Leading in Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Environments (VUCA)
February 9, 2026
Here’s the thing. In a VUCA world, the real challenge is not time management. It is attention management.
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How to Lead by Design with Strategic Planning
February 3, 2026
The start of a new year often brings both hope and overwhelm. This blog reflects on how leaders can stay grounded in times of change by clarifying identity, anchoring in purpose, and treating strategy as a living discipline.
Implementing Strategic Planning from the Top
January 6, 2026
For some, a strategic plan is simply a thought exercise, a binder or slide deck that is reviewed and then abandoned. But what if a strategic plan had life? What if strategic planning were everyone’s responsibility?
How Leaders Can Build Feedback Skills
December 16, 2025
Giving feedback is one of the most challenging leadership skills in the criminal and legal justice system. This post shares practical insights from ACJI’s Nov. 2025 Learn@Work LIVE webinar to help leaders build feedback skills that strengthen trust and performance.
ACJI Survey Reveals Big Gains from Executive Coaching in Justice Field
November 10, 2025
Executive coaching is transforming how justice leaders lead. By building emotional intelligence and self-awareness, coaching strengthens decision-making, team trust, and resilience across the system.
Part 3: How to Recognize Psychological Safety in Action
October 13, 2025
Psychological safety isn’t abstract. It shows up in everyday actions like admitting mistakes, asking for help, and respectfully disagreeing. When leaders and teams embrace these green flags, they create cultures where trust fuels innovation, resilience, and real change.
Part 2: Pseudo-Silence is the Quiet Enemy of Culture Change and Psychological Safety
September 12, 2025
Silence is not always agreement. Sometimes it is pseudo silence, when people hold back their real thoughts because they do not feel safe. Leaders may mistake this quiet for buy in, but it hides resistance, erodes trust, and prevents meaningful change. Breaking pseudo silence requires courage, structure, and a commitment to rewarding truth telling so culture change can move from pretending to progressing.
Part 1: What Psychological Safety Really Means
September 11, 2025
Psychological safety is not about being nice, it is about being real. At ACJI, we see it as the balance of belonging and autonomy that helps organizations unlock honesty, resilience, and lasting culture change.
What I Always Wanted to Know About Culture Change
August 29, 2025
Organizational culture is the hidden force that makes or breaks reform, and without the right patterns of behavior, mindset, and meaning even the best strategies fail. This article explores what culture really is, why it matters, and how leaders can intentionally shape it with ACJI’s new IDEATE Organizational Culture Academy offering practical tools to turn culture talk into culture action.