Imagine this: A workforce with no set schedule, no mandatory attendance, and no centralized location to get the job done. Confused? Don’t be. A new modern day philosophy is emerging in our workforce that slashes conventional workplace practices. The philosophy is known as ROWE – Results-Only Work Environment. Judging employees based on productivity instead ofRead… Read more »
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13 Leadership Tips from “Fed Coach” Tom Fox, Part 2
Last year, GovLoop hosted more than a half dozen online training events designed to help you advance your government career. In 2012, we’re kicking off another series of valuable events and programs that we hope will vault your career. The first one is coming up next Thursday and will be titled “Extreme Makeover: Government ResumeRead… Read more »
Recruitment 411: An Employee’s Story – Why I Chose the IRS
Today’s guest blogger is Scott, who’s sharing his personal journey to become a govie, and why the IRS is his employer of choice. My name is Scott, I am a tax professional and I also have a disability. As a tax professional in private practice, I was working countless hours at the office, especially duringRead… Read more »
Recruitment 411: Seven Simple Steps to Maintain Morale
The other day I was reading the Ragan Communications newsletter and came across an article titled 10 inexpensive ways to boost employee morale. I was immediately interested, not because my office is in need of a mood change – quite the opposite – the IRS Recruitment Office is overflowing with enthusiastic, energetic, people. I wasRead… Read more »
Interviewing: What to Ask
A post by Patra Frame, ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Specialist Are you interested in an organization and a specific job? If so, you want to do a lot of research in advance to learn more and to see if they are a good fit. Once you have secured an interview – you have the opportunity to learnRead… Read more »
OMB Unveils Its Performance.Gov Website
The Bush Administration had its Results.Gov scorecard. The Obama Administration now has unveiled its Performance.Gov dashboard. Is a dashboard better than a scorecard? The Bush website provided links to key management initiatives, such as the President’s Management Agenda Scorecard, a list and bios of top political appointees, and a set of agency examples of bestRead… Read more »
NextGen in Review: Breakout Sessions
Those who weren’t lucky enough to attend NextGen 2011 may be interested in perusing these summaries of some of the breakout sessions. Obviously, the information conveyed was too awesome to be boiled down into a few paragraphs (and you will certainly want to make it out to next year’s summit so you can hear fromRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up July 01, 2011
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Hang up and drive into the sunset. Business News Daily reports on a poll showing that nearly 75 percent of Americans want access to their data while they’re on vacation and nearly one out of five wants data access on their honeymoon! E unum, pluribus? Mike Rupert, a former colleague of mine fromRead… Read more »
Gen “Y Not?” – Building the Next Generation of Government
If you’re interested in this topic, please consider attending our Next Generation of Government Summit on July 28-29 in Washington, DC, where emerging leaders and thinkers will convene to chart the future course of government. ***************************************************************************************************************************************** In another post, I captured the proceedings of an International Symposium which is discussing “Generation Y and Public Management:Read… Read more »
Generation Y and Public Management: Issues and Implications [Live Blog from Paris]
Good morning. I am live blogging from the Ministry of Finance in Paris, France, where I am participating in an event hosted by the Institut de la Gestion Publique (Institute for Public Management). This marks the 10th year of an annual event and this year’s theme is “Generation Y and Public Management: Issues and Implications.”Read… Read more »