The Virtues of Government Service – Number 6: Connectedness
Achieving better organizational results today is dependent upon connectedness.
Posts Tagged: organizational culture
What Netflix Can Do for Government
The credo of “people over process” is probably the cultural Netflix norm most adoptable by government at all levels. It starts with giving people more say in their work, the information they need to make good decisions and candor about group and institutional performance – at all levels of the organization.
Finding Your Voice in a Discriminatory Environment
Inaction in the face of harassment and intimidation is unthinkable when we all have the power to speak up and demand change in the workplace.
6 Suggestions to Ease Organizational Culture Changes
Change is hard, especially in highly regulated environments like government agencies. Fortunately, this featured blogger has a few ways to overcome cultural challenges to change.
How to Retain Public Employees by Taking Cues from the Private Sector
With the right combination of culture and compensation, younger employees won’t want to leave.
Are You a Rebel At Work? Here’s How To Tell…
Government rebels from all walks of life spanning a range of government agencies united in full force at this year’s NextGenGov’s summit, and it was inspiring. Now, these rebels were not your stereotypical outliers or black sheep; the packed room included a Fellow from the State Department, a Medicaid expert from Wyoming, and a Management… Read more »
Creating an Adaptive Cybersecurity Strategy & Culture through Agile Cybersecurity Action Planning (ACAP)
Cybersecurity should not about just building better castles, but looking ahead to the emerging threats. Castles were undone by introduction of cannons and mobile warfare. This will likely be true of Cybersecurity because the “cyber barbarians,” whether state or non-state actors, criminals or hacktivists, are constantly looking for new technologies, human weakness, back doors and… Read more »
Why Isn’t Performance Information Being Used?
Champions of performance management in government are confounded. After decades of trying to integrate the use of performance information into agency decision-making, it still isn’t happening on as broad a scale as once hoped. The initial premise twenty years ago was that if performance information was made readily available, it would be used by agency… Read more »
Three Tips for Improving Federal Employee Morale
In March, top Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the causes of federal employees’ low morale. The last few years have been challenging for federal employees and leadership. With a three-year freeze on basic federal pay rates, multiple government shutdowns, and unpaid furlough days… Read more »
“Use the Culture, Luke!” Why Organizational Culture is like the Force
Recently, there has been a good amount of discussion on GovLoop about culture in the government agencies. I am hopeful that we continue the discussion because I fervently believe that cultural change is the key to fully realizing openness in local, state, and Federal governments. Maybe 2012 will be the Year of Culture as we… Read more »