The Power of Mindfulness
Government transformation expert Mika Cross collaborates with Mindful NOAA co-founder and program manager, Garth Smelser, to discuss the meaning of mindfulness.
Leadership
To Collect Data, Leaders Should Understand the Processes to Effectively Gather It
When developing cyber metrics, it’s important to ensure that your underlying process for gathering and analyzing the data can handle the task.
Top Supervisor Mistakes Not to Make
This webinar recap gives a brief overview of top supervisor mistakes.
August Online Training Opportunities
Discover GovLoop’s professional development opportunities for August.
Are You in the Habit of Being Productive?
This guide offers five in-depth steps you can take to boost productivity, as well as advice for government and industry peers.
Essential Skills to Teach New Employees
We often train new staff mostly on content (policies, laws and procedures) but not much on craft (meetings, communication and briefings). That shortcoming limits what agencies actually get done.
Habit #5: Measure Productivity Productively
You can’t tell you’re improving productivity if you can’t measure it. Here are some tips on how to make the most of your productivity metrics.
First Aid for Projects
Sometimes projects need their own kind of “first aid.” Applying the “Breathing, bleeding, broken, consciousness” formula to a project emergency can help save the day.
Habit #4: Make Good Choices
Sometimes what’s intended to improve productivity slows things down instead. Here’s how to avoid those mistakes and make changes that really help.
Habit #3: Be Flexible
Studies show that adapting working conditions to employee needs improves productivity — with little-to-no downside.