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Dr. Francis Collins
Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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John Kamensky
Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government
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Victoria Grady
Professor, The George Washington University
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Scott Eblin
Executive Coach // @scotteblin
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Sarah Agan
Director, Corner Alliance Inc.
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Jackson Nickerson
Associate Director, Brookings Executive Education
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Mark Micheli
Editor, Excellence in Government // @MARK_MICHELI
Infographic: The 10 Agencies with The Most STEMM Talent
The demand for STEMM talent (aka science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medical field professionals) is increasing. According to a new report issued by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton, entitled, The Biggest Bang Theory: How to Get the Most out of the ... Read & React
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.Zig Ziglar
What Songs Keep You Motivated at Work?
Music can have a powerful impact on mindfulness. Certain songs or genres can be totally distracting or annoying while others set you up to remember why you do what you do as a leader. Likewise, there ... Read & React
The 5 Best Ways to Attract STEMM Talent to your Agency
Recruiting highly sought after STEMM talent, that is professionals in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medical fields, is hard and getting harder. The demand is growing, but the number of college students who have selected STEMM majors so far is staying flat. Federal agencies ... Read & React
Redefine 'Business As Usual'
Now that the election is over, Washington can get back to business as usual. Or even…better than usual. This is a great time to step back and evaluate the people within your organization and decide how everyone can work together to operate at a higher level of performance. Too many leaders spend ... Read & React
How to Prevent the IRS From Abusing Its Power Again
Almost everyone agrees that the IRS behaved badly when it singled out conservative activist groups for extra scrutiny. As Ezra Klein put it, "because the Internal Revenue Service holds so much private data, and because it can make people's lives absolutely miserable, it is of paramount importance ... Read & React
7 Tips for Taming Your Calendar
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post called Five Ways to Get Your Calendar Under Control. Since then, I’ve used it as the starting point for a conversation among high potential leaders in our Next Level Leadership® group coaching program. The framing questions for the group about the post are: ... Read & React
Government Should Run Like a Business—But Not in the Way You Think
"Government" is, everywhere, an industry in serious trouble. Not only do its consumers constantly complain, but some also are finding alternatives. Its products are failing the tests of quality and innovation, and it costs more than users want to pay. If governments were private firms, they'd be ... Read & React
The Myth of Presidential Leadership
The theme of presidential leadership is a venerated one in America, the subject of many biographies and an enduring mythology about great figures rising to the occasion. The term “mythology” doesn’t mean that the stories are inaccurate; Lincoln, the wonderful Steven Spielberg movie, conveyed a real ... Read & React
With the IRS Scandal Ablaze, How Does that Special-Prosecutor Thing Work?
While the Justice Department has started an investigation into whether the Internal Revenue Service broke any laws by targeting conservative groups for heightened scrutiny, critics of the Obama administration will likely continue their call for a special counsel. Already, Louisiana Gov. Bobby ... Read & React
How the Zebrafish May Hold the Key to Human Disease
Wouldn’t it be instructive if we could see the effect of a genetic mutation in real time, as the gene was misbehaving? Well, that’s one of the perks of using the zebrafish—a tiny, striped, transparent fish. Just last month, an international team of scientists—funded in part by NIH—published the ... Read & React
4 Takeaways from the IRS Inspector General's Report
The IRS is about to become Washington’s favorite political target as hearings get under way about its targeting of conservative non-profit groups. With the White House and lawmakers expressing outrage, a key report from the agency’s inspector general paints an unflattering view of the goings-on ... Read & React
Al Gore and More: EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweets
Some might have questioned whether the concept of “excellence” in government was even worth talking about this year—with the sequester, furloughs and the potential for lean budgets on the horizon. But a lineup of the government’s best and brightest—including approximately 800 900 attendees—showed ... Read & React
TSP's G Fund Helps Delay Debt Ceiling
CBP Could Escape Furloughs
Feds Flock to TSP's L Funds
EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweets
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
The Big Squeeze: Defense Under Sequester
