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The Best Approach to Supporting Young Professionals
Finding a mentor is the most important advice I give when growing your career. Professional networking is the other, but how do you do it? Many agree with the importance but the question is should government or private industry help build a professional network for its employees?
4 Reasons to Practice Mindfulness In Your Daily Life
Mindfulness is a technique used to move our thoughts away from our day-to-day worries and preoccupations and toward an appreciation of the present moment and a larger perspective on life. How you feel at work, and in life in general, will greatly improve.
How to Handle Criticism From a Tough Boss
Constructive criticism is tough to swallow. It’s even more tough with a difficult boss. Read for practical tips on how to develop a game plan that works in your favor.
Know Your Facts: The Family Medical Leave Act
Federal employees shouldn’t have to choose between their jobs and caring for themselves or their immediate family members. That’s where the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can help. Here are few basics about this important law.
How to Make Trainings Critical
Just between you and me… Have you ever skipped training because something more important came up? Has a supervisor ever pulled you out of class because they needed you on a conference call?
A Guide to Raising Employee Engagement in Under an Hour
When your team is only a small part of a larger agency, you have to figure out what in the FEVS applies to you. How do you engage your employees about engagement?
Network Leadership and the Myth of the Heroic Leader
It’s time we accept that our commonly held misconceptions about leadership can stunt our own effectiveness as leaders.
If I Fall, Will You Catch Me?
Surveys are telling us that employees do not trust their leadership. This makes me wonder how we will ever be able to have an engaged workforce if we cannot be trusted.
Your Idea is Only as Good as the Way You Present It – 6 Ways to Improve Your Pitch
Getting buy-in on a new idea is a critical component of creating positive change in your organization. A few tweaks to your approach could improve your presentation and communication skills – are you ready to put that next big idea into action?