Pay & Benefits
Feds Should Prepare Financially for Another Government Shutdown
Here are some ideas to help managers make sure employees are covered during a worst-case scenario.
Workforce
Mindfulness Could Lower Your Blood Pressure
Mindfulness can help lower high blood pressure by boosting attention control, emotion regulation, and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy habits.
Management
Three Ways to Raise Your Decision-Making Confidence
Don’t be the bottleneck that slows everything down.
Workforce
The False Promise of Morning Routines
Why everyone’s mornings seem more productive than yours.
Workforce
You’re More Likely to Mess Things Up Without Enough Sleep
Sleep deprivation messes with our 'placekeeping' ability, which makes us make more mistakes on tasks that have more than a few simple steps.
Management
Laboratories of Democracy in Action: Investing in What Works
The mere availability of information is not enough to get policy makers to actually use it.
Management
Creating the Foundation for Building an Agency Culture That Values Evidence
Here are six ideas to help you focus on what’s doable.
Workforce
Why Saying ‘OK Boomer’ at Work Is Considered Age Discrimination – but Millennial Put-Downs Aren’t
An employment law expert explains why you shouldn't use an age-related insult at work to demean an older colleague.
Workforce
Nearly Half of Sexual Harassers Can Go Back to Work
After getting fired for sexual harassment in the workplace, many harassers are able to come back to work because of weak company policies.
Management
Federal Agencies Can Succeed at Leadership Development Even Amid Tight Budgets
Data on the impact of training programs will help make the case for sustained funding.
Management
Leading and Succeeding Where Organizational Boundaries Are Unclear
These are the gray zones—visible an irritating to all—where authority and responsibility are muddled.
Management
Deep Sleep Can Ease Your Anxious Brain
A sleepless night can trigger up to a 30% rise in anxiety levels. But there are several things you can do to get a deep night's sleep.
Management
You Learn More From Success Than Failure
Though you've probably heard a lot about learning from failure, new research finds we learn a lot more from our successes.
Management
We Have the Tools and Technology to Work Less and Live Better
Keynes was almost right about the 15-hour working week of the future: we could live as well even on half those hours.
Management
A Checklist and Process to Create Daily Success at Work
It’s one way to avoid losing yourself in your organization’s maelstrom.
Management
How to Make the Most of Your FEVS Data
It’s critical that managers selectively focus on key questions in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
Management
How Employees Pollute Their Own Office Space
Data show that people and ventilation systems greatly affect the chemistry of indoor air—possibly more than anything else in an office space.
Oversight
How to Prep Yourself for Flu Season
As the flu season gets started, what can you do to protect yourself and stay healthy?
Management
Your Pay and Work Schedule Affect Your Health
There are several factors about our jobs that can have major effects on our health, from how much we make to when we work.
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