You Know You’re a Govie When…
You celebrate New Year’s on September 30th, for one.
The Art of Being Fearless: Take Risks At Work
Every work environment has a rules, guidelines and procedures for every type of aspect of the work environment. We are indoctrinated on day one to believe that the only way to achieve work place goals is by following these work place “codes” to the letter. Then we realize that time has passed and all we’ve… Read more »
9 Learning Tips We Can All Use
If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we want to engage learners. Whether that be constituents, colleagues, our specific teams, or other organizations, we want to create content, share it, and have as many people as possible learn from it. For ourselves, we want information to be interesting. We want it to beRead… Read more »
The Who, What, Why & How of JIE
We hosted a special edition of GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER today. We meet every month with the simple idea, get smart people together and share ideas because we believe that the real power of information comes when it is shared. Listen to the archived training here. Today, we sat down with four experts to discuss the who, what, andRead… Read more »
6 Things Your New Boss Wishes You Knew
Turn your first week at a new job into a success.
“Oprah on Steroids” — Quotes from Learning 2014
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend Elliott Masie’s Learning 2014 Conference in Disney World. In addition to hanging out with Mickey and an Abba cover band (I’m serious), it was an awesome four days of jam-packed learning. From personalized training and gamification to improving the on-boarding process, the conference pretty much covered it all. ThereRead… Read more »
8 Tips to Improve Your Writing
Writing’s tough. There’s no two ways around it. From being able to create an interesting narrative arc, to communicating your point clearly, to nailing grammar and punctuation, it’s a difficult subject to master. What makes it even more frustrating is that good writing is extremely important no matter your career choice. Professionally, being a weak writer orRead… Read more »
10 Questions to Ask Before Making a Lateral Move
The most important things to consider for a lateral move.
You’ve Been Hacked: Now What?
The following blog post is an excerpt from a recent GovLoop guide: Your Cybersecurity Crash Course. We solicited the GovLoop community to learn their top cyber challenges and the report, we answer 12 of their most pressing cyber questions. Having a strong cyberattack response plan is critical to the security and effectiveness of any organization. Recent data securityRead… Read more »
How Leaders Can Improve Employee Morale
When a crisis hits, leaders can overlook their people – focusing on the situation at hand, but forgetting about the person working right beside them. When employees see trust in government decline, their morale can suffer too. It becomes a domino effect – when employee morale suffers, so too does the agency’s ability to activelyRead… Read more »