Mismanaged Transitions

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Aparna Nancherla

Many companies think that the hard part is over after selecting and promoting an employee to a new management position, but many employers are putting their feet up and calling it a day's work too soon. Only 24 percent of respondents rated their organizations as good wh... More »

EQ Boost

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Harvey Deutschendorf

Traditionally, the office is seen as a place where employees leave their emotions at the door. While it is now accepted that our emotions are part of who we are and that we cannot think or act without them, many organizations still expect employees to ignore their emoti... More »

Workforce Assessments: Fears and Facts

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Shelley Kirkpatrick

Assessments are more important than ever in the current government climate, which emphasizes accountability, transparency, and performance improvement. By providing actionable information that is needed to make wise and informed... More »

Managing Stimulus Funding Performance

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Vincent Gooden

In this new era of responsibility and accountability, the passage of economic stimulus fundingalong with demands for successful government performancepresents contemporary challenges for public managers. The challenges demand th... More »

Obamas Stealth Revolution: Quietly Reshaping the Way Government Works

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Donald Kettl

Quiet grumbling has surfaced among the inside-the-beltway crowdand not just over healthcare reform. People are asking, Where is Obamas big-bang reform of government? Government reform has been a staple of presi... More »