Getting Things Done

We all feel better looking back on accomplishments we can measure, see and touch. When we work for the government, this can feel like a challenge. To meet this challenge, we need to foster and maintain a sense of empowerment.

5 Tips to Help You During Daylight Savings

Five commonsense tips to make the most out of your shorter days.

Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way

Greater mission demands with smaller workforces are driving a need to reframe the old axiom Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way. It also demonstrates the need for strong leadership, dynamic followership and accountability.

Humility as a Path to Wisdom

Practicing humility and stepping into the skin of the other can help us eliminate blind spots and broaden our worldview.

Open Enrollment Price Increases and Reminders

Open enrollment is just around the corner (have you prepared yet? If not, check out my suggestions here on getting ready). And like they do every year, premiums will be going up. But, there is some good news!

The Persuasive Power of Story Sharing

In government, there has been a growing respect for the world’s oldest form of communication: storytelling. Storytelling is a vibrant way to persuade, entertain, inform and inspire your team. And even more important than storytelling is story sharing.

The Secret Lives of Public Servants

The Secret Lives of Public Servants is a three-episode documentary web series that explores the creative hobbies of public service workers outside the 9-5. Each episode profiles a different public servant and looks at what they do for their day jobs and then what they do in their “secret life”.

Creativity in Government: Find Your Inner Genius

The public sector will never have the “no strings attached” freedom of a genius grant. But finding solutions to increasingly complex challenges demands that we foster conditions for dynamic, creative approaches to today’s problems.