Come prepared and ready to make the most of each one-on-one meeting. Instead of asking the same old stuff each meeting, focus on driving action and improvement through these questions.
5 Things to Ask Your Boss During Your Weekly One-On-One Meetings
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Human Capital Management Priorities for Federal Agencies
If there’s one thing that will undoubtedly define this year, it will be the Presidential election. And while the world waits with bated breath to see who wins the presidential election in November, government agencies must try to keep their focus on mission success. So how will they achieve that goal?
6 Tactics for Returning to Work Post-Maternity Leave
Harvard Business School recently polled their alumni as part of their gender initiative. One finding was particularly interesting: About 37 percent of millennial women plan on interrupting their career to have children. That’s compared to 28 percent of Generation X women and 17 percent of baby boomers. In a time when more people are talkingRead… Read more »
Breastfeeding at Work
You glance down at the right hand corner of your desktop. You know it’s almost that time. Your Outlook alarm reminded you 13 1/2 minutes ago that you have 15 minutes until your next pumping session. And you’re dreading it. You start making compromises with yourself. “Let me just answer this email and then I’llRead… Read more »
Drive Employee Engagement in the Public Sector
Public sector growth is often hampered by frequent and abrupt leadership changes, a complex bureaucracy and limits on financial incentives. So what can public organizations do to fight history and improve their work environment? Check out these simple strategies that can help public agencies build an engaged, mission-oriented workforce.
The January GovFem Reading List
Read the top articles about women in government for January 2016, compiled by GovFem.
New Year’s Resolutions and You
New year-new you, right? According to this post in History of the Holidays, New Year’s Resolutions date back to the Roman era. Babylonians began the tradition in March, but it was the Romans who brought the new tradition to the beginning of the year. The Romans made the change to January because January is namedRead… Read more »
Make 2016 the Year You Take Your Seat at the Table
As we contemplate our goals for 2016, consider these suggestions for recognizing and navigating the stumbling blocks we sometimes put in our own way.
Disengagement and Zombies
How does disengagement spread through an organization? Someone becomes disengaged and like a zombie they bite someone else and sooner or later the entire workplace is infected with the walking dead.
Top 10 Millennial-Friendly Federal Agencies
It’s no secret; federal government is very concerned about attracting and keeping millennials in the public workforce. Right now, only about 16 percent of the federal workforce is made up of millenials. According to a recent report by the Government Business Council, the federal government will need to hire more than 200,000 highly skilled workersRead… Read more »