Should you blame on yourself or on your leader if you cannot advance your career in the organization for which you have been loyal and served with distinction? What are your barriers? What are your options? What questions should you ask within yourself and in regard to the organization itself? You have the right talentsRead… Read more »
I have a strong view about leadership. Leaders in order to earn trust and respect, you must care for your employees. You must be fair and act with openess and with integrity. Your actions count. I have been taught to believe that if you cannot lead, get out of the way so others can lead.Read… Read more »
I had an interesting discussion last week with a colleague about the terminology of government. We talk about politicians as moving the ‘levers of power’ and departmental restructures as ‘machinery of government’ (MOG) changes (sometimes used as a verb “we got mogged!”) Lack of progress in bureaucracy is called ‘spinning wheels’ (which often appears toRead… Read more »
You just cannot make peace with those who don’t want to make peace with us. We need to draw a line what is acceptable and unacceptable. In organizations, strong leadership and principles are required so employees know what are expected of them. These principles and expectations must be consistently communicated and executed by senior leadersRead… Read more »
Diversity is the strength for each organization and for the Nation. Organizational leaders are not doing their job if they don’t embrace diversity and inclusion in their organization. Diversity should be a central focus of human capital management. Should senior leaders and supervisors be held accountable for the success in workforce diversity and diversity management?Read… Read more »
Stocks rallied last week after the Fed announces the start of quantitative easing #3, or QE3. The Dow jumped 207-points on Thursday after the announcement, and followed up with more gains on Friday. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of September 11 through September 14, plus the up to date annual returns.Read… Read more »
Last year, President Obama released Executive Order 13589: Promoting Efficient Spending. This Executive Order promotes agency reductions in the following areas: travel, information technology devices, printing, vehicle fleets, and extraneous promotional items. Certainly, with the perilous state of the federal government’s budget, certainly any savings that can be found and continue to provide the highestRead… Read more »
It’s a beautiful Saturday morning, so I thought I’d take a little bit of time to unwind, do some writing, and enjoy the weather here in DC. Today, the focus is on Bob Dylan, leadership, your career and some thoughts on Forever Young. Bob Dylan has now released his 35th studio album, Tempest. Some DylantologistRead… Read more »
So you just got your first government job? You are all excited – new co-workers, new bosses, new coffee shop, new commute. So how do you get going? There’s a great deal to consider for that first day, first week and even the first year. Here is our 12 tips from our New Hire HandbookRead… Read more »
Friends and associates at Kyrus (Kyrus-Tech.com) recently announced they will be hosting Practical ARM Exploitation Course. This is the extremely popular course maintained by Stephen C. Lawler and Stephen A. Ridley. Exploitation is harder and a bit more nuanced today than it was in the past with the advent of protection mechanisms like XN, ASLR,Read… Read more »