Should Your Agency use Progressive Discipline or Performance Demonstration Periods with Probationers?
By Deborah Hopkins, July 21, 2021 The question in this article’s title has come up a few times over the last several weeks, particularly during our flagship UnCivil Servant training classes. We’ll give you the short answer, and then the longer answer. Short answer:...The Good News: You Can Be an Effective Leader! (Part 2)
By Scott Boehm (with Ann Boehm), July 21, 2021 I hope you have spent the past month reflecting on leadership. This month, we want you to focus on four leadership tenets (integrity, accountability, empathy, and humility). And we are going to have you test your own...Don’t Just Flag Hostile Symbols; Do Something to Stop Them
By Dan Gephart, July 21, 2021 Residents from our cozy colonial-era town of Haddonfield, NJ, returned in droves to this year’s July 4 parade. (Last year’s parade was canceled due to COVID.) The streets were packed with enthusiastic and smiling (no masks!) residents,...Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again: Commission Reminds Agencies About Joint Employment
By Meghan Droste, July 21, 2021 Repetition can be a good thing. That’s why practice makes perfect, and you measure twice before cutting once. We repeat things to make sure we get them right. But repetition isn’t always a good thing. Sometimes, it means that we’re...Return to the Office and the Telework Tango
By Michael Rhoads, July 21, 2021 When I was a Rotary foreign exchange student in Argentina, the hardest thing this Yankee with two left feet did was learn the basic step of the tango – an intimate and graceful dance once mastered. The key to dancing the tango well is...Upcoming Events
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Course Description Official time. Bargaining topics. Negotiation timeframes. Meetings. Union responsibilities. Management rights. Anyone who has worked in Federal labor relations for any amount of time knows that it’s an always-changing and ever-challenging field. It’s[...]