Diversity in the Workplace:  Challenges, Advantages & Value

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

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

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

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...

Leaders Can Foster a Learning Agile Workplace

Leaders Can Foster a Learning Agile Workplace

Learning agility, or flexible learning, can be a true asset to any organization.  Learning agile employees provide creative, customer-focused approaches to help foster an engaged and ever-evolving workplace. There are four types of learning agility: mental; people;...

Ninja Leaders Accomplish More with Less

Ninja Leaders Accomplish More with Less

I’m used to going against the grain.  Always have. They guy who managed himself and others in a non-traditional manner was often questioned when it came to this method. Not so much though when it came to results. And, results matter. You make important decisions and...

5 Ways to Fire Up Your Employability

5 Ways to Fire Up Your Employability

Being employable is not the same as being employed. Getting the next job is only a step in your lifelong journey of being employable. Becoming and remaining employable involves staying relevant, up-to-date and a good cultural fit. Here are five ways to fire up your...

There Are Cheaters All Around Us

There Are Cheaters All Around Us

And there are some players that, while not outright cheating, are self-serving, making it about themselves winning and others losing. Finding that area where they can cut corners, deliver a little less than expected and get away with it, or deceive the customer by...

A Personal Interview

A Personal Interview

I attended a job interview recently. It was my first one for a long time. And it was for a good job. But I am 54 these days, I wear an eyepatch and having been self-employed in a small town for almost 20 years, I believed the odds were well against me. There would...

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