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Explore the latest leadership tips and career development guidance for federal employees looking to grow, lead, and advance. This category covers workplace leadership skills, communication strategies, career advancement advice, team management, professional development, and federal workforce leadership best practices. Find practical insights from our authors on becoming a more effective leader, improving performance, and navigating leadership challenges in today’s federal workplace.
The author reminds job seekers that when describing their accomplishments, it is important to describe how they have made those accomplishments as well as how the results were…
The author says that it takes about 1,000 hours of committed, hard work to become competent at a difficult skill (like public speaking, for example) and about 5,000…
The author presents a satirical account from an employee's perspective of a director's decision to move his office into a cubicle.
The author says that there are specific actions we all take that get us to our current job and income level. She also says that modifying these in…
A common failure in our writing is that what we write is too abstract.
The author suggests involving federal employees in identifying opportunities for reductions in budgets to prevent the need for furloughs.
When you're finished writing, put your document away for a while-at least a day, if possible-and then proofread it slowly. Better yet, have someone else proof it for…
It's never a good idea to send an email while you're in a meeting.
Here's a clever trick you can use to overcome writer's block.
If you truly want to get noticed and ultimately succeed, you need to get out and network with people in person.