10 Things Every Manager and Supervisor Must Know if the Organization’s Employees are Represented by a Union: Part Two
The article tests your labor relations savvy. You’ve answered the questions, now compare your answers with those of the author.
10 Things Every Manager and Supervisor Must Know if the Organization’s Employees are Represented by a Union: Part One
Are You a manager that deals with organized employees? Take this quiz and test your knowledge of labor relations.
Protecting Feds from Personal Information Release and Identity Theft: Are Current Policies Enough?
In the wake of recent privacy-violating probing of presidential candidates’ passport files and earlier losses by agencies of computers or hard drives containing sensitive employee data, it appears the risk of nosy feds, political paparazzi, curious contractors and others getting personal personnel info may be at an all time high. What’s going on?
Breaking News: FLRA General Counsel Disappears
A recent news article on the FLRA site refers to the absence of an FLRA General Counsel. The site does not indicate where she may be though.
Performance Improvement (Part Two)
Solving a performance problem in the complex world of the federal human resources environment takes time, energy, patience and considerable work. This part of the article explains how to define the problem and tools to address the problem.
Performance Improvement: Addressing the Real Problems Without Getting Bogged Down in the Most User-Unfriendly Program Around
Existing performance systems do a lousy job of addressing the real problems supervisors face in getting the job done. Fortunately there are other choices available. Here is how to get started in addressing the problem.
Two New FLRA Decisions: Practitioners Pay Attention!
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued two decisions that author Bob Gilson says practitioners should read as instructional tales on how to lose a case by not paying attention.
MSPB Regulations Revisions: A Couple of Issues Worth Watching
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has issued a final rule revising its regulations. Here is a summary of the changes that will be of interest to many of your readers in the federal community.
Effective Whine Management: A Critical Skill for Federal Managers and Supervisors
The art of whinemaking is alive and well in the federal service. There are a great variety of whine types: Whine are cultivated everywhere and advanced by their purveyors as the best in existence. Here is advice for federal supervisors on how to handle this facet of working in the federal environment.
Establishing Expectations: Ten Suggestions for Supervisors and Managers
Organizations work only when the people who make them up share common values (rules) and have dependable expectations of themselves, each other and management. Here are 10 suggestions or supervisors and managers to make this a reality in your organization.
