The Joys (and Pains?) of Supervising Your Once-Upon-a-Time Peers
It’s challenging to transition from being a peer to supervising your former peers. Here are practical insights to make the change easier.
Employee Experience
Spotlight on Support: Introducing the Family Readiness Act
The Family Readiness Act promises military families a more supportive, stable environment, and ultimately strengthens our military’s operational readiness. Here’s what you should know about the law and its impacts.
Ensuring the Future: Succession Plans in Federal Agencies
Good succession planning can enhance an agency’s continuity, stability, and adaptability. It also improves morale and helps retain staff. Here are some tips for making your own succession plan.
Making Connections, Modernizing Recruitment
To attract and retain a dedicated, talented, modernized workforce, government agencies must say the right things to the right people at the right time. Here are some effective ways to reach out.
Generational Diversity: Everybody Is Somebody
Learn how to manage the dynamics of an effective multigenerational workgroup and keep them motivated.
One Way to Mitigate Resistance to Change? Ask, Don’t Tell!
One of the most powerful and inexpensive ways to mitigate resistance to change is by getting stakeholder input early on, and often. Listen to people who will be most affected.
Federal Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Unite and Change
Employee Resource Groups can boost engagement, retention and innovation. Here are some tips for establishing effective ERGs.
Level Up Your Docs: Making Government Word Documents Accessible to All
Are your Word documents accessible to vision-impaired colleagues? A few simple steps can improve your written communications for those who use screen reader technology.
Wasting Your Greatest Resource? Get the GOAT in the Game!
The greatest performer in your agency may be someone you don’t call on much anymore, someone who’s older or has survived multiple layoffs and in-force reductions. But overlooking those employees is a mistake.
Glancing Through the Overton Window at Your Organizational Culture and Leadership
Both leaders and followers shape workforce culture, including what is and isn’t acceptable to discuss. By examining your leadership style through the concept of an Overton Window, you can “read the room” and identify growth opportunities.