40 Hours of Fun
There are endless ways to deal with stress: exercise, music, meditation, prioritization, etc. But there’s one that government employees don’t talk about as often: laughter.
10 Tips for Starting the Fiscal Year With New Goals
With the start of a new fiscal year fast approaching, why not use it as your opportunity to make a fresh start of your own with a new set of goals, be they career or personal focused? Here are 10 tips on setting goals to get you started.
5 Tips to Make Your Documents Visually Appealing
In the government, we circulate thousands of documents each year. The purposes of these documents vary from helping people apply for services to informing the public about new regulations. But, let’s be honest. The government is not known for disseminating easy to read documents. Fortunately, that is quickly changing as agencies are realizing that to… Read more »
Snowden Leaks Put E.U.-U.S. Safe Harbor on Trial
If the Court agrees with Bot, it could rule that the Commission decision underpinning Safe Harbor is unlawful. That would throw a serious monkey-wrench into the bilateral data transfer framework. . . .
5 Steps to Lead Innovation
We all want to introduce the next big idea to make a significant contribution to our organizations. But what does that really look like and how do you bring about innovation? Where does the process start?
How to Ace Your Performance Evaluation
The end of the fiscal year can only man one thing—appraisals are nigh. Think they’re a waste of time? You’re wrong!
How to Navigate Change and Uncertainty
Learning to navigate and working effectively with persistent waves of change is an essential skill in today’s world.
How to Develop a Workplace Mentoring Program
We explored the many benefits of building and implementing a successful workplace mentoring program for government employees in our first article. Now we will explain the steps involved in developing an effective workplace mentoring program. There are different types of mentoring, such as one-on-one mentoring; group mentoring in which one individual mentors several people atRead… Read more »
Just Starting Out? 4 Pieces of Career Advice You Should Ignore (and 1 You Shouldn’t)
While you should take all career advice with a grain of salt, here are four particularly deadly pieces that I’ve seen hang people up over and over.
What You Need to Know About the Possible Government Shutdown
The U.S. federal government is mired in political budget wranglings that may result in another government shutdown. If this seems all-too familiar, that’d be the painful memories of the last government shutdown in 2013. But, the federal government can’t stop completely. And, even though the possible government shutdown is just a couple of days away, it’s far from certain that it willRead… Read more »