Management

Managing Your Career in the Trump Era

Do you feel like you are making a difference or are you just trying to survive?

Management

How Setting 'Anti-Goals' Can Keep Work From Being Miserable

Figure out what you hate, and strategize to avoid it, as Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger do.

Management

State Department Relied on Bad Data for Considering Clearance Times, Cost

Officials can only loosely estimate the time it takes to process clearances, and they don’t track the costs.

Management

How Guilt Can Hold Back Good Employees

Highly guilt-prone people tend to be conscientious and ethical, but also more hesitant about forming partnerships.

Management

When Amazon Meets Government

If a provision in the House version of the annual Defense authorization bill becomes law, the world of federal procurement faces major disruption.

Management

The Latest RAND Survey Paints A Disturbing Portrait of the American Workplace

"The portrait that emerges is of a workplace that is taxing on a lot of dimensions," says Nicole Maestas, the survey's lead author.

Management

Bridging the Gap Between Political Appointees and Civil Servants

The chasm between appointees and career staff often leads to dysfunction. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Management

Risk Management Isn’t Just for the Finance Staff

Operational leaders have an opportunity to align resources against their greatest vulnerabilities.

Management

Agencies Need A STEM Talent Management System

The General Schedule system is not suited for managing knowledge workers.

Management

How To Talk To Yourself To Control Emotions

It's okay to talk to yourself, a new study suggests, but how you do it matters.

Management

Is an Unpredictable Leader Good for National Security?

Think the goal is to keep your enemies guessing? Game theory suggests otherwise.

Management

Ten Days, Two Months, One Year: How Soon Can You Fire Someone You Know Was a Bad Hire?

"Sometimes you just hire the wrong person and realize very quickly that it’s not going to work out."

Management

How The FBI Could Get a New Headquarters

If Congress isn’t willing to pay for federal infrastructure, it should at at least make sure the rules allow GSA to secure the best deal for taxpayers.