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Is a Disengaged Government Employee a Loyal Employee?
The answer may be yes! Studies show that while most government employees are satisfied with their jobs, many are not actively engaged in the performance and quality of their work. Yet, a hearty 63% of...
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It’s Not About The Pay, It’s About The Passion
In my last post, I wrote about disengaged, yet loyal, employees. I received several comments from readers and colleagues about the message contained in that article. Some wanted to know more about the...
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When agencies are hit with budget cuts, leadership development training initiatives are often the first to go. Without a clear understanding of the positive and measurable mission impact, it’s easy to...
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How are your agency’s training dollars being spent?
In 1967, President Johnson signed an executive order that provided agency leaders and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the presidential guidance on how training programs should be implemented...
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Engaged Employees–4 steps to finding your “pockets of excellence”
At a recent conference in Richmond, VA, I had a chance to conduct a workshop with 160 Legislative Clerks and Secretaries. It was part of a week-long National Conference of State Legislatures. The...
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4 Secrets to Leading Government at a Higher Level
Join Ken Blanchard during your lunch hour as he shares 4 secrets that government leaders can use to take their team to the next level. Join Now! November 1, 2012 – 12:00pm EST Leading in the public...
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Motivating Your Employees When Change is Looming Around the Corner
Fiscal cliff, political objections, merging agencies, and pay decrease discussions around the water cooler have many government employees concerned. Many of us are wondering what exactly 2013 is...
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Learning To Be A Great Leader: How Leading Up Can Influence Your Supervisor’s...
I work for a leadership organization. On a daily basis, I am surrounded by comments, articles, research, subject matter experts, blogs, and books on how to be a great leader. I believe in these...
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8 FUNdamentals of Life and Leadership
How many times have you heard the phrases, “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life” or “Don’t take yourself so seriously” in conversations about the workforce? These words of...
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‘Tis The Leadership Season
I have an advantage. I reach hundreds of people every week as a writer of this blog. I write about leadership, motivation, communication, work passion, and the latest topic going on in the US...
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It’s a Fiscal Cliff! It’s a Sequester! It’s Ineffective Leadership?
As much as I would like to jump on the “sequester bandwagon” and write yet another article about the impact this enormous change will have on our country, I’m going to take a different approach on the...
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What the Government Shutdown Taught Me
We’re all familiar by now with the impact the 2013 Government Shutdown had on government employees, the American people, and the economy. Just to recap a few statistics from the shutdown; 6.6 million...
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5 Ways To Be A Motivating Leader
As we begin to wrap up 2013, many of us are starting to think about resolutions for the New Year and what we can do differently in 2014. The common resolutions like going to the gym more often, losing...
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Giving the Gift of Generosity
This time of year expends a lot of time and energy into choosing just the right gift for our loved ones, finding the perfect ugly sweater for the holiday bash, or setting out holiday decorations for...
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3 Steps to Discover and Retain the Intrapreneur at Your Organization
Change is a constant. Like it or not, it is inevitable that at some point throughout your career, you will experience a change that forces you to rethink everything; your goals, your strategy, your...
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Leading a Team to Perform
There are few jobs today that allow a person to work autonomously. Certainly in government there are many examples of jobs that are interdependent. Even at its most basic level, the branches of...
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8 Values of Teleworking on a Snow Day or Any Day
Today is a snow day for government employees in DC. Oh, wait, never mind. You still have to get to the office but you are allowed a two-hour delayed arrival time due to inclement weather in the DC...
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A Breakthrough Year for America
In last night’s State of the Union Address, President Obama covered a lot of ground around topics like jobs and the economy, immigration, education, and energy. As with many of these addresses in the...
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Why You’re Really Hitting The Snooze Button
Millions of people watched Gwen Dean as she quit her job as an engineer in a commercial that aired during the Super Bowl last week. Gwen’s dream was to start a puppeteer business, and with the help of...
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Dealing with a Bully at Work? Four Tips to Take Back the Power
Have you ever been bullied? Have you supervised a team that included a bully? Though they sometimes go by other names, I have known my share of bullies and have struggled to deal with them at different...
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