"Leadership Reading to Start Your Week" will point you to articles on leadership, management, women in local government, career stage advice, and more.

Do You Know How to Lead Your Leader?

From Govloop, written by Chuck Bayne

"Often we as government employees find ourselves working at the direction of appointed leaders who may have very limited knowledge of the actual job tasks or working elements of the agency. That does not mean that they are incapable or ineffective — they just have different responsibilities and thus must have different capabilities."
 

Can Your Team Really Trust You?

From Government Executive, written by David M. Dye

"Many times, leaders are reluctant to apologize because they fear they’ll be seen as incompetent or weak. This fear ignores one prominent fact: Your team already knows you’re not perfect." 
 

The Three Biggest Leadership ideas you need to know about in 2016

From INC.com, Written by Ilan Mochari

"Some principles of great leadership never change--but others do, in response to evolving technology and workforce demographics. Here are three timely leadership tenets to keep in mind for the new year."