It was an interesting week for the market. Trends driven by central bank decisions, front page tragedies, and a solid jobs report gave traders an opportunity to join the trend of the day. Post-holiday selling was followed by a positive start to the new month. The S&P 500 began to sell off at the openRead… Read more »
There are many different paths to excellence in government service. The stories of our employees are intriguing and varied. Here is one path that may not be traditional, but has been successful.
Disengagement through lack of inclusion is pervasive in the federal government.
For the last seven years The Dallas Morning News (The News) has created a list of the Top 100 Employers in Dallas-Ft. Worth. The companies are large, medium, small, public, private, non-profit, and across all industries. From within each size category they select a Top CEO. Every year, The News solicits workplace nominations, and then employeesRead… Read more »
Years ago, the town hospital was the community’s pulse: It was a place of birth, an employer, a counterpart in battling illness, and a source of health information. So for the people of Independence, Kansas, watching their century-old hospital close was a bitter pill to swallow. For the town’s residents, healthcare is now harder toRead… Read more »
A Certified Mediator (CM) is similar to a national brand. When you select one you have some surety about the quality, experience and education of the CM. Most states have a mediation association and these professional associations provide credentialing criteria in order to obtain the CM designation.
We’ve made a list and checked it twice. Are you ready to find out which U.S. government agencies belong on Santa’s naughty and nice lists for 2015? Grab a glass of eggnog and get ready to toast government’s highs and lows. Naughty Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Earlier this year, hackers nabbed the records of an estimated 22 millionRead… Read more »
The reality is that most government agencies are not able to buy their talent, instead they must build talent from within. The question then to ask is, who warrants investing time, effort and energy in as future leaders?
Martha Joynt Kumar, author of “Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack Obama Managed a Transfer of Power” joined us on The Business of Government Hour to share her perspective on her latest book about presidential transitions.
In this week’s blog, I will cover some of the general lessons I learned about negotiations that can also apply to general conversations and interactions with others.