How well are you doing and how do you know?
For many federal agencies, answering these questions can be intimidating, because, frankly, measuring mission impact is hard. Keep reading →
Lara Shane
Posts by Lara Shane
Innovation seems to be this decade’s buzzword. It’s what “synergy” was to the 1990s, but what does it really mean?
Put simply, innovation is the process of improving, adapting or creating a product, system or service. According to federal employees, some agencies do it better than others. Keep reading →
Federal pay has been a topic of hot debate this year, with some studies concluding government workers are overcompensated compared to their private-sector counterparts and others finding the exact opposite.
The latest and perhaps most credible study from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that federal workers with less education are paid slightly higher than those in the private-sector while highly educated federal workers tend to be underpaid. Keep reading →
Leadership is difficult in any environment, but leading in the federal government comes with unique challenges, and frankly, government leaders aren’t receiving rave reviews from their employees.
An analysis of Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® data by my organization, the Partnership for Public Service, reveals that leadership in the federal government is one of the lowest ranked out of 10 workplace categories, with a score of only 54.9 out of 100. Keep reading →