Danielle Poindexter

I remember practicing mindfulness with my mother. All the time I spent caring for her, even during her death, I was mindful and I don’t regret a moment of it; I have powerful memories, good and bad that I treasure.

Great write up, Danielle. Thanks for sharing these- mindfulness is so important to overall wellbeing!

Great piece, Danielle! Such a thoughtful list, a few of which I hadn’t even considered before. I love this blog series.

Many older workers want these same things. They are characteristics of a good working environment.

AWESOME article! Love finding connections between work and real life 🙂

Nice breakdown of soft vs. hard skills. It’s good to hear that with the right attitude and approach progress is possible.

Due to HIPPA and confidentiality you don’t know who really has a mental health issue in your work place. I remember a volunteer was hired and they put in in a cubical, in a corner, located by file cabinets, away from everyone. She was never introduced to the group. I had to go into her space to get to the files. She turned around, nervously looking at me the complete 5 minutes I was there. I apologize if I scared her (she had a scare look on her face). I had to go back to the files and return what I had taken. I didn’t want to scarce her again, so I talked to her and told her what I was doing. She still showed signs of nervousness. I finally asked a co-worker if there was something wrong with her. She told me she was from an agency working with people with disabilities. If the manager had just introduced her to us from the very beginning, I feel she would have been comfortable around us. She did not last long in our group (about 2 weeks).

As a Gen Y worker myself, I can agree, many currently don’t work in goverment, however I also believe most generations don’t follow this path in their 20’s and 30’s, but often start a career in civil service in their 40’s.

After reading this, I think I will be more engaged in my state and localgovernment activities and elections!

To my fellow civil servants, keep up the good fight!

There’s a lot to learn from millennials, and I appreciate their insight. This is perfect timing. We just got some interns for the summer. I am going to share this with them!

This is a pretty crazy stat – For instance, 73 percent of millennials found a job using some form of social media. Great post Danielle!

Thank you so much for this article. FEW was mentioned to me a few months ago, but wasn’t sure how to get plugged in.

Great scenarios Danielle! And thank you for the specific suggests on what to do instead of apologize! Are you familiar with the work of Debra Tannen, who studies gender differences in communication?

It was not until I read an article stating you should not apologise for something outside your control that I made progress in correcting some of the described behaviours whether in writing or verbally.