How to Drive Solutions, Not Just Identify Problems
To grow in their careers, leaders must highlight solutions, not simply identify problems, when communicating with their own superiors. Learn three tips for such solution-focused engagement.
Turn Comply-to-Connect Mandate Into Broader Security Advantage
The Defense Department’s Comply-to-Connect, or C2C, program will play a critical role in improving the security of defense networks in the years ahead. The goal is to create an automated process for verifying that every endpoint device is authorized and meets critical security requirements before allowing it to access the network — and ensure itRead… Read more »
Collaborative Governance Sounds Great on Paper
Collaborative governance isn’t easy. Priorities often conflict. What matters is building enough trust to disagree without walking away.
When Leadership Feels Lonely: Supporting Yourself as a New Supervisor
Stepping into leadership can be isolating, especially for new supervisors. Learning how to support yourself is essential to leading others well.
Growth Is a Choice, Not a Promotion
Professional growth does not begin with a promotion. It begins with a personal commitment to learning, development and continuous improvement.
Decision Velocity: The New Measure of Government Performance
In an increasingly complex environment, the speed of decision-making directly affects mission success. Leaders must learn to make better decisions, faster.
Listening as a Leadership Skill: Strengthening Constituent Engagement in Government
In government, listening is more than courtesy — it’s a leadership skill. When leaders truly listen, constituent engagement becomes more meaningful, responsive, and effective.
The Leadership Vacuum in Government: Why Technology Is Advancing Faster Than Leadership Capability
Government agencies are investing billions in modernization, AI, cybersecurity and other technology, but often continue struggling to execute, innovate and engage their workforces. The underlying challenge is not a technology gap: It’s a leadership gap, and it’s one of the most significant risks facing agencies today. Explore what executives must do now to build the… Read more »
From Digital to Intelligent: The Next Phase of Government Modernization
For years, government modernization has focused on digitization and automation, but a new phase is taking shape. It’s called intelligent modernization. A Featured Contributor explains what it means, why it’s important and what lies ahead.
Virtual Learning Fatigue Is Real — But Not Inevitable
In government, virtual learning has become an essential part of workforce development, but such trainings require more than attendance to be effective: They require employee engagement. Learn how to create virtual trainings designed for meaningful participation.
Stronger Cyber Defense: How to Close Common Security Gaps
In this video interview, Fadi Fadhil with Palo Alto discusses why agencies struggle to meaningfully reduce their cyber risk and how to overcome those challenges.
Making Sense of Disjointed Data: Improving Public Safety By Turning Data Into Action
In this video interview, Jason Truppi, CTO and Co-founder of ForceMetrics, explains that the issue isn’t always adding technology to collect more data.
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.