Nation's Cities - April 16, 2012

8 NATION’S CITIES WEEKLY

Trust, from page 4

estimate the power of sincerely
caring. It is the reason we trust
our mothers over salespeople
— we are skeptical regarding
whether the salesperson really
has our best interest in mind.
“Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you” is
not just an old saying, it is a
bottom-line truth. If followed,
it builds trust.
4. Character: Do what is
right over what is easy. Character
is a mix of two things. One is
integrity, which means being the
consistent across beliefs, words
and actions. The other is moral
character. It could be argued

Newsbriefs, from page 7

loging housing types, foreclosure data and inventories of commercial developments and other key information for the purpose of creating a data set that identifies specific and unique neighborhood characteristics.

Details: Sonji Jacobs, direc-
tor, mayor’s office of commu-
nications, at (404) 330-6558 or
sjdade@atlantaga.gov.
that Hitler had great integrity
but low moral character. Most
people know what is right. It
is doing what’s right that is the
difficult. We know we should
respond to that e-mail or stop
watching TV and exercise or
read to the kids. Take the high
road in every interaction.
5. Contribution: Few things
build trust quicker than actual
results. Be a contributor that
delivers real results!
6. Competency: Staying
fresh, relevant and capable
builds trust. The humble, teach-
able person keeps learning new
and better ways of doing things.
They stay current on ideas and
trends. According to one study,
the key competency of new
Newark Launches Jobs
Connect
To complement job creation
initiatives being implemented by
the city, its workforce develop-
ment agency, NewarkWORKS,
and Brick City Development
Corporation, Newark, N.J., has
launched Newark Jobs Connect,
a platform that will distribute
more than 35,000 available
openings across the digital land-
scape and match job seekers with
employers.
“By using Newark Jobs
MBAs is not a specific skill, but
rather the ability to learn amidst
chaos. Arrogance and a “been-
there-done-that” attitude keep
people from growing. There is
always more to learn, so make
a habit of reading, learning and
listening to fresh information.

David Horsager, M.A.,
C.S.P, is an author, entrepre-
neur, award-winning keynote
speaker and university professor
development and nearly 2 mil-
lion square feet of new or reno-
vated space. This investment will
create over 3,000 construction
jobs and 3,000 permanent jobs.
In the face of a global down-
turn, Mayor Booker has led the
City of Newark into the biggest
single year economic boom the
city has seen in decades,” added
Deputy Mayor for Economic
and Housing Development
Adam Zipkin.
The technology delivers rel-
evant job listings to job seek-
ers via their preferred medium
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who researches and speaks on
the bottom-line impact of trust.
His signature book, “The Trust
Edge,” has inspired leaders and
motivated teams toward greater
results across the U.S. and around
the world on four continents.
Details: The annual
Leadership Summit is NLC’s
premiere leadership develop-
ment program for local offi-
cials. Designed as a leadership
retreat, the summit provides
personal leadership develop-
ment that is focused on com-
munity perspectives. For
more information, contact the
Leadership Training Institute
at (202) 626-3170 or visit at
www.nlc.org.
— Facebook, Twitter, e-mail or
mobile.
The platform, called
TweetMyJobs, will also deliver
analytics to city officials. The
data will provide them with
hyper-local insights that can
help steer key strategic decisions
to foster future job growth and
enhance relations among gov-
ernment, employers and citizens.
Details: Director of
Communications Anne Torres
at (973) 733-6368 or torresa@
ci.newark.nj.us.
Register
online at
nlc.org