Leadership

Is the government an equal opportunity employer – including the disabled?

Disabilities, we talk about disabilities and we think of wheelchairs or even Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter “Blade Runner” — “the fastest man on no legs.” But as the Baby Boomers age, more and more people have to deal with disabilities. What is the government doing to be a good employer for everybody —Read… Read more »

Have an 8% rise in productivity with just a few Microsoft Outlook Tips

If you use Microsoft Outlook, join me for a complimentary webinar: Outlook on Steroids. You’ll learn little known Outlook features that will help you gain at a minimum 5 more minutes of productive time an hour, giving you an 8% rise in productivity. Register your entire team for this Lunch and Learn preview. For anRead… Read more »

Beyond doing more with less — rethinking the work we do with IBM, did twitter kill emergency management? and NASA reacts to the Mars Rover

On today’s program Doing more with less — that’s the mantra these days, right? But is it time to just do things differently? We’ll talk to Chuck Prow — the General Manager of IBM’s Global Business Services’ Public Sector business — and get his thoughts. He is the author of a new book — GoverningRead… Read more »

Possible Opportunities via potential contract with Army National Guard!

Good Afternoon everyone! My name is Nakia Raglin and I am a Corporate Recruiter with STG International in Alexandria, VA. We’re currently recruiting for Program Managers, Assistant Program Managers, and Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention Program Managers to provide support for a potential project under a contract with the Army National Guard. For more information,Read… Read more »

Clarifying Change with An Action Plan, Or How to Avoid the Yada Yada Yada

Originally published on Tri Tuns blog Insights. The now classic Seinfeldian “yada yada yada” is a phrase so many of us (still) use to headline a story and gloss over details is – like most comedy – a double-edged sword of both humor and truth. Of course, the “yada yada yada” ceases to be funnyRead… Read more »

The GovLoop Leadership Guide Companion (3 of 3): Beyond Doing More With Less: Doing Different

The Series Welcome to the final of three posts intended to help you get the most out of GovLoop’s new leadership guide: 10 Traits of a Great Government Leader. Each of these posts covers a different theme and, taken together, cover all ten traits in the leadership guide. Our intent is to provide you withRead… Read more »

Making telework work at PTO and why the transition to Networx’s has been a BIG challenge

On today’s program Telework — many organizations talk about it. One has done it — and in a big way. It’s the Patent and Trademark Office. And an amazing statistic for you — more than 8,000 people at PTO are eligible to telework. Of those, more than 80 percent of them actually do it. We’reRead… Read more »