AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Stress Less By Setting Expectations With Colleagues
July 1, 2013 When you and your stakeholders don’t see eye-to-eye on the timing of communications and deadlines —stress happens! To help you prevent frustration and feel more in control, here's how to set expectations with customers and colleagues. So, why is setting time expectations so important? The challenge for government leaders is ...
How to Beat Information Overload and Get Things Done
April 2, 2013 I’m finding that lately overwhelm is rampant. Whether it's checking email, going to meetings or using social media, the demands on our time are extreme and potentially endless. To combat this time assault, I’ve developed this two-part method: Ask Yourself, Why? Before you engage in any activity, always ask yourself ...
6 Simple Ways to Expand Your Network
February 6, 2013 It can feel really overwhelming to think about meeting new people. How can you expand your network when you can barely keep up with the people you know? I completely understand that you have a certain relational capacity and that over investing in meeting new people is not a good ...
Never Be Late Again With The 'On Time is Late' Principle
January 15, 2013 Life rarely perfectly follows a plan. But that doesn’t mean that you should just give up and not make a plan. It means that you should embrace a realistic expectation of what planning can and can not do for you: Planning Can Not: Guarantee everything will go perfectly. Make all ...
3 Ways to Leverage Your Time to Restore Work-Life Balance
November 20, 2012 Subscribe: > Newsletter > Facebook > LinkedIn When you care deeply about your career and receive a great deal of satisfaction from what you do, this phrase can become the mantra for your life: When in doubt, work. Woke up early? Work. Just arrived home? Work! Free Saturday afternoon? Work. ...
3 Email Auto Responders to Break Email Addiction
November 12, 2012 THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Email Addiction Has Reached Epidemic Proportions. If You Don’t Take Proper Precautions, It Will Soon Take Over the Planet. Seriously. According to a Kings College study that Tim Ferriss often cites, email and phone distractions lower people’s IQ more than drugs. Crazy! In response ...
Leverage Your Anxiety to Overcome the Uncertainty of Transition
November 2, 2012 Subscribe: > Newsletter > Facebook > LinkedIn With political transition hours away, sequestration hanging over our heads and budget cuts on the horizon; federal employees are in a period of intense uncertainty and anxiety. Author Elizabeth Grace Saunders offers tips for leveraging that anxiety to get focused and keep moving ...
Top 10: How to Take Control of Your Email
October 24, 2012 Email is not your boss. It is simply a method of communicating information, just like postal mail. Before the advent of all of our modern electronic “conveniences” there was an expectation that it would take a bit of time for you to receive information. No one ran to their mailbox ...
Many Feds Face Furloughs Twice
Lawmakers Push Retroactive Furlough Pay
How Long Has the Shutdown Lasted?
In Focus: Who Faces Furloughs?
No TSP Contributions During a Shutdown
How Contractors Might Weather a Shutdown
