Develop Your People – or Lose Them
Employees want to feel heard, respected, and valued. If you don’t recognize and invest in your people, you will lose them mentally and/or physically.
Career
5 Tips for the Softer Side of Change
You have probably seen much said about leading a team through change and transition. There are also many frameworks and tools that help leaders deal with managing change. What is less articulated is the softer side of change. Here, I am not just speaking of a focus on people. Nor am I about to giveRead… Read more »
5 Ways to Build a Personal Brand – And Put it Into Action
Your personal brand is what makes you unique. It is what distinguishes you, and how people remember you. Your personal brand comprises your entire image: It’s how you communicate to the world online and offline to your citizens, your colleagues and your network. Phone conversations, emails you send, the way you conduct meetings—these are allRead… Read more »
Make Your Time Work for You
We are not all doomed to a lifetime of anxious, hurried unproductivity. A few simple steps can save us from ourselves, and the avalanche of work crashing down on us.
Embrace a Growth Mindset – Even If It’s Uncomfortable
What could you accomplish if you approached each new challenge as an opportunity for growth?
Transformation Award Lands at OPM as Reorganization Plans Released to Congress
OPM’s reorganization continued Thursday when a legislative plan submitted to Congress detailed steps for the long-promised dissolution of the standalone office.
Best of USAJobs May 17
Welcome to GovLoop’s latest edition of our exciting federal employment opportunities roundup for the week of May 17, 2019 on USAJobs.
How to Figure Out Who Your Government Customer Is
As a government employee, you are here to serve. The public entrusts you with their hard-earned tax dollars to seek optimum solutions, act in their best interest, and represent them with honesty and integrity. It is easy to lose sight of this when the needs of superiors, coworkers, and the public are in conflict.
The Work-Life Balancing Act
If your workplace is like mine, you are constantly being barraged with priority changes, usually accompanied by sudden deadlines to meet an impossible set of criteria.
Do You Need to Change the Way You Persuade?
At a basic level, a leader’s job is to make decisions. Understanding decision-making styles is a key persuasion technique that will lead to success.