5 Practical Resources for New Managers
Here are GovLoop’s five best resources for the new manager. Get clicking!
Leadership
5 Leadership Books To Fall Into This Season
In need of a good read this fall? Here are five books about leadership that will entertain and provide insight, no matter where you are in your career.
Project Charters = A Solid Foundation for Success
Charters will create a foundation for success in a variety of ways. The following elements ensure that the project has a solid foundation from which to grow.
5 Resources to Beat Feedback Fear
Both receivers and givers experience spiking heart rates in feedback exchanges, akin to being physically threatened. But not to fear, GovLoop is here!
3 Challenges Managers Face in Retaining Their Teams
Retaining talent is an obstacle currently faced by managers in the federal service. Here are three challenges we uncovered.
Top DLA Official: We’ve ‘Aggressively Tackled’ IT Modernization
Dempsey Hackett shared what other agencies can learn from the Defense Logistics Agency’s network modernization moves. DLA manages the global supply chain for the entire U.S. military.
Are You Recognizing Your Employees Enough?
Workplace recognition is a powerful tool. Each person responds to their preferred type of acknowledgment. Learn the different ways to recognize your employees.
Will you Build Your Future or Just Endure it?
Talk is cheap. Slides are cheaper. Too much comfort is lazy. The future keeps coming. If we want to be successful, we have to build it. It’s time to take control. Admit what you don’t know then set out to find or create the answers you need.
Fit for the Work
Innovation is really only possible when there is synchronicity between employees and the employee culture — AND that work must be done to accurately quantify that culture and ensure that employees feel understood, like they belong, and are empowered.
Strive to Make Organizational Restructuring as Painless as Possible
As ‘Govies’ we’ve all lived through it. The dreaded organizational restructure. Change is painful, but organizational restructures can create a whole new kind of ‘pain’. The unknowns, the rumors, the impacts, and the stress are sometimes off the charts. Having been intimately involved on multiple restructuring efforts, I hope that some of these insights canRead… Read more »