Management
Lead or Follow?
Faced with the choice between being a leader or a team player, many will choose loyalty to teammates.
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Be a Micromanager
Tell employees what you expect of them, monitor their performance, provide feedback and reward or admonish them.
Management
Agency Reconstruction
Officials at the Public Building Service clarified what the agency did, then reconfigured the workforce to meet that mission.
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Management Lit
Poolside reading lists indicate that federal managers are interested in improving their organizations.
Management
Presidential Prowess
Advice to the next president on building a management agenda based on the four cornerstones of leadership.
Management
Losing Their Religion
For some people, using religious comp days to play golf can be a leap of faith.
Management
Hail Bureaucracy
Sticklers for the rules get no recognition for promoting government integrity.
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Earth to Managers
Middle managers, NASA's leaders have a warning for you: Go with the agency's cultural reforms, or go away.
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Management by E-Mail
A look at some federal managers' reactions to last week's column on the benefits and drawbacks of e-mail communication.
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Leading vs. Managing
There's a big difference between the two, readers said in their reactions to last week's column.
Management