Too much people-pleasing can affect our sanity and wellbeing and doesn’t even really help us to advance our careers the way we think it does. Here’s how you can ditch your people-pleasing tendencies.
Managing projects is no small feat. Here are some “coles notes” or cliff notes to help you get started on your next project management endeavor.
The next to last – and what many believe is the most important phase of a citywide analytics project – is the development of an analytics solution. Here’s how you can build your analytics solution in order to solve problems.
Studies show that talking about work with co-workers when you’re outside of work creates stress. Here is a fun game to make everyone talk about something else. You never know what you may learn about your co-workers or what gems of information you’ll gain.
The art of storytelling is an essential skill. It helps sell your ideas faster. Here’s how you can harness the power of storytelling.
Appreciation has become a major buzzword in many workplaces. But leaders might be taking it too far. Learn how you can appropriately encourage appreciation.
It is one thing to say you want to take some classes. It’s another to actually do it. This is my experience being a 65-year-old college student.
A smart city is a municipality that uses information and communication tech to increase operational efficiency. Here’s how you can drive the evolution.
Problems come across our desks of all sizes and shapes. Some are easy to address and others are not. Here’s how you can tackle problem-solving.
Strategy must be regularly updated to reflect the changing dimensions of the world around us all. Here’s how you can create better strategy.
In a recent GovLoop online training, we learned the importance of cultural fit for employee retention as well as using AI to retain and recruit talent.
If you’re an elected leader, appointee or senior executive, this article will help you think strategically about data leadership.
There is a lot of focus on cultivating leadership. But leadership means much more than power and success. Learn how you can become a real leader.
Too much people-pleasing can affect our sanity and wellbeing and doesn’t even really help us to advance our careers the way we think it does. Here’s how you can ditch your people-pleasing tendencies.
We’ve all been to boring meetings. Some of us have probably led them. But there are ways to have better ones in the future, and we’ve got tips to help.
If you’re an elected leader, appointee or senior executive, this article will help you think strategically about data leadership.
There is a lot of focus on cultivating leadership. But leadership means much more than power and success. Learn how you can become a real leader.
If you made it to the top of the career ladder and you’re more nervous than excited, you’re not alone. To help you combat your self-doubt, we compiled a few tips from successful female leaders that will make you more confident in your leadership.
One of the key principles of design is positive ambiguity. Learn how it can be an enabler of government innovation.
In order to provide equal opportunity you have treat people differently because everyone is not the same. People are unique individuals.
The vast majority of us will have to diversify our skillset to compete and succeed in the modern workplace. Here are five creative ways to do that.
At this point, it’s widely understood that emerging technology is changing how government — and the world, for that matter — operates. Sometimes the advancements feel like a flood.
In last week’s First 5 post, we touched on three bad office habits that employees need to break. Just in case you didn’t see your worst habit on the list, here are a few more to think about.
It’s easy to see that we don’t have enough down time. Why is it that so many of us can’t seem to find the time to unwind?
Mental health in the workplace is an increasingly important topic. Mental illness can have devastating effects on productivity.
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