How to Win Over Opposition and Gain Traction
Overcome opposition and achieve success. Try these 5 tested and tried tips when pitching your idea.
Posts Tagged: career
Confessions of a Bad Supervisor
My own inability to control certain problem children in the past has, directly or indirectly, led to my own staff being reduced from seven (full and part-time) to one (plus contractors). And, that’s ok. Perhaps that’s a bad thing or perhaps that has led to finding the workflow “sweet spot” for my department’s activity. That’s… Read more »
Why Diversity Recruitment Programs Fail
Women and people of color are largely underrepresented in the government. Here is one explanation for why.
Kindness Works
Want to have a successful career? Be a great leader? Help your team and organization perform better? No matter what your current position or future goals, there’s one thing that will impact your career even more than competence or expertise – they way you treat others.
Introduce the ‘You’ in ‘You People’
Learn how to make your approach to citizen engagement more personal.
Positive Interviewing
How to shine in an interview
What Is Your Return on Meetings?
How to calculate the benefits and costs of your meetings to receive the full advantages of your agency’s meetings.
Learning Matters More Than Results
Rewarding employees for learning and self-development is more effective than rewarding employees solely on the results they produce.
Performance Issues? Here’s One Simple Solution that Can Help Now
How to overcome performance issues with one simple solution.
Immigration: The End … and the Beginning
When I tell people I work for Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), I get one of two reactions: confusion (as in “what is that?”), or a combination of discomfort and empathy.