Data Visualization: Make Them See What You’re Saying
Data-driven decision-making improves effectiveness and efficiency, increases transparency, and enables agencies to be more proactive. But raw data alone rarely inspires action.
How to Lead With Emotional Intelligence When Everything Feels Urgent
In high-stakes leadership, urgency is constant, but emotional intelligence helps you respond with clarity, not chaos, and lead with impact.
Agentic AI: A Quick Look Under the Covers
Agentic AI is actually a complex system of AI agents. Here’s insight into what that means, how agentic AI differs from other types of artificial intelligence, and what different types of AI agents do.
Hiring Smarter Under Constraints: How Federal People Leaders Can Build Strategic Teams Amid a Freeze
Investing in your people — through training, mentoring, and innovative team-building — is always important, even during a hiring freeze. Here’s how to equip your team with the skills it needs.
Building a Better Meeting
Learn seven steps to construct effective meetings that will engage your participants and yield better outcomes.
How to AMP Up Your Resilience
Being resilient can get us through difficult times, if we approach resiliency opportunities with authenticity, a fresh mindset, and purpose. Learn how to stay strong when circumstances are challenging.
Navigating Workplace Dynamics at Your Agency
Every agency’s workplace is dynamic. It’s unique to your organization’s values, processes, and, most importantly, personalities and perspectives. Navigating these internal dynamics can be tricky and downright stressful, but as a supervisor, it’s critical for you to lead your team effectively without succumbing to conflict or confrontation. Here are three quick key takeaways from thisRead… Read more »
August Online Training Is Now Available
The dog days of summer are here, and the heat can leave you feeling sluggish and unmotivated. It’s time to renew your passion for public service with August’s new online trainings! We’re covering a whole slew of topics relevant for gov employees. Starting out the month with future-proofing your data and closing it withRead… Read more »
Free and Open Source Software Is COTS: Affordable, Efficient, and Proven
Government is prioritizing technology solutions that encourage speed, savings and innovation. Open source software — a type of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution — aligns perfectly with that approach.
How to Write a Condolence for a Coworker
Writing a condolence to a colleague who has lost a loved one isn’t easy, but if your message of condolence is sincere, it will provide genuine comfort.
The Curiosity Advantage: 6 Ways to Transform Your Communication
Discover six practical ways to build curiosity and improve your communication. Learn how asking better questions can deepen connection.
Noticing Is the New Knowing
Great leaders don’t just know more—they notice more. This article reframes awareness as a leadership skill for the AI age.
Automation: Giving Agencies an Edge in Workforce Management
One often-overlooked challenge that complicates workforce management is the issue of employees being overworked and disengaged. But this is a problem agencies can address.
How to Goal Set for Success
During the January New Supervisors Community of Practice session, guest speaker Dr. Gerome Q. Banks spoke on how to set goals successfully this year.
Leveraging a Data-Driven Talent Strategy
In the latest Management Minutes With Mika, let’s learn how data and automation can help your team better themselves.