As Jerry Mechling a research vice president at Gartner Inc. and a former faculty member of the Harvard Kennedy School points out in a recent article there are three key steps to improving the performance of government: 1) Goals: Set motivating and verifiable goals for groups and the units and individuals within.2) Gaps: Measure andRead… Read more »
Earlier this month I had the good fortune of visiting China – a place I’m deeply curious about and – aside from some second year university courses, the reporting from the Economist, and the occasional trip over to Tea Leaf Nation – remains too foreign to me for comfort given its enormous importance. As alwaysRead… Read more »
Ordered from the worst option to the best option: Don’t work with them. If all else fails, try finding another project or another job. Limit your work relationship. Focus on the work and be extra careful in your communications to make sure your dislike does not show, and that your work still gets done. Finally,Read… Read more »
Eugene Hudson Jr. elected Secretary-Treasurer; Augusta Thomas reelected NVP, Women’s and Fair Practices J. David Cox today was elected national president of the American Federation of Government Employees during the union’s 39th National Convention in Las Vegas. Eugene Hudson Jr. was elected National-Secretary Treasurer, while Augusta Thomas was reelected National Vice President for Women’s andRead… Read more »
On today’s program Times are changing — and that is true for chief human capital officers. What are the challenges ahead? Click here for the full recap. And everybody has been there — where you feel like nothing is going right. How can you take your organization from so-so to WOW!? We’ll talk to theRead… Read more »
“Do more with less,” you hear that phrase all the time. But how do you actually do it? Turning around a struggling team has never been harder and managers must work to identify and maximize whatever potential strengths a team already has. As sports fans already know, behind every great underdog story is a leaderRead… Read more »
Chief human capital officers (CHCOs) have a very difficult job — a job that is only getting harder. Budgets are declining. Workloads are increasing. An aging workforce. Increased turnover and outdated or inadequate human resources (HR) systems and policies are adding additional hurdles, making their jobs more challenging than they have been in decades. TheseRead… Read more »
Government agencies are being confronted with a multitude of challenges that are forcing leadership to make some drastic changes. Decreased budgets, increasing workloads, and high turn-over are just a few hurdles that agency leaders have to overcome as they struggle to improve the general consensus of working for the federal government. Earlier this year, fifty-fiveRead… Read more »
Louisville, Baltimore and Chicago are seeking new ideas from their employees to improve city services. Neil Kleiman, a special advisor to the dean of New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, highlighted in a recent article how these three cities are seeking new ideas. Louisville– Mayor Greg Fischer applied for and received aRead… Read more »
On today’s program How do you change an organization? Some might say you need to be a rebel. We’ll talk to a former CIA official about how you are a successful rebel. Click here for the full recap. Ex-Federal — It’s like the match dot com site for former feds who are looking to goRead… Read more »