The distinction between coaching and mentoring has meaning for every generation, including the so called Generation Flux (see my recent blogs on Gen Flux). Recent interest in the distinction between the two practices may be linked to an increase use of mentoring both in the Government and the Private sector as a tool for onRead… Read more »
Jack Holt is the Director for Policy Analysis for Blue Ridge Information Systems and an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University. He’s a National Guard vet, including a stint with DoD leading their emerging media strategies. To read more insightful musings from Jack, check out his blog at jackholtapr.com. Follow Jack on Twitter @Jack_Holt. One ofRead… Read more »
One of the biggest reasons managers give for resisting the implementation of telework policies is that they do not believe that their employees will “really” work when they are not in the office. Those of us who have embraced a more flexible work design may consider this an “attitude adjustment” problem – on the partRead… Read more »
I’m sure you’ve heard that one before. But is it really true? What if you really really can’t stand someone? Like beyond “he used my 20th Anniversary Simpsons coffee mug without my permission!!” or “I thought I was the only woman in the office with the navy blue Michal Kors purse… the nerve!!!” I’m talkingRead… Read more »
How do you make a great impression on a hiring manager? A question I saw recently on a message board asked what to do when you are able to network effectively enough to take someone out for coffee, someone who could potentially hire you in the future for their organization. There were some great answersRead… Read more »
Neat applications for sharing knowledge and learning are like buses, it turns out. Icon is a new app from Spigit, who are the leaders in innovation management software. It’s a really simple concept (which is good) – the online question and answer format, but for an internal audience. So, what Yammer is to Twitter, IconRead… Read more »
The good news is that the world really is all about you. The bad news is that the world is what you make it. _____________________________________________ Here are a few thoughts-for-the-day with which you may, or may not, agree. Regardless of how you feel, I hope you find a moment to stop and think about yourRead… Read more »
Remember seeing those ads while in college, “Teach English in a foreign country?” They sounded so tempting. However, they became less tempting as time went on. But you did notice that it seemed the neat thing to do at the time. And it was. When you’re 25. No amount of preparation is going to helpRead… Read more »
This month GovLoop will be rolling out a blog series, exploring a challenge that we hear all the time in government – government operates in silos. This month we will be having a series of blogs and discussions centered around this topic, exploring the impact of siloed information within each one of our communities onRead… Read more »
With all the brouhaha over conferences following the GSA situation, it makes the time you spend at conferences even more important. There was a time just a few years ago when people would say that conferences were so 1990s — a relic of the past to be swallowed up by online interactions. That hasn’t provenRead… Read more »