MEI — Or Just MEH?
EO 14173 will transform workplace culture. These strategies elevate merit, excellence, and initiative over popularity, mediocrity, and complacency.
Human Resources
Hiring Smarter Under Constraints: How Federal People Leaders Can Build Strategic Teams Amid a Freeze
Investing in your people — through training, mentoring, and innovative team-building — is always important, even during a hiring freeze. Here’s how to equip your team with the skills it needs.
The Myth of the Freeze: Why Workforce Planning Must Continue During Hiring Pauses
A hiring freeze shouldn’t be a planning freeze. Here’s how to continue workforce planning when you can’t bring in new talent.
Reasonable Accommodations Process Should Be Interactive & Confidential
Implementing reasonable accommodations should be a collaborative process, and often they’re free.
How to Create Easy Read Resources
Easy Read documents help individuals with disabilities, people who are not proficient in English, and elderly individuals to access and understand text. Here are step-by-step tips for developing Easy Read resources.
What’s in a Memory?: The Importance of Institutional Knowledge
It’s important to be prepared for employee turnover in order to ensure a stable workforce, particularly as the workforce continues to age. Managers need guidance about employee retention, such as how to attract talented younger workers, as well as how to continue operations and retain institutional knowledge.
5 Easy Ways to Practice Mindfulness at Work
In the midst of even the busiest days, finding time to practice mindfulness can improve productivity and focus.
Building an AI-Forward Workforce: How Agencies Can Prepare for the Future of Work
Government agencies continue to face the critical challenge of preparing the workforce to operate effectively in an AI-driven environment.
Rethinking Public-Sector Skills-Based Hiring in the Age of GenAI
Generative AI (GenAI) isn’t just another workplace tool — it’s a fundamental shift in how work gets done. State and local hiring practices must adapt by taking a strategic approach to skills-based recruitment.
Unlocking Talent Potential: The Role of Internal Mobility in Modern Organizations
Hiring internally, rather than outside an organization, offers many benefits. Learn seven tips for creating an internal mobility strategy in your agency.