Leroy Jethro Gibbs heads up the high performance field team of misfits for NCIS. How does he get extraordinary results week after week? Rules, feedback, and required growth for his staff. Gibbs, a former Marine sniper demonstrates his personal competence and skill through results – not the least of which was shifting from a lonerRead… Read more »
One thing you don’t realize when you get to this stage of a doctoral program is that as you are writing your dissertation, you also start looking at the job market. I have an amazing teaching position right now, but, unfortunately, it’s a 4/4 load, which actually turns into a 5/5 because I teach anRead… Read more »
…put in some serious elbow grease. Dedication, perseverance, and always keep the faith. In short, you’re most likely to success if you put in the hard work. Plain and simple. Consider a community in your life that you deem to be successful. Maybe it’s your book club, PTA, church, running club, ladies lunching, whatever. NowRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Thom Kearny wrote a post titled “Why Do We Collaborate,” which begins to answer the key question raised by my series on Citizen 2.0. Alan Silberberg (the secret identity of @IdeaGov) published a piece on an the critical issue of the digital divide; “Updates on Digital Divide and Gov 2.0“ Happy 235th Birthday!Read… Read more »
The Veteran’s Day Parade in New York City that took place this a.m. was especially moving this year. Korean War Veterans were featured. My father (to the left) served in the Korean War. Though he passed 12 October 2003, my daddy was a stalwart man who served the USAF (United States Air Force) for twentyRead… Read more »
For all those qualified individuals desparately seeking a job with the Government, or industry as a contracts specialist…here is your opportunity. Normally I don’t sponsor what others do, but since it is my member organization, the NCMA putting the event on I would like any job seekers out there to know that this one isRead… Read more »
Today is veteran’s day. A day americans come together to honor our veterans and their service to our homeland. No matter which political or social creed you belong to, we can all agree that our veterans deserve nothing but the very best support, care and respect we can offer them. Unfortunately, our society is notRead… Read more »
About two months ago, Lovisa Williams of the State Department wrote on her blog about about six areas that need attention if the current changes in government (toward openness, transparency, and collaboration) are to be institutionalized : People. We need to find ways to support the change agents and others who are working to ensureRead… Read more »
I was talking to a web colleague a few weeks ago, asking what she’s working on. She said, “collaboration, innovation, participation, best practices – all good stuff.” Indeed, good stuff. But then I starting thinking, leading to what? What is she trying to achieve? The other day, I saw a new job posting at aRead… Read more »
Tomorrow is Veterans Day and we’re all thinking about the significant sacrifice that our soldiers make every day. Federal Diary columnist Joe Davidson at the Washington Post suggests that one of the best ways we can truly honor them is to put them at the top of the pile for jobs: How to truly honorRead… Read more »