The Wisdom of My Father
Here, in honor of my father—and of fathers and mentors everywhere—is an annotated list of what Dad taught me about life, love, and work.
Career
On a Scale from 1 to 10, How Attractive are You?
How attractive are you on the inside?
PMI/OPP Federal Best Practices: What do you know?
If you are a federal employee with a role in one or more government programs, your knowledge is needed. As a probono project, my firm is partnering with the Project Management Institute to conduct a series of studies to uncover insights into Government Best Practices. These insights will then be shared and best practices replicated forRead… Read more »
Dear GovLoop: How Can I Be Taken Seriously as a Young Professional?
Have confidence in your knowledge, don’t be shy and maintain a professional attitude. Most of all, though, take your job seriously!
10 Tips for Running a Good Meeting
I hope to save hundreds of meeting attendees from utter boredom with the following top ten tips for running a good meeting.
Is Being a Supervisor Right for You?
If you have not yet considered whether or not you are supervisory material, reflect inward. Ask yourself why or why not. Challenge yourself to grow.
When to Settle, and Not Settle, On That Job Offer
Whatever you want to do, there are thousands of opportunities to help you get there. It’s an exciting, nerve-wracking, amazing time in your life, so don’t rush it!
How the Ziegarnik Effect is Slowly Killing You
Human nature is to finish what we start and if it is not finished, we experience some type of discomfort. This discomfort manifests itself in different ways.
“You’re in My Seat”: Pros, Cons and Tips to Handle Hoteling
It’s another day in the office, and you are flying down the corridor, gripping your grande pumpkin spice latte (hooray for fall!) in one hand and scrolling through email on your phone with the other. You have a meeting that starts in three minutes, and you are trying to drop everything at your desk before youRead… Read more »
4 Ways to Know You Found The Right Mentor
I never thought of myself as any kind of role model, but that changed once my mentor began to make me see myself in a different light.