal’s Blog- This Wednesday Whimsey is about a person whose last name I do not know. The reason is that only her first name appeared on her name badge at the paint section of the Lowe’s Home Improvement Center in Bradenton, Florida.
Hal’s Blog -Over breakfast recently with a very smart foundation leader, John Annis, we discussed our shared interest in growing successful programs and organizations.
Hal’s Blog 12/22/2021
Did you happen to read Amor Towles bestselling and wonderful book, A Gentleman in Moscow? Towles has a new book out called the Lincoln Highway. I noted a number of passages I found both gentle and provocative. Here are four of them with what sticks with me from each.
