Management
High Performance Is Not a Secret
Despite the fed-bashing and pay freezes, employees want to prove their value and contribute to their agency’s success.
Management
It’s Time to Focus on Empowerment and Recognition
What it will take to pull up from dead last in the Best Places to Work rankings.
Management
Can Government Adopt the P&G Philosophy?
VA nominee fostered a performance culture at Procter & Gamble.
Management
Why Bonuses Should Be Part of the Solution at VA
The prospect of financial rewards reinforces accountability.
Management
Now Is the Time to Fix VA Executive Pay
The SES pay system will make it difficult to attract needed talent.
Management
How Executive Incentives Compounded the VA’s Problems
If done right, bonuses could push leaders to expedite changes.
Management
Is Government Ready for Millennials?
Agencies should be building a culture that attracts young workers.
Management
Commentary: Poor Morale Should Not Be Ignored
Agency leaders should not wait to act until GAO studies the issue.
Management
Supervisors Hold the Keys to the New World Order
Managing teams is no longer about taking control, it's about giving it.
Management
Performance Equals Motivation Times Ability
And the key to that equation is better managers.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: The cost of the pay freeze outweighs the savings
Low morale and loss of talent could hobble government for years to come.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: Ten reasons to replace the General Schedule
Now’s the time to make tough decisions about pay -- while federal salaries are frozen.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: Searching for honest performance ratings
The key to evaluating employees is managing expectations.
Management
Tough Times
Better managers are needed to pull agencies through rocky periods of downsizing and reform.
News
Analysis: Politics of federal pay obscures the facts
More research is needed on total compensation, accounting for employee contributions and career patterns, to properly compare public and private remuneration.
News
Analysis: An open letter to Chairman Issa on federal pay
Why studies don't help us invent a merit-based, market-sensitive system that recognizes and rewards individual employee performance.
Oversight
Analysis: and the winner of the pay debate is . . .
Wednesday's House panel hearing on whether federal workers are underpaid or overpaid laid bare a possible route to reform of the GS system.
News
Analysis: Time for a fresh look at the federal pay system
President Obama's proposal for a five-year spending freeze and his vision of restructuring government present an opportunity to modernize the General Schedule.
Pay & Benefits