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It’s Time to Rethink the Way Work Is Managed
Better performance comes with clear expectations and mutual trust.
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Travel Cuts? Boost Training and Collaboration Online
How to inject the human factor into e-learning systems.
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How Americans Lost Track of One Founding Father's Definition of Success
According to Benjamin Franklin, what mattered in business was humility, restraint, and discipline.
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How Much Sympathy Do Overwhelmed White-Collar Workers Deserve?
Belittling their plight by comparing it to blue-collar workers’ ignores the trickle-down harms of an exhausting work culture.
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6 Leadership Lessons From USAID
If you want to save the world, lead, follow or get out of the way.
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7 New Books to Read This Fall
Instead of just spouting their opinions, these authors bring us real data.
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Why Federal Agencies Should Buy Local
Choosing regional contractors can improve the odds of better service and lower costs.
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Beyond the Paycheck: One Psychologist's Dream of Meaningful Jobs for Everyone
Meaningful work, argues Barry Schwartz, shouldn't be a luxury. It should be a feature of every job, from CEO to factory worker.
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Agencies Should Celebrate Their Accomplishments
There is no better way to motivate high performance than making it public.
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The Secret Suffering of the Middle Manager
All of the downsides of being a subordinate, combined with all of the downsides of having to tell people to do things they don't want to do.
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NASA’s 20-Year-Old Astronaut Hiring Procedures Still Work Today
Putting several extremely talented, smart and confident people into space together requires the ultimate in teamwork, physical and mental toughness, and psychological agility.
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The High Professional Cost of Your Inability to Trust
It's even more complicated when challenged to operate as a team.
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Modafinil Really Is a 'Smart Drug,' But Is It Workplace Doping?
Modafinil was recently found to enhance cognition in healthy people.
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Budgeteers Join Forces Online to Get More Bang for the Buck
How MAX Federal Community boosts cross-agency collaboration.
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U.S. Workplaces Boost the Confidence of Men… And Destroy the Ambitions of Women
Starting out, 43% of women aspire to reach top management. Two years in, only 16% do.
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Why Federal Managers Fail to Fire Their Low Performers
The problem is not so much the system, but how it is applied.
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Here's How Much Sexism Costs Economies Around the Globe
Everyone in a society benefits from more women climbing the ranks in the workforce.
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Heck of a Recovery, New Orleans
Five governance lessons from the post-Katrina Gulf Coast.
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