Government Executive - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/A forum for government's best ideas and most innovative leaders.en-usThu, 23 May 2013 12:53:15 -0400The Steve Jobs Emails That Show How to Win a Hard-Nosed Negotiationhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/steve-jobs-emails-show-how-win-hard-nosed-negotiation/63590/The emails provide an extraordinary view of a high-stakes battle between two leaders.Zachary M. Seward, QuartzThu, 23 May 2013 12:53:15 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/steve-jobs-emails-show-how-win-hard-nosed-negotiation/63590/Management - Promising PracticesJeff Chiu/AP File Photo Yes, Power Corrupts, But Power Also Revealshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/yes-power-corrupts-power-also-reveals/63581/Power may simply help reveal our true colors.Adam GrantThu, 23 May 2013 10:11:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/yes-power-corrupts-power-also-reveals/63581/Management - Promising PracticesPortrait of Frank Lloyd Wright.Library of CongressThe Inspiring Future (and Present) of Government Innovation http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/inspiring-future-and-present-government-innovation/63425/There's lots of innovation underway in different places around government.John Kamensky, IBM Center for the Business of GovernmentWed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/inspiring-future-and-present-government-innovation/63425/Management - Promising PracticesHow the Heck Do You Keep on Mission When the Mission is Always Changing?http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-heck-do-you-keep-mission-when-mission-always-changing/63419/How to maintain mission priorities in spite of Washington's ever-changing goals.Jackson NickersonWed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-heck-do-you-keep-mission-when-mission-always-changing/63419/Management - Promising PracticesNIH Finds Sleep Gene Linked to Migraineshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/sleep-gene-linked-migraines/63416/NIH-funded researchers track down hereditary connection to migraines.Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/sleep-gene-linked-migraines/63416/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Peter Bernik/Shutterstock.comOpen-Plan Offices Are Terrible for Your Healthhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/open-plan-offices-are-terrible-your-health/63413/Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy, and more likely to get sick.Anna Codrea-Rado , QuartzTue, 21 May 2013 17:30:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/open-plan-offices-are-terrible-your-health/63413/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.comAstronaut Sally Ride Awarded the Medal of Freedomhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/astronaut-sally-ride-awarded-medal-freedom/63410/First woman in space honored posthumously.J.K. Trotter, Atlantic WireTue, 21 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/astronaut-sally-ride-awarded-medal-freedom/63410/Management - Promising PracticesNational ArchivesHow Exercising at Work Saves Moneyhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-exercising-work-saves-money/63404/If your office doesn't have a gym, it soon might -- out of the government's interest.Celine Gounder, The AtlanticTue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-exercising-work-saves-money/63404/Management - Promising Practicessebastianfritzon / flickrCass Sunstein's 8 Simple Rules for Making Government 'Simpler'http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/listen-cass-sunsteins-8-simple-rules-making-government-simpler/63377/The former "Regulator Czar" shares his vision for a simpler government.Mark MicheliTue, 21 May 2013 14:10:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/listen-cass-sunsteins-8-simple-rules-making-government-simpler/63377/Management - Promising PracticesInfographic: The 10 Agencies with The Most STEMM Talent http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/10-agencies-most-stemm-talent-infographic/63260/Where does your agency's workforce rank?Mark MicheliMon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/10-agencies-most-stemm-talent-infographic/63260/Management - Promising PracticesThe Partnership for Public ServiceThe 5 Best Ways to Attract STEMM Talent to your Agencyhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/5-best-ways-attract-stemm-talent-your-agency/63258/The demand for technically proficient talent is growing--here's how to recruit, and retain, them.Lara Shane, Partnership for Public Service Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/5-best-ways-attract-stemm-talent-your-agency/63258/Management - Promising PracticesPartnership for Public ServiceHow to Prevent the IRS From Abusing Its Power Againhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-prevent-irs-abusing-its-power-again/63242/Evaluate tax-exempt groups based on behavior rather than speculation, and compensate them for compliance costs.Conor Friedersdorf, The AtlanticFri, 17 May 2013 12:42:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-prevent-irs-abusing-its-power-again/63242/Management - Promising PracticesGovernment Should Run Like a Business—But Not in the Way You Thinkhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/government-should-run-business-not-way-you-think/63221/Regimes around the world are under pressure to deliver more and cost less. Here's