Overcoming Hurdles: Federal Government Interagency Collaboration
Federal interagency collaboration is vital, but difficult. Learn how to overcome the greatest hurdles and create a culture of greater unity.
Posts Tagged: Executive Leadership
6 Steps to Becoming a More Inclusive Leader
Anyone can practice inclusive leadership. If you’re not quite sure where to start, these six steps are clear and simple.
Strive to Make Organizational Restructuring as Painless as Possible
As ‘Govies’ we’ve all lived through it. The dreaded organizational restructure. Change is painful, but organizational restructures can create a whole new kind of ‘pain’. The unknowns, the rumors, the impacts, and the stress are sometimes off the charts. Having been intimately involved on multiple restructuring efforts, I hope that some of these insights canRead… Read more »
Deciding Who Decides, and Doors: The Decision-Maker Conundrum
The general rule of great delegators is to push decision-making authority to the lowest level possible within an organization. Reason being, that is where the best information lives to inform that decision. However, real life is not so simple.
Virtues of Government Service: Number 10 – Integrity
The wonderful thing about character and integrity, which are intimately related, is that they are one of the few things in life that no one will ever be able to forcefully take away from you.
DorobekINSIDER: Veteran federal CIO Kirit Amin to retire
Kirit Amin, one of the seasoned guard of federal government technology executives and currently the chief information officer at the International Trade Commission, will retire for government, he confirmed to the DorobekINSIDER. He will be stepping down at the end of the year. The departure is the latest to a growing list of CIOs whoRead… Read more »
The Power and Character of “Respected Change”
How can we in government that desperately seek some form of stability ensure that successful change remains for our organization?
There’s No “I” in Federal Team
It should come as no surprise that government work (on any level), particularly in the federal sphere, requires complete teamwork. Unfortunately, there are some inherent discrepancies when dealing with rotating political leadership with the approach of a new administration. But there are ways in which executive leadership can improve the system from within after suchRead… Read more »