4 Ways to Know You Found The Right Mentor

I never thought of myself as any kind of role model, but that changed once my mentor began to make me see myself in a different light.

5 Ways That a Manager = Teacher

What I didn’t realize before starting my first managerial position was how much the role of a manager equals teacher.

Go Slow to Go Fast: Getting a Handle on Time

Time is a funny thing. We sing about it, wanting to save it in a bottle and wondering if anyone really cares. It’s part of our daily lexicon. There’s no time like the present. That was time well spent. Most often, we want to know, “Where does time go?”

TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

Stocks were up Monday but slowly sold-off through the mid-week days as traders anticipated the release of the August jobs report Friday. The report was thought to give traders an idea of whether the Fed would raise interest rates or not in the next FOMC meeting. The consensus estimates were an addition of 185,000 jobsRead… Read more »

OPM Starts Assessing Pay Grades of Federal Employees

Assessment of federal employees’ pay grades has already begun at OPM. The review will consider locality and other pay grades that have been adjusted to higher levels

Maximizing Employee Engagement in the Public Sector

Leading others in the public sector offers a different set of challenges than traditional business environments.

Combating California Breaches with Multi-Factor Authentication

California is the king of innovation, from the earliest ventures in filmmaking to today’s Silicon Valley technologies. So it’s not surprising that California has been at the vanguard of cybersecurity, being the first state to enact a breach data notification law in 2003.

Want a Reward? Win an Award

Does your department do amazing work, yet you feel like there’s rarely any acknowledgement of your accomplishments? What about your team? Your boss? Or you?