This blog post was originally published on GovSupervisor.com. Author: Mark Leheney In the business of supervisory development, we have a favorite old story that makes a powerful point. Here it is: A supervisor says to an employee, “Bring me a rock.” So the employee responds, proudly delivering a rock to the supervisor’s desk. “I didn’tRead… Read more »
Don’t get off track on your way to organizational transformation The idea of an “organizational operating model” is the central concept discussed by Dr. Jeanne Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson in their seminal work, Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution. They contend that for companies to succeed, they mustRead… Read more »
What will it tell leaders when the morale of the workforce is low? Organizational structure, work assignments, workload, supervisor and employee relationship, career advancement opportunities, unfairness and treatment of employees, misplacement of the right talents, underutilization or overutilization of personnel, mismanagement, pay, organizational trust, job satisfaction, working conditions and environment, employee engagement, wrong leaders andRead… Read more »
With any organizational realignment or restructuring the challenge and real work is in the details of implementation. There are risks, challenges and issues to identify, address and manage. Realignment can be as small as rearranging a few positions and responsibilities or a major re-positioning of large divisions, along with changes to their operating units, processesRead… Read more »
There are many issues to consider when setting your retirement date; some personal and others financial. There isn’t a stock answer for when you should retire and whatever date you choose will impact your benefits one way or the other. For the most part, voluntary CSRS retirements are best the first three days of theRead… Read more »
In case you missed it, the latest study from the official Federal Salary Council (FSC) asserts that white-collar federal employees (“feds”) are paid a whopping 35% less than their private sector equivalents. Are federal executives really being short changed by more than one-third of their salary versus private sector peers? Feds don’t work in governmentRead… Read more »
I have been applying for jobs with Washington State for a few months now. I have completed 19 applications to various departments and have only been requested to appear at one job assessment. Despite competing with 200 applicants per job, I thought I’d have better luck by now. I am a solid employee with 14Read… Read more »
Avoid bottlenecks and practice efficient governance To work, governance needs to be embedded. Sure there are a lot of other factors that come in to play and doing a good job of defining scope, communicating, and socializing your governance is important too. However, embedding your governance makes it easy for the folks who are stakeholdersRead… Read more »
It’s that time of year again and we all know that our health care premiums, in most cases, will be going up. The (FEHB) Program premiums will increase by 3.4 percent in 2013, which is lower than last year’s increase of 3.8 percent. The average premium increase for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision InsuranceRead… Read more »
Don’t miss the mark, develop the right skills Change happens every day both inside the organization and outside the organization. I’ve talked quite a bit about the fact that I believe this change is happening at a faster pace than we have ever seen and that this is driving high performing organizations to look forRead… Read more »