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One of Bob’s major tenets in life is to never stop learning because continual learning will help lead to success in both your personal and professional life.

Special Projects

From serving as a Director on several boards for foundations and businesses to supporting our veterans and working with those in need, Bob takes tremendous pride helping to make our communities better.

Corporate Leadership

Bob has a depth of corporate leadership experience that few ever achieve. Learn the principles that have made him a success in both business and government sectors how those principles can be applied to your personal and professional life.

Emphasizing Stewardship in Government

Government Matters recently hosted a podcast by Robert McDonald that covered principles for developing sustainable leadership in positions in the federal government. Such as: Steps leaders can take to build more leaders Including transparency in leadership and by those in leadership The self-awareness of public sector leaders Have a belief system and be in touch […]

Leadership In Government Matters More Now Than Ever

As COVID-19 spreads around the globe and throughout the United States, effective government leadership matters more than ever. You can read more about this critical need in a new article, published today, in the Harvard Business Review: A Nonpartisan Model for Developing Public Service Leaders, by myself, Doug Conant, and Andrew Marshall. The article introduces a […]

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Panel

I recently had the pleasure of conducting interviews (via Zoom) for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation which identifies young people at an important inflection point in their development—when they are college juniors—and recognizes and rewards their commitments to devote themselves to public service. Selection Criterion and Process The selection criteria for the Truman Scholarship […]