Colleen Jollie, state tribal liaison : a story of transformational change
By: KING, Cheryl Simrell
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Contributor(s): BEEBY, Megan.
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ArticlePublisher: Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, nov./dez. 2008Public Administration Review - PAR 68, 6, p. 1142-1150Abstract: Collen Jollie is the state tribal liaison at the Washington State Department of Transportation. This administrative profile identifies Jollie's unique management style as a form of trnasformational public administration akin to the Coyote or "trickster" - styles introduced within indigenous mythic stories from across the globe. A trickster uses his or her wiles to disrupt, refuse, and dismantle common ways that are not working in order to creatively, and at times chaotically, to build new paths. Jollie's job as lead tribal liaison in practice transformed the state agency, the tribes, and the relationship between them, creating a culture of cooperation within a context of significant political and cultural differences. The authors show that, like the Coyote, who does what needs to be done through thoughtful, multiple, creative means, Jollie promotes change that, in turn, serves both the state and the tribes. Such an innovative collaborative process is never easy, and the outcomes are not always successful, but her work has forged win-win results.
Collen Jollie is the state tribal liaison at the Washington State Department of Transportation. This administrative profile identifies Jollie's unique management style as a form of trnasformational public administration akin to the Coyote or "trickster" - styles introduced within indigenous mythic stories from across the globe. A trickster uses his or her wiles to disrupt, refuse, and dismantle common ways that are not working in order to creatively, and at times chaotically, to build new paths. Jollie's job as lead tribal liaison in practice transformed the state agency, the tribes, and the relationship between them, creating a culture of cooperation within a context of significant political and cultural differences. The authors show that, like the Coyote, who does what needs to be done through thoughtful, multiple, creative means, Jollie promotes change that, in turn, serves both the state and the tribes. Such an innovative collaborative process is never easy, and the outcomes are not always successful, but her work has forged win-win results.
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