Management Matters
Let's Play: How Games Can Improve Employee Learning
COMMENTARY | Gamification or game-based learning is a great tactic in training employees on the skills and processes they need to know for their current positions and to encourage them to upskill for their next jobs.
Want More Good Ideas from Your Workers? Try Giving Them a Reward – and a Choice
A recent study found that offering workers a choice of what type of reward they would like for offering good suggestions increased the volume of submissions and their creativity too.
Respectful Persuasion Is a Relay Race, not a Solo Sprint – 3 Keys to Putting It in Practice
Immanuel Kant’s ideas about respect are still important today, in a world where social media and echo chambers make manipulation easy.
Time Of Day May Affect COVID Vaccine Effectiveness
Time of day may be important for how effective the COVID-19 vaccine is. A new study suggests middle of the day may be be best.
Our Accountability System is Broken. Fix It First
The way we hold federal employees accountable for meeting reasonable standards of performance and behavior is badly broken, and it must be fixed before we can talk about additional reforms, argues one former federal leader.
The Reopening That Wasn’t: As Government Employees Work From Home, People Find Services Curtailed
Everything from pandemic policies to security concerns is causing agencies to reduce in-person services, including licenses and permits.
Job Programs Help Communities During Tight Labor Markets
Katherine S. Newman and Elisabeth S. Jacobs join the podcast to discuss their new book.
Public Sector Work Equals High Job Satisfaction
A new workforce survey reveals what employees love about the public sector, and what’s driving them away.
Building a Government Leadership Talent Pipeline
The Partnership for Public Service's Michelle Amante joins the podcast to discuss recruiting and retaining the next generation of federal leaders.
The 3 Most Important Themes for Government in 2023
As the world continues to change, leaders should work together to build trust, resilience and security for the people they serve.
Are Pensions the Answer to the Public-Sector Worker Shortage?
Research shows that pension benefits overwhelmingly help attract skilled workers, especially millennials.
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Even Bivalent Updated COVID-19 Boosters Struggle to Prevent Omicron Subvariant Transmission – An Immunologist Discusses Why New Approaches Are Necessary
The new bivalent boosters against COVID-19 have failed to halt omicron infections. However, new technologies are being developed that pave a way forward.
New Year, New You: How to Grow in Your Career in 2023
Andrew Feldman joins the podcast to discuss how managers make improvement a goal for 2023.
How to Unlock Your Creativity – Even if You See Yourself as a Conventional Thinker
New research highlights how anyone can train their creative muscles by rethinking the anxiety, frustration and anger they encounter in daily life.
Ancient Greece Had Extreme Polarization and Civil Strife Too – How Thucydides Can Help Us Understand Jan. 6 and Its Aftermath
The insights of an ancient historian show that the causes of civil unrest are often the same over time and across societies.
How Public Sector Women Lead
The Partnership for Public Service's Emily Kalnicky joins the podcast to discuss research on gender and leadership.
Why You Should Give the Gift of Mindfulness This New Year
Mindfulness can teach us to be more present – not just for ourselves, but also for our colleagues, friends and loved ones.
Changing Government Engagement in 2023
Four trends are showing improvements in the daily work of government employees.
How to Disagree without Fighting
Professor Dan Edelstein has five tips for how to disagree productively. Democracy depends on it, he says.
GovExec Daily: Learning from Elon Musk's Twitter Management Mistakes
TalenTrust's Kathleen Quinn Votaw joins the podcast to discuss leadership lessons from the Twitter takeover.
