Government Executive - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/A forum for government's best ideas and most innovative leaders.en-usWed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:00 -0400We’ve Been Whining About ‘Modern’ Life for Over 100 Yearshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/weve-been-whining-about-modern-life-over-100-years/65207/Before email, letters were the bane of our existence.Mark MicheliWed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/weve-been-whining-about-modern-life-over-100-years/65207/Management - Promising PracticesThe Difference Between Mechanical and Human Productivityhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/difference-between-mechanical-and-human-productivity/65198/For homo sapiens, the most powerful form of productivity is engagement.Linda StoneWed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/difference-between-mechanical-and-human-productivity/65198/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Andrea Danti/Shutterstock.comPeople Joining the US Workforce Today Are Less Educated Than Those Leaving Ithttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/people-joining-us-workforce-today-are-less-educated-those-leaving-it/65144/Things are looking grim for young Americans starting work.Lauren Alix Brown, QuartzTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:52:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/people-joining-us-workforce-today-are-less-educated-those-leaving-it/65144/Management - Promising Practices10 Things HR Departments Don’t Understand About Hiringhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/10-things-hr-departments-dont-understand-about-hiring/65141/How to get an A+ in acquiring new talent.Lou Adler, QuartzTue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/10-things-hr-departments-dont-understand-about-hiring/65141/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Aaron Amat/Shutterstock.comWhy Agencies Should Care How Well Their Employees Sleephttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/why-agencies-should-care-how-well-their-employees-sleep/65102/Employers need to talk to their employees about sleep.Shana LebowitzTue, 18 Jun 2013 12:19:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/why-agencies-should-care-how-well-their-employees-sleep/65102/Management - Promising PracticesImage via ollyy/Shutterstock.comThe Case for Making Bike-Share Membership an Employee Benefithttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/case-making-bike-share-membership-employee-benefit/64973/With bike sharing programs growing, organizations start offering access as wellness incentive.Eric Jaffe, Atlantic CitiesFri, 14 Jun 2013 16:47:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/case-making-bike-share-membership-employee-benefit/64973/Management - Promising PracticesWhen Workers Go On Disability, It Could Have More to do With Depression Than Painhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-workers-go-disability-it-could-have-more-do-depression-pain/64970/German study shows the trauma is more emotional than physical.Ritchie King, QuartzFri, 14 Jun 2013 15:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-workers-go-disability-it-could-have-more-do-depression-pain/64970/Management - Promising Practices15 Things the Public Has More Confidence in Than Congresshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/15-things-public-has-more-confidence-congress/64871/Americans' confidence in Congress has dropped to a record low.Mark MicheliThu, 13 Jun 2013 17:22:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/15-things-public-has-more-confidence-congress/64871/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Gary Blakeley/Shutterstock.comGenome Exhibit Opens at Smithsonianhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/genome-exhibit-opens-smithsonian/64865/New exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project.Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:52:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/genome-exhibit-opens-smithsonian/64865/Management - Promising PracticesImage via nmid/Shutterstock.com3 Tips to Make Change ‘Stick” In Your Organization http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/3-tips-make-change-stick-your-organization/64769/When leaders forget to manage the process, they doom their chances of changing anything.Victoria GradyWed, 12 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/3-tips-make-change-stick-your-organization/64769/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Madlen/Shutterstock.comWhat the Heck is a Vision Board (And Should I Use One)?http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/what-heck-vision-board-and-should-i-use-one/64778/Creative, motivational and out of the box: the potential performance boost of vision boards.Sarah Koppelkam, Greatist.comWed, 12 Jun 2013 16:15:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/what-heck-vision-board-and-should-i-use-one/64778/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Koppelkam/Shutterstock.comWhen is a Federal Program Actually a 'Program'? http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-federal-program-actually-program/64766/In search of an answer, a look at the "atomic" level of federal programs.John Kamensky, IBM Center for the Business of GovernmentWed, 12 Jun 2013 15:14:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-federal-program-actually-program/64766/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Milos Dizajn/Shutterstock.comHelicopter Managers: The Helping Hand Strikes Againhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/helicopter-managers-helping-hand-strikes-again/64688/Studies show managers that help too much impede the growth of their employees.Adam GrantTue, 11 Jun 2013 17:20:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/helicopter-managers-helping-hand-strikes-again/64688/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Alphaspirit/Shutterstock.comWhat Do We Really Mean by 'Government Accountability'?http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/what-do-we-really-mean-government-accountability/64208/A look at three different ways of thinking about what it means to be accountable.John Kamensky, IBM Center for the Business of GovernmentTue, 11 Jun 2013 16:09:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/what-do-we-really-mean-government-accountability/64208/Management - Promising PracticesImage via WimL/Shutterstock.comHalf the United States’ Most Skilled Workers Don’t Have a Bachelor’s Degreehttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/half-united-states-most-skilled-workers-dont-have-bachelors-degree/64685/Think you need a college degree to be a skilled worker? Think again.Tim Fernholz, QuartzTue, 11 Jun 2013 13:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/half-united-states-most-skilled-workers-dont-have-bachelors-degree/64685/Management - Promising PracticesForget What Government Should Do—What Can It Do?http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/forget-what-government-should-dowhat-can-it-do/64625/The trick isn't to figure out how to do everything Washington does better. It's to figure what Washington role should be in the first place.Eric Schnurer, The AtlanticMon, 10 Jun 2013 16:49:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/forget-what-government-should-dowhat-can-it-do/64625/Management - Promising PracticesWhen to Tell a Leader What They Need to Hear, Not What They Want to Hearhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-tell-leader-what-they-need-hear-not-what-they-want-hear/64235/Three considerations that will help you speak truth to power.Jackson Nickerson, Brookings Executive EducationFri, 07 Jun 2013 16:57:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-tell-leader-what-they-need-hear-not-what-they-want-hear/64235/Management - Promising PracticesA Brief History of the US Government’s Awful Graphic Designhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/brief-history-us-governments-awful-graphic-design/64475/For as much as feds use PowerPoint, we're pretty bad at it.David Yanofsky and Ritchie King, QuartzFri, 07 Jun 2013 12:30:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/brief-history-us-governments-awful-graphic-design/64475/Management - Promising PracticesDepartment of StateVideo: Guitar Playing NIH Director Nails ‘The Sequester Blues’http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/video-guitar-playing-nih-director-nails-sequester-blues/64433/Sequestration got you down? This might cheer you up.Mark MicheliThu, 06 Jun 2013 18:01:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/video-guitar-playing-nih-director-nails-sequester-blues/64433/Management - Promising PracticesFNIHThe Secret to a Relaxing Vacation: Send All Your Email to the Trashhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/secret-relaxing-vacation-send-all-your-email-trash/64340/Need a real break? Delete all your emails while you're away.Danah Boyd, QuartzWed, 05 Jun 2013 15:55:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/secret-relaxing-vacation-send-all-your-email-trash/64340/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Bule Sky Studio/Shutterstock.comMore than 40 Percent of Managers That Are Sent Abroad Failhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/more-40-managers-are-sent-abroad-fail/64319/State Department, beware.Vickie Elmer, QuartzWed, 05 Jun 2013 13:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/more-40-managers-are-sent-abroad-fail/64319/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Fongfong/Shutterstock.comWhen Women Don't Take Credit for Their Own Good Workhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-women-dont-take-credit-their-own-good-work/64316/Women resist taking credit when working with men, studies suggests.Kay Steiger, The AtlanticWed, 05 Jun 2013 11:45:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/when-women-dont-take-credit-their-own-good-work/64316/Management - Promising PracticesImage via OPOLJA/Shutterstock.comVideo: Why Brainstorming Doesn’t Work http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/video-why-brainstorming-doesnt-work/64262/Also, you need to start being more critical.Mark MicheliTue, 04 Jun 2013 17:57:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/video-why-brainstorming-doesnt-work/64262/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Mopic/Shutterstock.comThe New Type of Leader Government Needs Nowhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/new-type-leader-government-needs-now/64223/The original vision of the SES has never been realized.Mark MicheliTue, 04 Jun 2013 17:39:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/new-type-leader-government-needs-now/64223/Management - Promising PracticesThe Future of Getting Paid to Be Healthyhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/future-getting-paid-be-healthy/64139/Pairing financial incentives and workplace wellness programs, employers can save money, and employees can make it.Celine GounderMon, 03 Jun 2013 14:28:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/06/future-getting-paid-be-healthy/64139/Management - Promising Practices