Recommended Reading

Books worth reading for court administrators, judicial educators, and justice system innovators.

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Recoding America
Jennifer Pahlka

An examination of why government technology initiatives fail and what it takes to make them work, with lessons applicable to court modernization efforts.

Hack Your Bureaucracy
Marina Nitze & Nick Sinai

Practical strategies for getting things done inside large institutions, with frameworks applicable to court administrators navigating organizational change.

Reports & Guides

Free downloadable reports and program guides from Harvard's Program on Negotiation, covering negotiation, leadership, conflict management, and mediation.

The 11th edition of Gallup's landmark meta-analysis linking employee engagement to 11 business and work-unit performance outcomes, drawing on decades of data from more than 180,000 teams.

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