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How to Brainstorm Brilliant Ideas in Teams – without Sliding into ‘Groupthink’

With companies encouraging greater teamwork, an expert outlines how to innovate effectively and problem solve as a group.

  • Sabrina Habib, The Conversation

Senator Calls on Biden to Fill OSTP Leadership Role

This is the second request urging the Biden administration to put forth a nominee for the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

  • Frank Konkel

How Managers Can Become More Effective Leaders

A new report from Gallup identifies seven leadership traits found among managers of high performing teams, and offers tips for how to develop these skills.

  • Andre Claudio

Kip Hawley Was An Uncommon Leader For All-Too-Common Times

The former Transportation Security Administration chief rose to the occasion -- twice -- and his is a model we need to emulate, Justin P. Oberman writes in this remembrance.

  • Justin P. Oberman

Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Be the First Black Woman Justice. Here’s How She Will Change the Supreme Court.

The Senate has voted to confirm Jackson, whose history-making confirmation sets up the first all-women liberal wing on the court. The 19th examines what she means to the Supreme Court and the legal profession.

  • Candice Norwood, The 19th

GovExec Daily: The Remote Work Disconnect

Dr. Brianna Caza joins the podcast to discuss how organizations can foster connection during hybrid work.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Making the Case for a Federal Management Corps

The challenges facing the Veteran Benefits Administration may make it a good place to test a Management Corps.

  • Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson

How to Keep Your Brain Working Well as You Age

A new book offers tips on how to avoid serious cognitive issues as you get older.

  • Futurity

GovExec Daily: How to Bring Employees Back Safely… and Comfortably

Laura Putnam joins the podcast to discuss how leaders can bring in a hybrid environment and return to offices.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Gender Bias Makes Humor at Work Tricky

Gender and status can each affect how well humor goes over at work, research finds.

  • Futurity

Putin, Zelenskyy and Biden All Have Unique Leadership Styles

The current conflict in Ukraine has three key leaders, each of whom uses a different approach to the crisis.

  • Sam Hunter and Gina Scott Ligon, The Conversation

GovExec Daily: What Managers Can Learn From Anthropologists

Steven L. Katz joins the podcast to discuss how managers can learn to lead better during the pandemic.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

GovExec Daily: What Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Face on the Road to Confirmation

Dr. Emerald Christopher-Byrd joins the podcast to discuss Biden's Supreme Court nominee.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
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Four Black Women Became Classmates, Roommates and Lifelong Sisters. One of Them Is Now a Historic Nominee for the Supreme Court.

Errin Haines spoke to longtime friends of Ketanji Brown Jackson as she is poised to break a new barrier.

  • Errin Haines, The 19th

GovExec Daily: How High-Stress Leaders Can Balance Work and Life

Registered psychotherapist Paul Sheesley joins the podcast to discuss how to lead while managing emotional health.

  • Adam Butler

Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It’s Called ‘Decision Fatigue’

Pandemic living has come with a barrage of daily choices that have many of us complaining of a sort of brain freeze. That exhaustion is real, and it’s got a name: “decision fatigue.”

  • Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News

Culture Counts: Three Ways to Achieve Better Outcomes

Employees who describe their organization’s culture as healthy are more likely to collaborate with colleagues and less likely to leave their jobs. 

  • Melissa Dimitri, Katherine Krause and Jonelle Hilleary

Are You a Jerk at Work? 5 Ways to Rein It In

There are seven types of jerks at work, according to a new book. Follow these five recommendations to avoid irritating your colleagues.

  • Futurity

How to Mentor Young Workers in a Remote World

As we approach year three of the pandemic, we need to (finally) change how we train people.

  • Ed Zitron, The Atlantic

GovExec Daily: OPM Director Kiran Ahuja on the Biden Management Agenda

The Office of Personnel Management chief joins the podcast to discuss her agency's role in executing the PMA.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

SBA’s Elias Hernandez on Telework and Distributing Relief During the Pandemic

The agency “has not missed a beat,” and will be updating its policies on remote work for the long haul, says chief human capital officer.

  • Courtney Bublé