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Communications

Why It’s Time to Ditch People-Pleasing

Too much people-pleasing can affect our sanity and wellbeing and doesn’t even really help us to advance our careers the way we think it does. Here’s how you can ditch your people-pleasing tendencies.

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Communications, Leadership, Professional Development

The Power of Storytelling

The art of storytelling is an essential skill. It helps sell your ideas faster. Here’s how you can harness the power of storytelling.

April 20, 2018
Lekshmy Sankar
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Tags: communicate, pictures, power, storytelling, Write

Leadership

2 Major Misconceptions Leaders Have About Appreciation

Appreciation has become a major buzzword in many workplaces. But leaders might be taking it too far. Learn how you can appropriately encourage appreciation.

April 20, 2018
Paul White
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Tags: appreciation, employee motivation, Engagement

Career, Professional Development

What it is Like Being a 65-Year-Old College Student

It is one thing to say you want to take some classes. It’s another to actually do it. This is my experience being a 65-year-old college student.

April 20, 2018
Paul
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Tags: 65-year-old college student, learning, Student

modernizing

Leadership, State and Local

3 Tips for Leading a Smart City Evolution

A smart city is a municipality that uses information and communication tech to increase operational efficiency. Here’s how you can drive the evolution.

April 20, 2018
Jon Haverly
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Tags: career, leadership, smart cities

Leadership, Professional Development

Problem-Solving in Government

Problems come across our desks of all sizes and shapes. Some are easy to address and others are not. Here’s how you can tackle problem-solving.

April 20, 2018
wilson kimball
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Leadership

Creating Better Strategy

Strategy must be regularly updated to reflect the changing dimensions of the world around us all. Here’s how you can create better strategy.

April 20, 2018
Dr Tyrone Grandison
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Tags: Featured Contributor, Goals, leadership, objective, strategy

Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources

Using Cultural Fit and AI to Build the Public-Sector Workforce

In a recent GovLoop online training, we learned the importance of cultural fit for employee retention as well as using AI to retain and recruit talent.

April 20, 2018
Danielle Poindexter
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Tags: AI, employee retention, office culture, recruiting, recruiting technology

Analytics, Big Data, Leadership

Hey Leaders! Here’s What You Need to Do About Data

If you’re an elected leader, appointee or senior executive, this article will help you think strategically about data leadership.

April 19, 2018
Joy Bonaguro
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Tags: data leadership, Featured Contributor

Leadership, Professional Development

Managing Yourself – Step 9: Becoming a Real Leader

There is a lot of focus on cultivating leadership. But leadership means much more than power and success. Learn how you can become a real leader.

April 19, 2018
Brian
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Tags: career, Featured Contributor, leadership, manage yourself, professional development, real leader

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Making the Case for Ambiguity in Government Innovation

One of the key principles of design is positive ambiguity. Learn how it can be an enabler of government innovation.

April 18, 2018
The Lab at OPM
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Tags: ambiguity, change, design, innovation, opm

Career

3 Women Explain How to Be a Boss

If you made it to the top of the career ladder and you’re more nervous than excited, you’re not alone. To help you combat your self-doubt, we compiled a few tips from successful female leaders that will make you more confident in your leadership. 

April 18, 2018
Danielle Poindexter
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Tags: govfem, leadership

Career, Professional Development, Project Management

Project Management Professional Series Part 2: 24 Hours Before My PMP® Exam

This four-part series gives insight into the Project Management Professional certification exam. Learn what you can do to prep the day before your exam.

April 18, 2018
Kandace Foreman
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Tags: certification, education, exam, Featured Contributor, PMP, Project Management Professional

Communications, Professional Development

Why It’s Time to Ditch People-Pleasing

Too much people-pleasing can affect our sanity and wellbeing and doesn’t even really help us to advance our careers the way we think it does. Here’s how you can ditch your people-pleasing tendencies.

April 19, 2018
Francesca El-Attrash
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Tags: First 5, Genuine, millennials, people-pleasing

Leadership, Learning, Professional Development

Become the Master of Meetings

We’ve all been to boring meetings. Some of us have probably led them. But there are ways to have better ones in the future, and we’ve got tips to help.

April 17, 2018
Joe Antoshak
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Tags: 2018 NextGen, leadership, Mary Abbajay

Analytics, Big Data, Leadership

Hey Leaders! Here’s What You Need to Do About Data

If you’re an elected leader, appointee or senior executive, this article will help you think strategically about data leadership.

April 19, 2018
Joy Bonaguro
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Tags: data leadership, Featured Contributor

Leadership, Professional Development

Managing Yourself – Step 9: Becoming a Real Leader

There is a lot of focus on cultivating leadership. But leadership means much more than power and success. Learn how you can become a real leader.

April 19, 2018
Brian
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Tags: career, Featured Contributor, leadership, manage yourself, professional development, real leader

Career

3 Women Explain How to Be a Boss

If you made it to the top of the career ladder and you’re more nervous than excited, you’re not alone. To help you combat your self-doubt, we compiled a few tips from successful female leaders that will make you more confident in your leadership. 

April 18, 2018
Danielle Poindexter
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Tags: govfem, leadership

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Making the Case for Ambiguity in Government Innovation

One of the key principles of design is positive ambiguity. Learn how it can be an enabler of government innovation.

April 18, 2018
The Lab at OPM
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Tags: ambiguity, change, design, innovation, opm

Human Resources, Leadership

Equality is Not Treating People Equally

In order to provide equal opportunity you have treat people differently because everyone is not the same. People are unique individuals.

April 10, 2018
Mathew Scott Eagles
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Tags: diversity, equality, Featured Contributor, privilege

Professional Development

Managing Yourself – Step 8: Diversify Your Skillset

The vast majority of us will have to diversify our skillset to compete and succeed in the modern workplace. Here are five creative ways to do that.

April 12, 2018
Brian
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Tags: diversify, Featured Contributor, managing yourself, professional development, skillset

emerging tech

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Government

What’s the Status of Emerging Tech in Government?

At this point, it’s widely understood that emerging technology is changing how government — and the world, for that matter — operates. Sometimes the advancements feel like a flood.

April 12, 2018
Joe Antoshak
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Tags: Christopher Dorobek, Craig Fischer, David Jones, DorobekINSIDER, DorobekINSIDER LIVE

Professional Development

3 More Bad Workplace Habits You Need to Break

In last week’s First 5 post, we touched on three bad office habits that employees need to break. Just in case you didn’t see your worst habit on the list, here are a few more to think about.

April 12, 2018
Danielle Poindexter
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Tags: bad workplace habits, First5, millennials

Professional Development

The Value of Vacation– A Chance to Unwind and Refocus

It’s easy to see that we don’t have enough down time. Why is it that so many of us can’t seem to find the time to unwind?

April 11, 2018
Garrett Dunwoody
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Tags: down time, Featured Contributor, Productivity, unwind, vacation

Professional Development

Mental Health in the Workplace

Mental health in the workplace is an increasingly important topic. Mental illness can have devastating effects on productivity.

April 10, 2018
Ashley Cabral
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Tags: "mental health", employee engagement, Featured Contributor, human resources, Workplace

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