leadership

FedSMC: Is Governing ‘Beyond The Desktop’ All Good?

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A conversation about how technology allows leaders to “govern beyond the desktop” generated optimism and laughter as well as fear and skepticism Tuesday at the annual Federal Senior Management Conference in Cambridge, Maryland.

“People are dating online. Meeting people all over the world,” said Anthony Macri, who serves on the General Services Administration’s mobility transformation team. “You have to shift to a virtual mentality and the technology supports that. It’s a mindset of virtual connectivity.” Keep reading →

 /  Published April 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM

FedSMC: NSA Chief Says Leaders Can Be Made

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Many believe leaders are born, not made. Chris Inglis disagrees.

The National Security Agency’s Deputy Director explained why at the annual Federal Senior Management Conference in Cambridge, Maryland. He kicked off the event at a Sunday evening dinner reception by recounting a memory of a first meeting with about a dozen federal workers he was about to manage. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 16, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Recovery.gov Blog: Working Together Pays Rich Dividends

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This is an installment in a series of columns that originally appeared at Recovery.gov about the ongoing efforts of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and its oversight of the $840 billion Recovery program.

What makes for good government? Keep reading →

 /  Published March 29, 2012 at 10:11 AM

Feds@Work: Fostering Leadership With Public-Private Partnerships

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The economic problems of the past few years have taken their toll on local governments, including police departments that have been forced to layoff or furlough law enforcement officers and cut back on services that could put public safety at risk.

At the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Katherine McQuay (pictured above) and Zoe Mentel (pictured below) teamed up to help address this issue by building innovative partnerships between the private sector and local law enforcement officials. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 27, 2012 at 1:00 PM

Dartmouth Chief Tapped To Head World Bank

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama on Friday nominated Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College, to be the next president of the World Bank.
Kim’s background is in medicine, not economics or business as has been the case with most previous World Bank presidents. He has worked with international organizations, serving as a senior official at the World Health Organization.

Kim is particularly known for his efforts addressing health concerns, including AIDS, in developing countries. He was one of the founders and former executive director of Partners In Health, a not-for-profit organization that supports health programs in poor countries. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 23, 2012 at 3:36 PM

Women In Federal IT: NASA Takes Innovative Approach To Diversity

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In honor of Women’s History Month, Breaking Gov highlights women’s relatively recent breakthrough in the growing and increasingly crucial world of federal IT. This is the last of a three-part series on women in federal IT that reveals who these leaders are and how they’re making a difference.

NASA, well-known for breaking technological barriers to explore outer space, has now launched a different kind of innovative program. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 14, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Cyber Command’s Alexander: Leading For Success On The Mobile Frontier

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Gen. Keith B. Alexander, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief Central Security Service shares insights on leading for success in the mobile frontier and amid the rapid evolution of technologies and threats:

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 /  Published March 13, 2012 at 9:01 AM

Women In Federal IT: Collaborating Amid The Complex

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In honor of Women’s History Month, Breaking Gov highlights women’s relatively recent breakthrough in the growing and increasingly crucial world of federal IT. This is the first of a three-part series on women in federal IT that reveals who these leaders are and how they’re making a difference.

Just 15 years ago, women were the exception in federal IT roles. In fact, at the time, men claimed every top federal technology job in government. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 12, 2012 at 12:30 PM

‘Linsanity’: Three Leadership Lessons From Jeremy Lin

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If you were to ask someone off the street “who is Jeremy Lin?” a couple of weeks ago, chances are they would have no idea who you were talking about. Now this New York Knicks basketball player is an instant NBA legend, and fans and non-fans alike have gone “Linsane” over his success.

GovLoop member Pat Fiorenza dug deeper, asking the community: what leadership lessons can we learn from Jeremy Lin? Fiorenza suggested several lessons, such as “hard work is contagious”, “admitting failure and what you need to improve” and “shine in adversity.” Keep reading →

 /  Published March 2, 2012 at 11:30 AM

Senior Executive Talent Underutilized In Federal Government

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A new report released today by the Partnership for Public Service provides fresh perspective on the long standing failure of the federal government to take advantage of its Senior Executive Service and a cadre of more than 7,800 senior leaders many of whom find themselves trapped in the agencies they work for.

The report, “Mission-Driven Mobility,” outlines barriers that SES members face in being able to move from one agency to another, and even within agencies, as intended when the SES was created by Congress in 1978 as a way to spread the experience of senior executives to improve the broader management of government. Keep reading →

 /  Published February 29, 2012 at 9:53 AM
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