Gratitude: Why It Matters and How to Discover It in Everyday Life
Appreciating good things in your life, however small, can profoundly impact your well-being. Here’s why gratitude is so important, as well as 10 simple ways to practice it.
Well-Being
Lessons Learned from 2024 to Fuel 2025
Every year gives us hard-earned lessons, but 2024 felt particularly pedagogical for me and my inner professional circle.
Inspiring an Unmotivated Team
As a supervisor, part of your job responsibilities includes maintaining team productivity and protecting their well-being. So, if you’re seeing a seasonal morale dip (or really, any time of year), how can you help your team recover? During our recent New Supervisor’s Community of Practice session, “How to Inspire an Unmotivated Team,” Malissa Lewis, DivisionRead… Read more »
The Balancing Act: Recalibrating Your Leadership Style
Is your leadership style tipping the scales? Discover the telltale signs of an unbalanced leadership approach and learn how to recalibrate for success.
Want to Be a GovLoop Featured Contributor?
It’s that time! Apply to join GovLoop’s 2025 Featured Contributor program — a chance for government and industry professionals to share their knowledge with, and be recognized by, a community of 300,000-plus public-sector employees, industry partners, and other knowledge experts.
Chameleon or Badger? Adapting to Change
When it comes to change, we’re all a bit chameleon and a bit badger: Some of us embrace change and others resist it. But the healthiest strategy is to balance the two approaches. Here are tips on doing that.
Nature’s Remedy: How You Can Combat Burnout and Boost Well-Being
In our modern world, we’re often caught up in the whirlwind of thoughts, plans, and to-do lists. Our minds race from one task to the next, rarely pausing to tune in to the wisdom of our bodies. We become disconnected from the subtle cues and signals that our bodies are constantly sending us – the… Read more »
Mindfulness: How to Let Go (Even for a Little While)
Doing absolutely nothing — just being present in the moment and practicing mindfulness — can be good for you.
It May Be Time for a Team Tune-Up
Even the most high-performing teams can benefit from an occasional “tune-up” to ensure continued collaboration, communication and skill-building.
5 In-Demand Skills for Modern Government Workers
Modern government employees need five in-demand skills to stay relevant, said a government workforce expert at the October 2024 NextGen professional development virtual summit. Here’s what they are and why they matter.