Let’s Talk About Taking Tech to the Homeless
How can communities come together and address the growing crises of homelessness? Technology and GIS may be helpful ways to start.
Sowing the Seed of Career Success
A good network is a like a garden – it requires constant care and feeding. In the same way, building and nurturing a good, reliable roster of contacts requires an on-going commitment. Here’s how you can maintain good upkeep on your professional networks.
TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up
Stocks managed to produce gains this week despite the history of negative seasonality, a threatening North Korea, and a hawkish Fed. A rise in bank shares kept the S&P 500 barely afloat. A slight jump up at Monday’s open pretty much marked the trading range for the index. This week was the smallest weekly rangeRead… Read more »
How To Fix Your Analysis Paralysis
Analysis paralysis is an easy trap to fall into anytime there’s uncertainty. For government employees, that can be said about pretty much every decision you’ll make in your career. Here are some tips and tricks that can help.
Harness your Fear to Achieve Growth
Fear is part of life and it’s something that everyone experiences. Let’s start addressing those fears together and become better for it.
10 Practices That Implement the 5 Processes and 5 Principles
The 10 practices of project success encompass the entire lifecycle of a project or program, from inception to the creation of the performance measurement baseline. Learn how these 10 practices can improve your project management.
Telework – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Telework has fallen in and out of favor. This article briefly looks at the good, bad and ugly sides of telework and offers some ideas on how to make it work for you.
Leadership Strategies for Attracting Top Talent in Government
Have you ever worked for a manager who you would follow if they left the department or organization? What is it about these leaders who consistently attract and retain top talent?
How Leaders Demonstrate Commitment
Organizations with committed staff and leaders are more resilient and better able to adapt to change and respond to disruption in a flexible and innovative manner. But what is commitment and what does it look like?
What’s Fair? Managing Perceptions of Performance Management Programs
Agencies use performance management programs to inform employee decisions related to compensation, transfers, promotions and workforce cuts. But sometimes perceptions of the fairness of these programs can affect employee motivation. Learn how you can navigate in your agency.