Can a Government Wide Mentorship Program Work

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Allison Primack

What if there was a virtual, government-wide mentoring program that not only reached out across the varying levels of government (federal, state, and local), but also bridged the expanse between agencies, experience, and geographical distance? More »

Federal Agency Finds Success In Group Mentoring Program

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Mindy Zasloff

The National Security Agency (NSA) started three innovative group mentoring programs to adapt to the diverse, fast-paced, and different ways employees need to work together and share corporate knowledge. As the federal population ages—The Washington Post estimates... More »

How Federal Executives Build Successful Long-Term Organizations

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Paul R. Lawrence

What do executives do? How do they spend their time? What do they leave behind after their tenure? To answer these questions, we interviewed 24 top political executives in the Obama Administration during their first two years in office. Beginning in 2009, we interviewed... More »

Leadership Is Everybodys Business

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Ilyse Veron

“In today’s world there are countless opportunities to make a difference. And more than ever there is a need for people of all ages, from all backgrounds, with all types of life experience to seize those opportunities that lead to greatness,” Jim Kouze... More »

Making Performance Information More Useful

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Morris Bosin

Only 50 percent of federal managers use performance information to help them run more effective programs. This percentage has not changed in more than a decade, according to two Government and Accountability Office studies conducted in 1997 and 2008. Similar results wer... More »