Unwrapping the Gift of Feedback: Why You Should Take What You Need and Discard the Rest
Feedback about your leadership style isn’t always easy to hear, and sometimes it reflects unconscious bias.
Leadership
Perspectives on Work-Life Balance: Insights From GovLoop’s Recent Survey
Government employees face unique challenges trying to establish a healthy work-life balance. A recent GovLoop survey shed light on various work-life techniques and on the role that managers play, among other insights.
5 Steps to Streamlining Your RFP Response Process
Streamlining your request-for-proposal response process is an investment in the future success of your business. By following five steps, you can increase your efficiency and response capacity.
To Fortify Mission Outcomes, Lead With Empathy
As we delve into the future of work, empathy has been become a prominent buzzword. But when push comes to shove, what do empathetic behaviors look like in real life — and how can federal leaders adopt them?
Unlocking the Power of Strategic Planning and Plans for Public Leaders and Managers (Part 3) – Using Strategic Planning to Enhance Agility
In today’s world, organizations must be agile and adaptive to change, while still focusing on long-term objectives. Strategic planning can make that happen.
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3 More Things Emerging Leaders Need the Most (to Succeed)
Emerging leaders need more than support, room to fail forward, and genuine feedback. They need a leader-focused attitude. a vision for the future and an effective burnout strategy.
Weaponizing Team Building
As much as we promote team-building, it’s important to make sure your teams have a healthy group identity, not a toxic one. Here’s what to look out for.
Four Simple Techniques to Manage Constant Vendor Meeting Requests
Meeting with government contractors outside the typical request for proposal (RFP) process can be helpful — but it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by vendor meeting requests. Here’s how to identify who you should (and should not) engage.
Unlocking the Power of Strategic Planning, and Plans, for Public Managers (Part 2) – Maintaining Discipline
A well-developed and deployed strategic plan can maintain an agency’s focus, push back on emergent priorities, enhance talent development and increase employee accountability.