Energizing Your Workspace
Published in the August 2025 Issue of Northwest Public Power Administration (NWPPA) Newsletter: "Leadership and You: Energize Your Workspace"
The most effective leaders, with or without authority, energize their workplace by creating an environment where people thrive individually and collectively, personally and professionally. Positive leaders use the best in themselves and bring out the best in others to energize their workplace, resulting in increased engagement, productivity, retention, and profitability.
Managing Differences in the Workspace
All employees are different. They may have different races, ethnicities, and/or genders. And certainly they will have different personalities, experiences, talents, strengths, and challenges. "Managing Differences in the Workspace" by Jo Smith is featured on pages 24 to 25 in the November 2023 Issue of the NWPPA Newsletter. The article addresses how effective leaders manage these differences.
Successful Delegation: Why It Matters and How To Do It
Successful Delegation: Why it matters and How To Do It by Jo Smith is featured in the Winter edition of Legal Management News on page 35. You can see the article here, as well. Enjoy!
Is Your Firm's Leadership Model Sustainable
An article by Jo Smith, Is Your Firm's Leadership Model Sustainable, is featured in the Winter 2011 edition of Legal Management News on page 28. You can see the article here, as well. Enjoy!
Talk to (Really) Be Heard
Talk to (Really) Be Heard, an article by Jo Smith, is featured in the Summer edition of Legal Management News. on page 16. You can see the article here, as well. Enjoy!
Secretarial Teams: A Winning Solution
Secretarial Teams: A Winning Solution, an article by Jo Smith is featured in the Summer 2013 Edition of Legal Management News. on page 34. You can see this article here, as well. Enjoy!
Engage Your Employees for Better Performance
This article by Jo Smith, Engage Your Employees for Better Performance, is featured in the April 2023 edition of NWPPA Bulletin on page 22 to 23. You can also see this article here. Enjoy!
Advancing Womens Careers: Whose Job Is It Anyway?
This article by Jo Smith, Advancing Womens Careers - Whose Job Is It Anyway, is featured in the Fall 2014 edition of Legal Management News on page 13.
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Essential Attributes of Successful Managing Partners
Selecting a successor to your managing partner is a tricky business. What key abilities should you seek? When managing partners from divrse firms were recently asked what it takes to be successful in their roles, two themes quickly emerged . . . (as published in Law Practice, December 2007)