What’s EQ Got to Do With It?
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a critical leadership skill, one that builds morale, improves employee performance, and enhances trust. Here are tips for turning EQ into your leadership superpower.
Workplace
Why Your Team Might Be Craving More Meetings
Skipping meetings might seem like a time-saver, but it could cost your team more than you realize. Regular check-ins can build teamwork and engagement.
Harnessing Lean Enterprise and Continuous Innovation: How to Avoid Being the Next Organizational Dinosaur
In today’s fast-paced world, clinging to outdated processes is a fast track to organizational irrelevance. For government executives, embracing lean enterprise principles and continuous innovation isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential for driving impact, efficiency, and public trust.
New Approaches for Time Management
We’ve never been more distracted. Incessant notifications, emails, calls, pings, deadlines, meetings, and competing priorities make staying focused nearly impossible. Yet, as a supervisor, it’s crucial to manage these distractions while meeting team objectives. The key is to master time management. Much like our learning styles, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing our workloadsRead… Read more »
Remote Workers Need Better-Than-Average Writing Skills
Learn why remote workers need better-than-average writing skills and, specifically, which three writing skills make all the difference.
Managing Endings and New Beginnings in 3 Steps
Going through a change at work or in your life? Use this 3-step process to work through letting go and embracing a better future.
Change Can Be a Good Thing
Given an increasingly dynamic modern workplace culture, how are organizations working to meet the need for ongoing workplace training to remain flexible?
Why Workflow Modernization Makes Such a Difference
In this video interview, Matthew Graviss of Atlassian discusses the tangible benefits that automated workflow solutions offer, particularly to non-IT teams.
Career GPS: How to Navigate Change Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Momentum)
Change is inevitable, but career derailment isn’t. This article gives government executives a toolkit for navigating transitions — whether it’s a leadership shakeup, policy shift, or that mysterious reorg nobody fully explained. Learn how to turn disruption into your next big opportunity.
Overcoming Talent Retention Challenges in Today’s Workforce
This year, it’s particularly important for people-leaders in government to know what employees value. Learn how to understand and invest in what workers are looking for.