5 Ways to Battle Negativity in the Workplace
Negativity can overtake a work center over time and degrade productivity and morale. Battling this organizational menace requires energetic, involved and invested leadership.
3 Things to Know About Forming Alliances and Making Friends
Actively creating friendships may not seem such a weighty thing among all the other demands of work but can be important when trying to accomplish work across departments
How to Nurture Work Relationships
If we work to build a safe, trusting rapport with our colleagues when there are no problems, it will serve as an important foundation when trouble, difficulty and conflict arise.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Leaving a Government Job
When a workplace becomes so toxic and you have done what is within your power to address it, the costs of leaving just might be outweighed by the benefits of finding a positive environment where you can thrive once more.
Why You Should Ditch the Requirements Checklist
Better technology solutions begin with better procurement strategies. Releasing an RFP is no small feat, and we’ve only just touched on the comprehensive ocean of how to improve your agency’s RFP process. However, by following the guidance here, you can be sure your procurement process will be more forward-looking, low-risk and satisfactory for your agency.
Not Hearing Enough Ideas From Your Team? Hold Back Some of Yours
Does it seem like you are always having to generate new ideas while people around you seem idea poor? While you may have been recognized and promoted based on your ability to generate a lot of ideas, have you considered that as a leader acting as a fountain of ideas may result in others holding… Read more »
The Next Great Workforce Begins After School
Teaching students to think spatially is but one of the elements, an important one from my point of view, that our policy leaders at the local, state, and national levels must work on.
Don’t Be a Turkey in How You Show Appreciation this Thanksgiving
Team leaders are often encouraged (“bombarded” is actually a better word) to communicate appreciation to colleagues during the Thanksgiving holiday season. Expressing thanks for a job well done is sure to be received well, right?Not necessarily.
Giving Thanks Through Action–Civic Engagement and Service-Learning
What I didn’t realize I was doing was learning more about our country and how it works than I ever could have from a book. Giving thanks through action–you often get more back than you realize.
TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up
Thanksgiving positive seasonality came through again this year. Stocks were up with small caps outperforming large caps.