Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.
The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.
People feel overloaded, that politics has become kind of a public utility: hot- and cold-running politics any time of the day or night.
To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.
When leaders know how to lead great meetings, there's less time wasted and less frustration. We have more energy to do the work that matters, realize our full potential, and do great things.
Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness.
Individuals usually do a better job than the government.
Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
When elected officials and others contribute to a climate and culture that fosters hyper-partisanship, we've got to blow the whistle.
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