Stretch goals — are they a motivator or a de-motivator? Stretch goals are the often employed tactic of giving your employees a goal that is just out of their reach. The idea is motivate them to work harder. But does that work? Daniel Markovitz is the President of TimeBack Management and the author of ARead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 13th of June, 2012 Congress is staying mum on the possibility of a federal pay raise. Government Executive says a Senate Appropriations subcommittee marked up its fiscal 2013 Financial Services and General Government spending bill. But just like the House panel, the Senate bill didn’tRead… Read more »
This Monday and Tuesday I was at the Personal Democracy Forum in NYC – leading conference on convergence of technology and politics/government/non-profit. 700+ folks in the non-profit, political, and government realm. I learned a ton and met lots of interesting people. Here are 5 nuggets that I gleamed from the 2 days: 1) 1/3 ofRead… Read more »
Welcome to a Special Edition of the DorobekINSIDER. Chris Dorobek is currently moderating a panel at Google’s Innovation Nation. Innovation Nation brings together 200 government CIOs to discuss and debate what the future holds for the work of government employees and to help CIOs transform their agencies with technologies that allow their employees to workRead… Read more »
I don’t know about you, but I tend to over-prepare for public speaking opportunities. Recently, I was reminded of one of my very first gigs, which began with an email that read: “I hate to tell you this, but I am really sick and cannot make it to Virginia Beach tomorrow to deliver my presentation.Read… Read more »
At Personal Democracy Forum listening to a panel on “The Cutting Edge of Open Government” Todd Park, White House CTO Open data -weather data -GPS data-health data – hundreds of companies In a fleet of new initiatives, energy, education, safety, impact data initiatives. Awesomeness + magic Carol Post, former NYC CIO Just 3 years forRead… Read more »
Welcome to a Special Edition of the DorobekINSIDER. Chris Dorobek is currently in New York City at the Personal Democracy Forum. The two day conference features 135 thought leaders who are at the nexus of technology, politics, government and social advocacy. Now in its ninth year, PDF has grown to become the city’s largest techRead… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek… where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
Please take a moment to participate in our online survey exploring bring your own device in government, survey link can be found here. Thank you! I’m conducting a research study, “Exploring Bring Your Own Device in Government.” Our study hopes to understand current trends with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives, identify best practices andRead… Read more »
Each week, GovLoop partners with the Washington Post to ask a “Question of the Week.” This week’s question is: What books are on your summer reading list? With Memorial Day behind us, it’s time to focus on your summer reading list. But your beach books don’t have to be trashy romance novels, you can actuallyRead… Read more »