Leadership

5 Steps to Being More Productive: Read This Quickly (Then Get Back to Work)

“Social media did not create the problem of distraction, but it is clearly an amplifier. Indeed, a study [PDF] by Clifford Nass et al. at Stanford showed that heavy media multitaskers are more susceptible to interference from irrelevant environmental stimuli than light media multitaskers. Heavy multitasking may encourage even heavier multitasking because it leads toRead… Read more »

Picking on Feds? “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”

One of our favorite movies here at Who is the IG? is Network, a 1976 movie about a floundering evening news program that is about to be canceled due to low ratings. The anchor, so upset that he is going to be fired in two weeks, resorts to announcing that he will commit suicide onRead… Read more »

Efficiency And Innovation Board Saves Phoenix $40 Million

In January of 2010 the Phoenix City Council created the Finance, Efficiency and Innovation Subcommittee, which has identified more than $40 million in savings, and expects to save $125 million over the next five years. The subcommittee created five working groups: communications, process improvements, private-public partnerships, rightsourcing, and technology. Highlights of the committees accomplishments asRead… Read more »

Just the Facts Ma’am on Women in the 21st Century Workplace – Where Do They Really Stand? The Facts will Surprise You!

My latest book entitled “How to Succeed in a Testosterone World without Losing Estrogen,” has been receiving a lot of buzz and is now also available as a textbook because a good portion of it is dedicated to providing information from the latest research highlighting the unresolved issues in equality for women in the workplaceRead… Read more »

How to Set Effective and Achievable Goals

It’s that time of year once again. For public servants in Canada, we are (or have) embarked on a journey to evaluate ourselves against performance indicators and set our learning targets for the upcoming fiscal year. The two documents encompassing this effort are the Performance Discussion Process (PDP) and the Personal Learning Plan (PLP). I’veRead… Read more »

The Reason for ROWE Failure

The US government took on a pilot project in late 2010 Hired several consultants to not only guide the project but to evaluate the results. During the project pilot heard little from management about the progress and or issues. Heard even less after the pilot project was completed. Some 3 months after the pilot wasRead… Read more »

Matthew Fogg – Elected 2012-2014 Federally Employed Women National Vice President for Congressional Relations

CLICK LINKS BELOW TO MATTHEW FOGG (Scroll all the way down to see FEW photo’s) FEW Signs Landmark Memorandum of Understanding With Merit Systems Protection Board Memorandum of Understanding Document FEW Press Release MSPB Press Release Matthew’s FEW National Re-Election Campaign Flyer for FEW National Vice President for Congressional Relations – 2012-2014 – Mission AccomplishedRead… Read more »