How Agency Heads Can Make the First 100 Days Count
The first 100 days represent an important—but relatively fleeting—opportunity to reorient the organization around a few critical priorities.
An Agile Approach to Change Management
Traditional change management process won’t cut it.
What to Do If Your Team Doesn’t Want to Go Back to the Office
As offices continue to open up, there are ongoing discussions in many organizations about when and how employees should return to work.
COVID-19 vaccine, deferred care are top comp, benefits concerns for 2021
The past year’s turbulence is likely to disrupt compensation and benefits in several ways.
Empowering Frontline Federal Workers
Change will require committed leadership. It’s a problem at all levels and in all functions.
The disconnect disconnect
Aligning culture and policy to mend the rift between needing time off and taking it.
Why Managers Need Leadership Development Too
Many organizations are underinvesting in managers’ leadership potential.
How Do You Evaluate Performance During a Pandemic?
Compassion for workers, while very important, is not enough; companies must arm managers with the tools they need to fairly and effectively adjust performance expectations within their teams.
Use OKRs to Set Goals for Teams, Not Individuals
Individual contributors should be assessed based on the extent to which their work contributes to team goals that add real value to the company and its customers.
Purpose, not platitudes: A personal challenge for top executives
To harness the power of corporate purpose, CEOs and other senior executives must pressure-test that purpose with their teams, employees—and themselves.