How Not to Waste Your Audience’s Time
When you produce something for an audience, remember that you are asking them to give you a treasure: their time. To help you maximize your audience’s precious resource, here are some tips to consider.
How to Wring the Fear Out of Risk
This approach enables you to replace fear and doubt with data and information. It also allows you to provide insights into your organization’s risk posture, keeps your boss from going fetal, and lets you live to fight another day– which is the main thing.
The Top 6 Lessons I’ve Learned in My Career – That You Should Know, Too
At the beginning of my career, I believed that everybody else somehow had the keys to the knowledge kingdom but me. Looking back, I realize it was simply that they had more experience than I did.
Career Success: The 2 Most Important Things to Know
On the first day of my federal career, as a new Presidential Management Intern (yes, I’m THAT old), an orientation program speaker asked one question that has remained with me nearly 30 years, “What are the two most important things to know or practice for career success?”
Must-Read Career Advice from Senior Officials
I hope you find a nugget or two of inspiration and instruction that you can use in your current career.
10 Tips to Accelerate Your Career Ascent
Here are 10 experience-based tips to help you accelerate your ascent up the federal career ladder.
5 Tips to Research Your Next Career Move Using LinkedIn
Utilize the following five tips to be better informed and connected in your job search on LinkedIn.
4 Ways FITARA is Working for You
Here are a few reasons why FITARA is really your friend – not your foe – and why you should consider getting onto the FITARA bandwagon.
3 Strategies to Engage New Hires Before They Onboard
One aspect of engagement that most agencies don’t consider is that it can start before the employee onboards. Here are three strategies you can use to engage new hires before they arrive on the first day of work.
Why Being an Office Introvert is a Good Thing
Introverts have a power all their own when it comes to work. See why, despite popular misconceptions, being an office introvert can be a positive thing.