I had a former mentor give me some advice I have never forgotten. Have a 60 second elevator speech ready in case you ever bump into your chief executive in the elevator. Have a 5 minute discourse prepared in case the elevator gets stuck.
Being called bossy ¬– or worse – is nothing new for women in positions of authority. So what are we going to do about it? For better or worse, it’s up to every “bossy” lady out there to reframe female authority. Here’s four tips to do that.
The word is out on the street — the vast majority of employee recognition programs aren’t working. In interacting with HR professionals and corporate trainers across the country, the report from both professionals and front-line workers is that employee recognition is generally not having a positive impact on employees or workplace morale.
The NeuroLeadership Institute is an organization that uses brain science to drive leadership development. Recognizing how inclusive behaviors are core values of 21st Century leaders, they have come up with a handy model that simplifies this complicated notion of how to know when a workplace setting is truly inclusive.
Building a strong brand can help an agency stand out in a competitive environment, one where employers are vying for employees with similar skills. Agencies should be leading the conversations about their workplaces and shaping how others identify them.
The verdict is in. We are living in an age of disruption; an information revolution, which most economists agree is as profound and disruptive as the agricultural and industrial revolutions. In his new book Thank you for Being Late Thomas Friedman refers to this as an “age of accelerations” in which markets, Mother Nature, and technology areRead… Read more »
According to one blogger, we have been confused by an annual multi-question federal employee viewpoint survey that has brainwashed us into believing the following myths about public sector engagement.
As the saying goes, “If it’s not in writing, it didn’t happen.” For your work life, this means: The more you document an important event, the easier it will be for you to prove that it happened.
Succession planning is one of those critical tasks that organizations know they need to do. But few do it well — if at all. Here are some tips to help you plan for the workforce of the future.
Discovering your personal brand starts with an understanding of your authentic self and of how others perceive you.