By Jaymie Pompeo Contributor, Career Coach We all say we read job descriptions, but do we really invest the time in discovering the true value offered? As job seekers, it’s our responsibility to figure out the best way to position ourselves and a job description can...
How to Achieve Lasting Success
Fifty percent of this year is gone. Question, have you reached 50 percent or half of your goals? If one of your goals is to be successful in any area of your life or career before 2016 comes to an end, the one thing you must to do is to become an attractive person....
Information Governance Insights: Let’s Get Digital
There comes a time in every organization where someone comes up with the idea to "go paperless". There are many reasons for this; you’ve implemented a new electronic document management system, the contract with your storage provider has come due or you’ve simply run...
What Drives Your Leadership Behavior
Do you ever wonder why leaders do what they do? The plans, decisions and actions of a leader are strongly influenced by three powerful factors: Their personality style (also known as social style) The culture where they operate Past or present role models Our style...
The BREXIT Dust Is Settling: 1 Month Later
For the overwhelming majority of the IN/OUT campaign, polls pointed towards a Remain victory. Britain set to stay in EU were the claims widely accepted in the midst of the referendum race. But even then, even before 23rd June, we were all aware of how utterly...
Diversity in the Workplace: Challenges, Advantages & Value
Employers in both the public and private sectors are more than ever focused on attracting and retaining a diverse workforce. Diversity and inclusion programs are now some of the most visible programs within workplaces. These programs have a strong significance because...
How to Become a More Memorable Manager
Many of us in our federal careers have struggled at one time or another to get the attention of employees when speaking to them in a group. This can cause us to doubt whether we are commanding the respect that our position deserves. According to author and behavioral...
Pick Your Own Career Adventure
A number of the employees at the city where I work are retiring. These events do a few things: they confirm what has been told to me repeatedly and they make me question what position I will be when – more like if – I retire. The apparent number of retirements confirm...
The High Price of Complaining
“Private Stooper, front and center! Assume the front leaning rest position.” That’s army talk for get ready to do pushups. It’s a bitterly cold January morning at Fort Leonard Wood and every drill sergeant is here. Even the first sergeant and a couple of lieutenants...