10 Things First-Time Managers Need to Do Right Away
Ten things to immediately sit down and do the second you become a manager, and the ways you can do them.
Posts Tagged: Managers
Myths of Managing Remote Employees
Learn some common manager myths on teleworking and how managers can better embrace telework in their office.
Military Spouses: Government’s New Secret Weapon?
In any workplace, diversity is essential to success. This is doubly true in government. There’s one group of people, however, who are not often thought of when it comes to diversity: military spouses. That’s a shame. Read why here.
When Are Managers Willing to Take Risks?
The common perception is that, as a group, federal managers tend to be risk-averse. However, new research based on data from the annual federal employee viewpoint survey concludes that the answer is: it depends.
Trump’s First 100 Days: How Deadlines Create Stress
Are arbitrary deadlines causing stress in your agency?
5 Tips for Managing Invisible Disabilities
Learn how you can be a better manager to those with invisible disabilities.
7 Tips for First-Time Managers
As a first-time manager, the key is simply to start with the basics and keep on learning and adapting over time. Here are tips on how you can grow in your first management role.
How to Recruit Stellar Managers
But recruiting isn’t just a one-way street, and hiring managers aren’t the only ones making decisions. Potential candidates are deciding if the agency is a good fit for them and if they want to be managers.
What Does It Really Take to Get Things Done?
Finally, research shows why cross-functional collaboration is so important to getting things done. A recent survey of 400 global company CEOs found that executing their company’s strategy heads their list of challenges. Related studies show two-thirds to three-quarters of large organizations struggle to implement their strategies. What these studies found sounds very familiar to what… Read more »
Developing Managers and Leaders
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 such… Read more »