Diagnose and Forecast Employee Turnover with Predictive Analytics
Using a regression model is not only useful for diagnosing employee turnover in the present, but also can help predict who is likely to leave in the future.
Can IGs Successfully Walk a Tightrope?
By law, agency inspectors general are given a great deal of independence from pressures from both their agencies and Congress. But to be effective, they need to develop positive relationships with both. Some are more effective than others. What makes the difference? In January 2015, Michael Horowitz, chair of the cross-agency Council of Inspectors GeneralRead… Read more »
Reflections of a Digital Government Customer
Australia is following the UK and the USA’s digital government lead: the citizen experience is rightly being placed front and centre in “a relentless focus on the needs of the user”. The newly released Digital Service Standard & Design Guide now provide the criteria that Australian Government digital services will meet as they embark on… Read more »
Sparking Innovation Out Of The Doldrums
When things are running smoothly, a lot of us find it hard to push ourselves and think creatively. However, when someone challenges us to find new ways of doing things, we’re more inclined to think outside of the box and innovate. For instance, think of the reality show ‘Top Chef’. The challenge of the competitionRead… Read more »
4 More Ways to Make Online Learning Stick
Raise your hand if you’ve been to some kind of training in the past year. Keep your hand up if you believe me when I say that you likely forgot more than 90% of what you’d learned within a week. So how do you make that training stick? A couple months ago, a member of our learning servicesRead… Read more »
Humor in the Workplace: Why You Need Emotional Intelligence
One of my colleagues starts off his weekly staff meetings with a Mad Lib. “I love to laugh at work,” he said. “But you need to do it in a way so that people don’t think you’re a goofball and can’t tell the difference between sarcasm and your seriousness.” In fact many people think theRead… Read more »
5 Keys to Effective Project Management
Project management can be tough work. In so many cases, you hold the keys. You know every detail of your program. And your colleagues look to you for guidance and leadership. But what does it mean to be an effective project manager? With so many factors beyond your control, there’s a few crucial strategies youRead… Read more »
Introducing GovLoop Academy: Transforming Learning for Government
Honestly, GovLoop started as just an idea of mine that it would be awesome to have a place online to learn from other awesome government employees. Fast forward five years and I’m still in shock that GovLoop has grown to over 150,000 federal, state and local government employees like you, who every day collaborate, share insights,Read… Read more »
So You Think Teleworking is For You?
As we move forward into 2015, there are changes in the air. A new way of doing our jobs and an economical way of running the government. Teleworking is a new and exciting challenge that we are embracing and loving it! Although teleworking isn’t for everyone, those who take on the challenge are pretty contentRead… Read more »
The Tech Loop: Cannon Ball!
The Tech Loop is a weekly compilation of the latest happenings in government technology gathered from around the web. This week’s topics include cloud, IoT, cybersecurity, and big data & analytics. Cloud My understanding is a little foggy. Having trouble separating cloud fact from fiction? This resource should help. Lack of understanding may be aRead… Read more »