Avoid the Arbitrary
Don't pick a number, any number, when setting goals for your office.
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Should federal managers rate teams rather than individual employees?
View ArticleComplex Risks
With the first decade of this century behind us, federal managers face a daunting world ahead.
View ArticleDon’t Blame the System
Managers can hire and fire federal employees, a new book argues.
View ArticleToot Your Horn?
Federal agencies struggle to promote their work without crossing the line into propaganda.
View ArticleIt’s a Stretch
Four tried-and-true ways to trim fat from your office budget -- and avoid being asked to cut from the bone.
View ArticleA Test of Leadership
Employee suggestion programs put managers’ reputations on the line.
View ArticleDon’t Go, KSAs
Federal managers will find ways to revive ‘knowledge, skills and abilities’ statements under a different name if hiring reformers eliminate them.
View ArticleTransparency Trap
Opening the book on government operations could cause major headaches for federal managers.
View ArticleMission Fissures
Many federal agencies have long struggled with conflicting aims. Breaking them up isn’t hard to do.
View ArticlePolitical Hot Potato
Career civil servants can’t be expected to make all the hard decisions.
View ArticleWhere’s the Rigor?
The Gulf oil spill highlights the management issues federal scientists face.
View ArticleLearning It Your Way
Formal classroom training isn’t the best route for many federal workers.
View ArticleCollaboration-minded feds see barriers to working together
Nevertheless, mid-level managers are forging new relationships and building bridges across departments and agencies.
View ArticleA federal holiday poem
Observing what has been a holiday tradition at GovernmentExecutive.com since 1998, we present our annual ode to federal employees.
View ArticleA federal holiday poem
Observing what has been a holiday tradition since 1998, we present our annual ode to federal employees.
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