Keeping Your Agency on Track in Times of Change
Check out these tips to navigate and succeed in the upcoming presidential transition.
Leadership
What Do Millennials Want In A Boss? Conversation and Coaching Top the List
When it comes to bosses, millennials aren’t looking for a top-down manager. According to a recent study by Gallup, they are looking for coaches — somebody who will help develop their skills.
Do Not Maintain Course and Speed – Innovate!
Many organizations just don’t know how to transform innovation into a repeatable practice. If done correctly, innovation can become a measured, systemic process – and this framework can help you get there.
What Should You Do If You Hate Your Boss?
Consider this scenario: You dread going into work not because of your daily tasks, but because you can’t stand your manager. Many of us have been there at one point in time.
Leaders Don’t Blame Other People
I know you have heard these words spoken before: “It’s not my fault!” And when I hear these words from someone in a leadership position, that “leader” quickly loses credibility with me. That is because leaders don’t blame other people when something goes wrong.
How to Give Effective Performance Feedback
You can turn a soul-crushing performance appraisal into an opportunity to engage your staff. Make it an interactive conversation that energizes both you and your employee. My team and I have used the following format for performance feedback for over a decade. We use it for both glowing appraisals and tough reviews
3 Steps to Cultivate Greater Accountability at Your Agency
Are there people in your organization that regularly break promises, violate expectations, or behave badly? Does a lack of accountability and a culture of indifference encourage this behavior and make others afraid to speak up?
How To Recruit Younger Employees? Not By Doing Business as Usual
As baby boomers retire, organizations are faced with how to attract – and retain – younger employees. It’s a particular challenge for government organizations that may not seem like appealing – or lucrative – career paths. What do millennials – those 73 million individuals born between 1980 and 1996 – really want in a job?Read… Read more »
Are You Just Waiting to Go Home, or Are You Committed?
I had always considered myself to be an engaged employee and not a part of the problem. But somewhere along the way, I had joined those who were just waiting for the clock to hit the time to go home.
Want to Lead Change? Be Ready for Friction
David Bray, Chief Information Officer at the Federal Communications Commission, offered several tips for addressing friction on the road to change.