Management
How Managers Can Spark, Not Squelch, Our Motivation
Intrinsic motivation has a wide range of benefits for both employees and the organization. Here are 5 ways for managers to foster it.
Management
It’s Premature to Break Up OPM
It makes no sense to initiate a major reorganization before defining what the new organization is expected to achieve.
Management
Government’s Fast-Buying Service Takes Shape With First Customer
GSA plans a gradual rollout to test sales.
Management
Understanding the Rising Rate of Suicide
Deaths from opioid overdose and suicide are at an all-time high. One in 10 adult Americans uses marijuana. And only 1 in 3 Americans self-describes as "happy." A public health expert asks, what's going on?
Management
Why Bosses Cut Some Employees Slack for Unethical Behavior
The same transgression can lead to different consequences. Here’s one reason why.
Management
Only 1 In 4 Women Who Have Been Sexually Harassed Tell Their Employers. Here’s Why They’re Afraid
Courts have created three legal barriers that have made it much harder for workers to complain to their employers about sexual harassment.
Management
The Biggest Problem The World's Workforce Faces Is a Classic Management Issue
"Any change you make needs to be going with your people, not against them," says Moya Greene, CEO of Royal Mail, who spoke at the CogX Festival of All Things AI.
Management
Government Is Data Rich, But Information Poor
More leaders need to be able to turn data into insights.
Management
It Turns Out Men, Not Women, Suffer More From Imposter Syndrome
A recently-published study flips the gender dynamic of imposter syndrome on its head.
Management
Overcoming a Big Obstacle to Citizen Feedback
It took the Defense IG more than a year to get approval for a simple five-question survey asking users’ opinions about its website.
Management
Reorganizing Welfare Programs Is a Very Big Deal
And potentially a very good idea—it’s tough for eligible families to navigate the complex system that sprawls across multiple departments.
Management
What Makes a Great Leader, Explained In Eight Counterintuitive Charts
A lot of the common wisdom we have about working together is wrong.
Management
Blame Weak Management, Not Lack of Authority, for Poor Performers
For the most part, federal supervisors already have the ability to do all of the things described in Trump’s new executive order on removal procedures.
Management
Jokey Bosses Can Encourage Rule Breakers
"Bosses who crack jokes in the office may be opening the door to the idea that it's okay to violate rules in the workplace.
Management
Why the President’s Management Agenda Is Different From Previous Plans
A former federal executive and veteran of previous reform initiatives believes the current agenda has staying power.
Management
20 Words That Make It Harder For People To Understand You At Work
For “thought leaders” who remain “laser focused” on a few overused phrases, here’s a plea to retire jargon—in language that speaks to you.
Management
How Positions of Power Fuel Narcissism
"While power doesn't turn everyone into a destructive tyrant, it has pernicious effects when it gets into the hands of those who want it most..."
Management
How Well Are Federal Employees Really Paid?
The facts are out there, however, it remains a perennial mystery in Washington.
Management
Let’s Talk About Some Bad Ideas for Civil Service Reform
A federal employment lawyer explores a few of the proposals before Congress.
Management