leadership
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Members of AFGE Local 17 detail allegations that union members have levied against their supervisors in a report to Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald.
October 16, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management has rolled out "frameworks" for more consistent leadership training across the government. The guidance suggests timelines for teaching both substance and soft skills to managers.
October 15, 2015 Federal employees overall are more optimistic about their jobs, coworkers, leaders and compensation than they were in 2014. But a closer look at the data reveals troubling signs.
October 08, 2015-
The 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, the government's annual poll of federal employees, found that workers felt more satisfied with their involvement in decisions that affect their work, and they felt more optimistic about their opportunities for training and advancement within their organization.
October 06, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management released the Federal Supervisory and Managerial Frameworks and Guidance, a tool the agency hopes will be a resource for employees looking to become managers, managers hoping to rise through the ranks, and senior leaders who want to strengthen their leadership skills.
October 06, 2015 -
Semper fidelis or always faithful applies to the Marine Corps in more ways than one. Colonel Keil Gentry is the director of the Marine Corps War College. Charles Neimeyer is the director and chief of Marines Corps History at the Marine Corps University in Quantico Virginia. The tell In Depth with Francis Rose about some leadership lessons they teach their students that can apply to almost anyone.
August 05, 2015 -
The Army releases an update for its Army Operating Concept. It comes from a list of 20 Army Warfighting Challenges. And the Army says both resources are critical tools to build the force it needs 25 and 50 years from now. Gen. David Perkins is commanding general of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the mission of TRADOC and how his command delivers on that mission.
July 08, 2015 -
Maria Roat, former FedRAMP director and current CTO at Transportation, sat down with the Women of Washington radio show to discuss her work on FedRAMP and the challenges she faced in its implementation.
February 18, 2015 -
The SES has lost its luster in recent years, in part because of constrained program budgets, increased scrutiny from Congress, and a sense among members that political appointees are assuming more of the leadership responsibilities once reserved for them. In part two of our special report, Fixing the SES, five Senior Executive Service members tell Federal News Radio why they choose to stay in the service, and why they believe the SES may have its faults, but it's not broken.
February 16, 2015 -
Anne Marie Buerkle is a current commissioner at the Consumer Product Safety Commission and a former New York congresswoman. She sat down with Women of Washington Hosts Gigi Schumm and Aileen Black to discuss her path to Capitol Hill and what she's found since her arrival in DC.
February 11, 2015 -
Ellen McCarthy, director of Plans and Programs at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shares her tips for success on this week's Women of Washington radio show.
February 04, 2015 -
Tina Nunno, vice president and Gartner Fellow in Gartner's CIO Research group, tells the Women of Washington radio show that "power in the hands of good people is an amazing thing."
January 07, 2015 -
The Secret Service is an "insular" agency that needs a new director hired from the outside, according to former government officials tasked with examining the embattled agency after a man with a knife stormed the White House.
December 18, 2014 -
Ambit's Kim Hayes has been there, done that. She joins the Women of Washington radio show to discuss how her southern roots led her to various leadership positions in the federal sphere.
October 29, 2014 -
Federal employees' opinions of senior leaders are at a five-year low, based on the Office of Personnel Management's survey of nearly 400,000 employees across government. More broadly, the survey suggests employees are even less enthusiastic about their jobs than they were last year, when OPM warned agencies to heed signs of low morale.
October 24, 2014