Government must use everything at its disposal to attract, hire, and retain the best possible workers. Below, I’ve shared nine low- or no-cost tips on finding the best and brightest for your agency.
Chances are in federal government: you will be on a team with individuals spanning all generations. And that can be frustrating for everyone.
Next week starts an annual observance of American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month, a yearly ritual that claims to commemorate the first citizens of this country. Although most federal agencies do their best to educate the non-Indians on their staffs about the contemporary nature of Native people in this country, the following myths about our firstRead… Read more »
How do people make the most of conferences they attend? I decided to ask my friends and colleagues for their insight and here are some of the great tips they offered.
My new team has three positions: one open, one filled, and one person had just resigned but was still on the job for a few more weeks. My first task? Ensure each one of the people in these positions is successful. But how?
For American Indian/Alaska Native employees, it is one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old engagement ballgame.
Even though they take place in a galaxy far, far away, there’s a lot to learn about leadership from the Star Wars movies.
Twitter chats certainly aren’t the newest concept, but their popularity has been steadily growing over the past few years. As their popularity grows, companies, organizations and now government agencies are beginning to get in on the fun. But to run your own Twitter chat, you have to know how. And while there is a plethora… Read more »
Enterprise Architecture portrays technology, data, and people as functional blocks of information. As we know, “architecture” in this context derives from Zachman’s classic article. In the larger context, by definition, modern architecture represents form in terms of function. The same for “pattern.” If I may use a crude abbreviation, a “pattern language” is to “makeRead… Read more »
In some instances, particular critical elements and performance requirements of senior executives may already be part of the system. If not, or if tweaks or modifications are required, simple configuration changes can be made to accommodate the new elements. It can be as easy as flipping a switch, rather than the historical long, drawn-out process.