Making Waves: Observing Yourself and Employee Performance in 2016
January is a popular time to reflect on personal and professional change. Creating New Year’s resolutions is a powerful way to implement meaningful change. As a…
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Sherpa 101: Mentoring Tips for Guiding the Next Organizational Generation
When many people think of Sherpas, they think of rugged tour guides. The value of a Sherpa, however, is not just their ability to lead you to the summit making sure you have the right gear and make the right turns on the trail. It is their ability to read the mountain, adjusting to cues […]
Read MoreMotivation: Using the Right “Carrots” to Reaffirm Valuable Contributions
A Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) study released in 2013 revealed that a mere 21% of Federal employees feel their job has the potential to be highly motivating. In other words, 79% of employees feel little-to-no reason to be motivated based on their jobs. To be clear — this is not about whether employees want […]
Read MoreEmployee Performance: Do You See the Big Picture?
Linda, a supervisor of an eight-person analysis team, went home every night for a week frustrated that her team wasn’t getting the job done. She shared her frustrations with her husband over dinners, “Maybe this team just doesn’t have what it takes. Charles and Kelly don’t seem to understand some of the analyses we do. […]
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