The Little Things Matter
As I draw ever closer to my big retirement day, people keep asking me about what I’ve learned along the way. My answer is the little things matter!
Posts Tagged: leadership
3 Simple Steps to Retain and Motivate Top Talent
Money’s not the prime motivator for keeping employees. Challenge them, support them, and recognize for their achievements if you want them to stay.
Things I Wish I’d Learned as a GS-7
Here are 10 steps to navigating your federal agency no matter what rank you have in your professional career and where you want to head next.
Help Your Employees Get Their Mojo Back
As discouraging as it can be, if you are working with a demotivated employee, there are ways to get that person engaged once again.
Making Others Feel Good Is Not the Goal of Appreciation
Studies show that employees who feel appreciated at work are happier there, and that there’s a big disconnect between how well managers think they appreciate their employees and how employees actually feel. “Recognition,” after all, is not the same as “appreciation.”
A New Era in Government: What Determines the Pace of Change?
The speed of innovation depends on the workplace environment that leadership develops and maintains. Here’s how managers can create a change-friendly culture.
Is It You? Don’t Manage a Toxic Workplace: Detoxify It
Workplace culture may seem beyond your control, but if you’re a manager, you’re the one who can make a difference.
It’s Almost Time to Tune In
The free NextGen Government Training Virtual Summit is Wednesday, Sept. 21. Sign up today at https://bit.ly/3BqCCES.
Critical Conversations: Connect in Conflict
Difficult work conversations are unavoidable. Whether you’re addressing conflict, performance issues, or personality clashes, these “critical conversations” can be hard to initiate and even harder to steer to a positive outcome. We show the path for turning conflict into collaboration.
Leading With Integrity
Let’s begin by defining integrity as the quality or state of wholeness, congruence or alignment before describing its four pillars.