Making the Most of a Conference
How do people make the most of conferences they attend? I decided to ask my friends and colleagues for their insight and here are some of the great tips they offered.
Build Your “High Five” Performing Team
My new team has three positions: one open, one filled, and one person had just resigned but was still on the job for a few more weeks. My first task? Ensure each one of the people in these positions is successful. But how?
Disengagement Trifecta
For American Indian/Alaska Native employees, it is one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old engagement ballgame.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, or Darth Vader: What’s Your Leadership Style?
Even though they take place in a galaxy far, far away, there’s a lot to learn about leadership from the Star Wars movies.
Twitter Chat 101: Hosting as a Government Agency
Twitter chats certainly aren’t the newest concept, but their popularity has been steadily growing over the past few years. As their popularity grows, companies, organizations and now government agencies are beginning to get in on the fun. But to run your own Twitter chat, you have to know how. And while there is a plethora… Read more »
Want Results? What is Your Double Helix?
Enterprise Architecture portrays technology, data, and people as functional blocks of information. As we know, “architecture” in this context derives from Zachman’s classic article. In the larger context, by definition, modern architecture represents form in terms of function. The same for “pattern.” If I may use a crude abbreviation, a “pattern language” is to “makeRead… Read more »
The Federal SES Performance Guidelines Have Begun – Is Your Agency Ready?
In some instances, particular critical elements and performance requirements of senior executives may already be part of the system. If not, or if tweaks or modifications are required, simple configuration changes can be made to accommodate the new elements. It can be as easy as flipping a switch, rather than the historical long, drawn-out process.
Advice from My Mentor: Wear Red
Aspiring to be a strong leader means training to run hurdles. We all run into internal and external obstacles that take effort to overcome. Knowing what internal obstacles can throw off your day, and being prepared for the external ones too, can make a huge difference in how you respond when you hit a roadblock.Read… Read more »
The Obstruction to Investing in the Government Workforce
The focus of attention to malign the government worker due to performance and service issues deflect from the real obstruction that impacts the quality of government service. For nearly two decades, there have been demands from the legislative and executive branches concerning the poor condition of the infrastructure in many government agencies. There have beenRead… Read more »
The First Shall Be Last and the Last Shall Be First
Maybe true victory is not winning the race but just completing the course.