Posts By Megan Pleasant

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Make Your Org More CX-Savvy

While customer experience (CX) is critical to the success of your mission, agencies often encounter issues when CX is not integrated throughout the entire organization. Without a high-level, holistic approach, your agency may struggle to deliver a consistent level of service to its constituents. Here are a few key takeaways on why it’s mission-critical toRead… Read more »

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Fostering Creativity on Your Team

Successful teams usually share a few common traits: they’re goal-oriented, mission-focused, highly collaborative and productive. Unfortunately, creativity, a core part of high-functioning teams, often gets overlooked. If your team doesn’t value a creative mindset, you’re also missing out on effective problem-solving, innovation, ideation and brainstorming. In our most recent Supervisors in Government Community of PracticeRead… Read more »

Active Listening: What It Is & How to Do It

Are you listening to understand, or are you listening just to respond? Often, when we’re in conversation with our teams, we are more concerned with our responses than what is being communicated to us. You need to exercise active listening skills to be an effective, engaged supervisor. During the latest Supervisors in Government Community ofRead… Read more »

March Online Training Opportunities

Spring is on the way, and there’s no better time to let your career blossom with new professional development opportunities! From utilizing your data to boost constituent engagement to understanding the complexity of AI, there’s no shortage of online training this month. Check out the list of sessions below, and remember that by registering, you’llRead… Read more »

February Online Training Opportunities

Agency modernization, innovation through AI, managing new grants, and more – that’s what’s in store for February’s online training line-up.   Check out the list of available professional development sessions below, and don’t forget to register, even if you can’t make it the day of the training. We’ll send you a recording after the eventRead… Read more »