Trying to please everyone will grind your project to a halt. Use these strategies instead to build consent and get things done.
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One of the biggest barriers to implementation—in business, community, and nearly everywhere—is not understanding how to manage change. These strategies will help.
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One thing COVID hasn’t changed: Life rewards action. As community leaders and business leaders, we can’t allow ourselves to be paralyzed into inaction.
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Here are incremental steps communities have taken to get stronger—steps that create a lot of impact while being easy to replicate.
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Gleaned from a 100,000 mile journey into the heart of America, here are 8 principles the leaders and cities of America’s most successful towns swear by.
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The fates of cities and their small businesses are tied to one another. They also have a lot to learn from each other. Here are 7 “crossover truths” to keep in mind as you navigate the days, months, and years ahead.
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You absolutely have something to offer your town or city in a time of crisis. Here are 6 tips on thinking creatively about your unique contribution.
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Taking local action builds resilience and improves a community’s quality of life in deeply meaningful ways. This is never more evident than when disaster strikes.
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Community organizations have an indispensable role to play during a crisis. It starts with asking one deceptively simple question.
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Policing is a divisive subject. One expert’s balanced and thoughtful perspective points us to a better way.
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To make your community a magnet for people, talent, and new investments, make this a priority.
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When you want to change a community, you begin by changing your own behaviors. Here are 9 small (yet powerful) actions to get started.
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A program in Wisconsin demonstrates how small actions taken on the local level can have a huge financial and social impact on a community.
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Messaging shapes action, and action shapes communities. That’s why we need to get serious about talking about all that’s going right in our towns and cities.
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With more work going virtual, small towns and mid-sized cities have an opportunity to attract new residents. Here are 6 tips to help communities start attracting and retaining talent.
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Values-driven businesses have a key leadership role as communities move into the “next normal.” Here are eight things businesses and local communities can do to help get towns and cities back on their feet.
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The pandemic can make it feel like the work of building strong, thriving communities has been put on hold. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Use these two solutions to get unstuck.
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Here are 8 tips for local leaders to keep optimism high as you move your community forward.
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Our best hope for making longterm change is showing our children what strong cities look like. These family-friendly presentations—from Charles Montgomery, Jeff Speck, and others—can help.
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It’s only natural on a birthday to reflect on where we’ve been, where we are now, and what we want the future to look like. On America’s birthday, we should do the same. “Where do we go now?” We get to decide.
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