The Library of Congress’ Friendship-Based Model for Growth
While the Library of Congress offers resources for learners around the country, it has also been maintaining and creating new efforts to keep its workforce building their skills.
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From ‘Google, Foogle!’ to Digitally Skilled Employees
The director of human resources at a local public health department shared her stories around upskilling employees and pivoting to virtual trainings during COVID-19.
Name and Tame Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is a lot like Rumpelstiltskin — a little man that threatens you into submission until you name him. Here are some strategies to overcome imposter syndrome.
How Agencies Can Support Employee Learning Now and Later
If pandemic-induced telework has proven anything, it’s that civil servants can up their digital skills when they need to. They just need the right incentive and the right kind of agency support.
How to Have Difficult Conversations
Under extraordinary circumstances of stress, conflict at work is inevitable. Here are some strategies to navigate difficult conversations.
What Do You Do When You Don’t Have Data Unicorns?
A data unicorn is a mathematician, data scientist and storyteller — someone who is mathematically strong, technically learned and narratively inclined. It’s exceedingly rare to come across them.
NOAA Fisheries CIO: Tech Resilience Comes From Our People
In the midst of crises such as Hurricane Laura, police brutality and a global health pandemic, agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are especially attentive to building resilience.
A Lot You Believe About Leadership Is a Lie: Here Are 5 Truths
As all leaders do, Dr. Brandi Baldwin had to work through some complexes around what she believed leadership was. “When you think about leadership as we’ve known it, quite frankly it’s been a lie,” Baldwin said.
5 Resources to Improve Your (Digital) Communication Skills
As one GovLoop contributor put it, just because we have more ways to communicate with each other, doesn’t necessarily mean we communicate that well.
What Mission Need Can Your Data Solve?
Holistic data management can provide a single source of truth for agencies and the various components they are comprised of.