How Leaders Demonstrate Commitment
Organizations with committed staff and leaders are more resilient and better able to adapt to change and respond to disruption in a flexible and innovative manner. But what is commitment and what does it look like?
What’s Fair? Managing Perceptions of Performance Management Programs
Agencies use performance management programs to inform employee decisions related to compensation, transfers, promotions and workforce cuts. But sometimes perceptions of the fairness of these programs can affect employee motivation. Learn how you can navigate in your agency.
Advice to 25-Year-Old Me
Use this framework to help you make better career decisions.
Observations From an Armchair Hurricane Responder
We will never halt the commentary of armchair catastrophe pundits, but we sure can lessen the number of claims they make, by taking advantage of the best in class tools that digital transformation offers.
5 Reasons to Thank Your Agency’s IT Pros
Our IT teams truly are the heroes who make every day work possible for the rest of us, and keep the federal government running.
How to Run Brainstorming Sessions in Government: Part 2
Brainstorming sessions that are not well planned and executed are a waste of everyone’s time. Here are some of our tips and tricks to make sure all your meetings run smoothly.
Lean Six Sigma – The Basics
This article discusses the origin of Lean Six Sigma (LSS), how it works and why it is important for government employees.
Developing a Practice of Mindfulness
How do you get out of your head to experience life now? How do you not let that little voice in your head take over? These are some ways I find have helped me live in the moment. Some days it works and others, it’s harder. I find too that the more I practice, the… Read more »
Competent Management: Getting the Basics Right
Federal agencies are currently in the midst of developing grand reform plans and four-year strategic plans to submit to OMB this week. But sometimes it is worthwhile to stand back and look at whether you’re doing the basics right.
7 Online Trainings Anybody Looking to Become a Manager Should Take
We’ve found seven of the best online courses that can help government employees like yourself get ready to become a new manager.