It’s Time to Improve the Federal Hiring Process
The government is fighting a losing battle for the war on talent. Less than half of the federal workforce expresses confidence in the government’s ability to recruit people with the “right skills.”
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How the Sharing of “Knowledge Power” Will Tackle Your Agency’s Problems
Without leadership’s proactive, strategic support and guidance, any tech investment into knowledge-sharing will amount to very little. Fortunately, this needed support is taking hold here within the corridors of the Nation’s Capital.
The Foundations of Teamwork
Teamwork. It’s a powerful word that is overused but seldom fully utilized.
A Quick Tour of PlainLanguage.Gov
In this post, I hope to acclimate you to a few of the resources that are housed at PlainLanguage.gov so that you will learn to integrate the guidance into your own work as well as to navigate the site on your own.
Talking With Your Customers, Not At Them
Collaboration is increasingly a model for customer service, product development, and service enhancement.
Spivey’s Hierarchy of Good Publishable Content
Web content exists in a real world, not a perfect one. And sometimes good work processes get overruled, lawyers prevail, and deadlines drive actions. In the interests of saving someone else’s sanity, here are my rules of good publishable content
Federal Survey is “Just a Start” in Building Lasting Employee Engagement
By adopting policies which embrace “people” and tech-enabled practices, managers will see soaring engagement scores – thus boosting productivity, quality of work and retention.
Preparing for the Unexpected: How to Plan in the Digital Age
Creating plans that can adapt and evolve based on advancements in technology is one of the biggest challenges facing all government organizations. Here’s how you can do it successfully.
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?
Training Lessons Learned through Search and Rescue
The time invested training your team and building trust could be the difference between successful or failing operations