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You're Expected to Improve Your Organization's Performance. Now What?

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Gene Bacher

Regardless of your personal viewpoint on improving organizational performance, as a public policy objective, it is here to stay. The desire to demonstrate (preferably quantitatively) that public funds are achieving increasingly better outcomes has driven the establishme... More »

Develop a Habit of Inspiration to Unleash Innovative Approach

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Kitty Wooley

Look at More is written for any individual or team willing to adopt a few new behaviors to develop the habit of being inspired. Given the complex challenges and budget shortfalls that are facing government at all levels, the fact that inspiration can be learned is good ... More »

Successfully Managing Federal Rightsizing Initiatives

Tim Winchell

Federal managers can anticipate mission changes, organizational restructuring, and austere budgets in fiscal year 2013 and beyond. The challenge will be to incorporate these into headquarters-mandated mission changes while creating and maintaining high-performing subord... More »

Change Agents: Are You a Good Rebel or Bad Rebel?

Paula Ketter

Are you into this change agent mode because you just want to prove that your solutions are right or are you really into creating a culture in your organization where change is an acceptable activity? More »

Interagency Group Works for the Good of All Government

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Revamping the performance appraisal system for the Senior Executive Service (SES) last year was a huge leap toward bringing the program in line with its original mission: to serve as a corporate cadre of federal government leaders capable of moving across and within age... More »