It is finally happening - federal employees, Boomers to be exact, are finally feeling ready to leave their government jobs. It is predicted that approximately 80,000 are set to retire by the end of the fiscal year, according to the Office of Personnel Management. This number is expected to increase as we move on and …
Creating Collaborative Spaces
When looking at fostering creativity in the work environment, one 'too' that leaders can offer their members is to allow collaborative spaces. These are meeting areas, or work spaces, where member can go to either meet as a group, or for individual time, and be in creative mode. The two types of modes that I …
Career Lattice vs Career Ladder
If you aspire to move up the corporate ladder, you might want to rethink that strategy a bit, considering how the workforce is these days. I hear from more workers who are frustrated that they either can't move up in their organization or they don't possess the skills or experience to do so. I came …
As A Leader – Have You Set Goals for 2013?
So much is talked about at this time of year on setting goals; personal goals, business goals, career goals, financial goals, and the list goes on. One area that I'm not so sure is talked about is goal-setting from the leadership viewpoint. These types of goals are separate from what the organization has set and …
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You’re Promoted to Manager – Now Act Like It
You have been working at your present job and find that your hard work and dedication has been rewarded to a management position. Do you know what to do? Do you feel like a leader? In addition to using the knowledge, skills and abilities that led to the promotion but you need to act like …
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As a Leader, Do You Practice What You Preach?
We hear so much these days about how bad things are in the workplace. In a study done by Healthy Companies International, a management consulting firm, one-in-four workers are unhappy with their jobs finding it is only a means to making money to enhance other activities in their life. Of the workers surveyed, eleven percent …
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Spruce Up Your Leader Behavior
Employee engagement is a hot topic in workplace news. Engagement means the degree to which employee's are invested in their jobs and the organization. Employee engagement is down - last figures show 54% - and a lot of it is due to a lack of involvement by leadership. The downturn in the economy has led …
