September is in full swing and (American) football season is upon us! For diehard fans, summers are miserable. Journalists, talking heads, and the like are hard-pressed for on-the-field material. As such, trivial storylines ranging from practice scuffles to Tim Tebow abound. That will change this Thursday with the season opener between the New England PatriotsRead… Read more »
As you might remember, we spoke with Karen Rainey and Michelle Crockett in previous GovFem articles (see this article and this article) about how and why they got involved in Federally Employed Women (FEW), an advocacy and training non-profit organization for women in federal government. They both explained the power of in-person training and theRead… Read more »
Listening can be a tough communication skill to master. Luckily, the active listening method can help you improve your skills.
Planning your career seems difficult, but approaching career development with the four-step model can help you break it down
Have you ever thought you were really good at something only to have someone tell you, maybe you’re not? I always thought I was good with people. I mean, I knew that I was not a people person per se, but I knew that and I made up for it. Didn’t I? A few yearsRead… Read more »
The distinction between “management” and “leadership” is important, because they serve different roles in an organization — and they require different approaches in how they are developed. The Government Accountability Office has released its updated list of high risk areas across the federal government. It flags for attention the mission-critical skills gap in jobs suchRead… Read more »
Welcome to Super Bowl Monday, everybody! For those of you who hoped Super Bowl shenanigans ended strictly at the stroke of midnight and whatever team/players/coaches you didn’t care for would turn into pumpkins…I’m sorry. You will undoubtedly overhear people discussing every facet of the game, every commercial, and every second of the halftime show allRead… Read more »
Government relies on satellite solutions more and more to meet critical warfighter communications requirements. In addition, satellites provide network diversity and resilience in the event that a terrestrial-based network fails.
People get noticed when they take the attention off themselves.
Hello! Let me be the first (or more likely, the 181st) person to welcome you to a new year! Let’s just all agree that 2015 is going to be a good one despite the crushing disappointment of not having hoverboards like Back to the Future II promised us, okay? As we all get back toRead… Read more »