Bond or Boundaries?
How do you stay engaged with your team while maintaining healthy personal boundaries? Managing polarities is an important leadership tool.
Next-Gen Citizen Developers in Government
To overcome various constraints, agencies might consider using tech-savvy citizen developers and low-code platforms as innovative staffing solutions.
The Joys (and Pains?) of Supervising Your Once-Upon-a-Time Peers
It’s challenging to transition from being a peer to supervising your former peers. Here are practical insights to make the change easier.
Spotlight on Support: Introducing the Family Readiness Act
The Family Readiness Act promises military families a more supportive, stable environment, and ultimately strengthens our military’s operational readiness. Here’s what you should know about the law and its impacts.
Ensuring the Future: Succession Plans in Federal Agencies
Good succession planning can enhance an agency’s continuity, stability, and adaptability. It also improves morale and helps retain staff. Here are some tips for making your own succession plan.
Make a statement — or stay silent?
Is it better go on record regarding significant events or has issuing statements become fraught with risk for your agency?
Generational Diversity: Everybody Is Somebody
Learn how to manage the dynamics of an effective multigenerational workgroup and keep them motivated.
Maps Guide Life-Saving Opioid Interventions in Kansas
In Kansas, the Overdose Response Strategy team leveraged GIS to combat the substance misuse health crisis.
One Way to Mitigate Resistance to Change? Ask, Don’t Tell!
One of the most powerful and inexpensive ways to mitigate resistance to change is by getting stakeholder input early on, and often. Listen to people who will be most affected.
Being the Best Version of You: Surviving and Thriving in a Federal Government Career
The Federal Government is its own unique ecosystem that calls for your best self. To thrive in it, follow these suggestions.