a plan for how to actually make that work.Eric Schnurer, The AtlanticThu, 16 May 2013 15:45:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/government-should-run-business-not-way-you-think/63221/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Brandon Bourdages/Shutterstock.comThe Myth of Presidential Leadershiphttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/myth-presidential-leadership/63218/Many Washington pundits are critical of the president’s ability to wrangle concessions out of Congress, but they forget that his power has limits.Norm Ornstein, National JournalThu, 16 May 2013 14:35:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/myth-presidential-leadership/63218/Management - Promising PracticesWikimedia CommonsWith the IRS Scandal Ablaze, How Does that Special-Prosecutor Thing Work?http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/irs-scandal-ablaze-how-does-special-prosecutor-thing-work/63185/An explainer of how Eric Holder could appoint someone to pursue the case.Matt Vasilogambros, National JournalWed, 15 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/irs-scandal-ablaze-how-does-special-prosecutor-thing-work/63185/Management - Promising PracticesHow the Zebrafish May Hold the Key to Human Diseasehttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-zebrafish-may-hold-key-human-disease/63186/Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health Wed, 15 May 2013 16:52:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-zebrafish-may-hold-key-human-disease/63186/Management - Promising PracticesResearcher Zhaoxia Sun, at Yale, uses the zebrafish to study Polycystic Kidney Disease, which affects more than 600,000 Americans. Mutations in the zebrafish vhnf1 gene, and its human counterpart, cause cysts in both zebrafish and human kidneys.Wikimedia Commons4 Takeaways from the IRS Inspector General's Reporthttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/4-takeaways-irs-inspector-generals-report/63184/Report says there's a culture of incompetence within the tax-collecting agency.Michael Catalini, National JournalWed, 15 May 2013 16:24:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/4-takeaways-irs-inspector-generals-report/63184/Management - Promising PracticesAl Gore and More: EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweetshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/eig-2013-told-your-tweets/63165/A review of this year's Excellence in Government Conference, told via Twitter.EIG StaffTue, 14 May 2013 18:24:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/eig-2013-told-your-tweets/63165/Management - Promising PracticesSpace Is Now a Reality TV Showhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/space-now-reality-tv-show/63160/Chris Hadfield's return from the International Space Station marks a new era for the final frontier.Megan Garber, The AtlanticTue, 14 May 2013 16:50:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/space-now-reality-tv-show/63160/Management - Promising PracticesChris Hadfield experiments with water drops in microgravityNASA/CSAHow to Walk Awayhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-walk-away/63159/The psychology of lost causes.Heidi Grant Halvorson, The AtlanticTue, 14 May 2013 15:32:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-walk-away/63159/Management - Promising PracticesImage via igor.stevanovic/Shutterstock.comTip: Eat Lunch Away from the Computerhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/tip-eat-lunch-away-computer/63156/Save your waistline and take a break.Casey O'Hanlon, Greatist.comTue, 14 May 2013 13:51:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/tip-eat-lunch-away-computer/63156/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Kuznetsov Dmitriy/Shutterstock.comIt’s Okay Not To Know: 3 Keys to Leveraging Uncertainty In Your Organizationhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/its-okay-not-know-how-leverage-uncertainty-your-organization/62855/Doing more with less would be fine...if we knew what we were supposed be doing in the first place.Glenda EoyangTue, 14 May 2013 13:41:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/its-okay-not-know-how-leverage-uncertainty-your-organization/62855/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Gwoeii/Shutterstock.comWhy I Quit Email—and You Should, toohttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/why-i-quit-emailand-you-should-too/63148/Easing up on email usage could save you hours every day.Lucien EngelenTue, 14 May 2013 10:22:42 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/why-i-quit-emailand-you-should-too/63148/Management - Promising PracticesLichtmeister/Shutterstock.comAstronaut Makes Most Expensive Music Video Ever http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/astronaut-makes-most-expensive-music-video-ever/63118/Take that, Michael Jackson.Mark MicheliMon, 13 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/astronaut-makes-most-expensive-music-video-ever/63118/Management - Promising PracticesYouTubeThe 10 Most Amazing Space Videos Filmed Aboard the ISShttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/10-most-amazing-space-videos-filmed-aboard-iss/63117/Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's most fascinating videos about life in space.Mark MicheliSun, 12 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/10-most-amazing-space-videos-filmed-aboard-iss/63117/Management - Promising PracticesYouTube