So you are in your first job and managing people for the first time. This isn't like your last internship where you organized brown bags for the other interns and didn't have any real managerial responsibility. Now you are in a management position and accountable to those that you supervise, to yourself, and to your employer. You may want to consider taking up some extra … [Read more...]
Fashion In Government: Getting Beyond Blue and Black
Government employees are known for their hard work, dedication, ethical standards, commitment to public service, non-partisanship and many other positive qualities and traits. What they aren’t known for is their style and general fashion sense. In fact, over the years, government employees have been widely panned for their lack of style and the continued reliance on the … [Read more...]
DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE
Let me address the proverbial elephant in the room that is mental health, resilience and mindfulness and the way in which mental health is handled or not handled by employees and employers. The United States experiences more workplace violence and on the extreme end, workplace shootings, than any other comparable nation historically and globally. Why is this? What … [Read more...]
The Art of Taking Vacation
If you are like me, you always have "use or lose" leave because you are too good at utilizing long weekends and holidays to get in little "vacationettes" here and there, instead of longer-duration vacays. So when the time comes to figure out what to do with your leave, you either end of up donating it or trying to plan the vacation to end all vacations. To be clear, if you end … [Read more...]
5 WAYS TO COPE WHEN YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED AT WORK
Stress has a way of creeping up on us all. It can be overt and just hit you smack in the face, but more than likely it is covert and creeps up on you over time. Do you find yourself getting easily exasperated at work? Are you quick to say "no" when you can say "yes" just because you don't want to or can't deal with another request? Do you always feel like you are digging out … [Read more...]