Posts By Phuong Le Callaway, PhD

Leadership

“Don’t ignore warnings” in Mediocre Me: How Saying No to the Status Quo Will Propel You From Ordinary to Extraordinary, by John E. Mitchel, Brigadier General, USAF! It is a great book about the type of leadership that is seriously needed. This book will change you and how you see the world. Publisher: Morgan James.Read… Read more »

Workforce and Power

The future workforce will require managers with higher level of humility and humanity. It is not too much of the technical but the solf skills–how to create a harmony workforce and how to understand and listen to employee concerns and find ways to resolve them a quickly as possible. Managers of the future must notRead… Read more »

The New Organizational Structure and Telework

The future of our US economy may continue to fluctuate and will be very different than in the past or the present time. The Federal government reporting and operational structure will need to be streamlined and reorganized to reduce operating costs and to create an efficient, low cost Federal government. By implementing the Telework ActRead… Read more »

The New Work Force in the New Economy

The new workforce in the new economy is telework/telecommuting. The new workforce requires a different organizational structure and different management and leadership mindset and skills. I see the economy of the future will be more community based than currently. Are organizations ready for this transformation? I am prepared and really look forward to becoming aRead… Read more »

Trust and Building Trust!

I don’t know about you but I know what I have to do in order for me to become a valuable contributor to the organization in which I am a part, or a productive member of a society in which I am obligated to be a loyal member. On top of everything else, I mustRead… Read more »

The 4P Principles

The 4P Principles I will continue to embrace– Personal, from me to you for 2013—Peace, Prosperity, Pride, and Persistence! Religion–Preparation, Process, People and Patience Business and Marketing– Products, Price, Place, and Promotion! HAPPY HOLIDAYS SEASON and A PROSPEROUS 2013!

Business Sustainability and Personal Story

I cannot understand how one will fail if you can lead by high expectations but compassion. My father and his entire family were in business and dominated a line of business prior to the fall of the Republic of Vietnam. I watched and learned how my parents and my father’s siblings treated their employees. TheirRead… Read more »

Thinking Outside The Box in Federal Hiring

I have been thinking more and more about the missed opportunities to hire the best and the brightest, and the right candidate for the right position at the right time if Federal agency managers allow for the perception or allow for invalid assumptions to influence their selection criteria and decisions. I see a missed opportunityRead… Read more »

Management of Talented Employees

Federal managers don’t think of losing talented employees. I read the article below and cannot agree more. If they don’t have good strategy to retain these talented employees or utilize their talents in the right positions, they will lose them in different forms. The lack of the right senior leaders and managers in the rightRead… Read more »

Lead or Lag

There are generational differences; therefore, recruitment strategy of the future will be and must be different. There will be a shortage of experienced workers as babyboomers will retire in large numbers. More than ever, organizations will need to rethink as to how to attract and retain knowlegable and experienced employees. I have addressed the importanceRead… Read more »