Transform Your Team With Respect
Using respect with these basic rules can empower your team: 1) Always counsel in private 2) Always give a speaker your respect 3) Always respect others self and belongings 4) Always tell the truth and be respectful
Leadership
How to Effect Change at Work When You’re Not the Boss
Go forth with the following strategies and you will be on your way to changing company culture and unofficially leading the charge at your organization.
Understand Personality to Be a Better Leader
In the workplace, your interactions with your colleagues matter. But, ensuring positive and supportive connections between your coworkers can be a tough task. One important aspect of building a healthy and successful partnership is accounting for the different emotions and personality preferences of each person.
5 Ideas on Improving Government from NextGen Leaders
If you were in charge, what’s one thing you would change in your office tomorrow?
Meet the Govie Using You to Innovate
We all have the potential to solve some of the hard hitting problems the government faces on a daily basis. However, there is oftentimes no mechanisms in place to foster such open innovation. Fortunately, there are govies like Jenn Gustetic who are pushing the bounds of open innovation and involving citizens in the government problem… Read more »
How Serious Play With Legos Can Help You Innovate
Want to innovate like a true professional leader at your agency? You might have to act like you’re 6 years old again.
Bring the Startup Culture to Your Agency
Feel like your agency could use an injection of startup culture? Check out the advice from those who have been there and learn how you can jumpstart your agency’s workplace culture.
Don’t Front, You Know You Need a Mentor
Consider for a moment the folks you admire. The individuals you deem respectable. Do you ever wonder how they came to be an effective communicator or leader? Who helped them along the way? They might tell you the same thing. They had mentors.
Dr. Jill Biden’s Remarks on Public Service
People often think of public service as a noble choice. But for many government workers, service is not a choice. It’s a way of life, a calling from within that can’t be ignored. Dr. Jill Biden is one such public servant.
Being Mindful Makes You a Better Leader. Here’s How
Think you can’t learn to be emotionally intelligent? You can, and there’s one thing you can practice to help: Mindfulness.