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How to attract, hire, and retain employees in the US federal sector
The challenge is real, and it has been with us for decades: in a not-for-profit environment, how do organizations attract,…
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How to help others (or yourself) develop resilience
Between April and July this year, I wrote four blog posts on the four stages of resilience in relation to the psychological…
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Building an inclusive climate is a culture change
Increasing a company’s focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) with a goal of changing organizational behavior can be a slow and challenging…
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Workplace politics is not the same as politics in the workplace
It’s a common understanding to not talk politics at work. But, after spending over a year reviewing and synthesizing academic research…
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How exclusive or inclusive is your approach to assessing talent?
In one of my favorite academic papers, Nicky Dries* presented, among other things, different tensions about talent: I personally find…
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Future predictors of job performance
As an occupational/industrial/business psychologist, my holy grail has always been: What traits, or combination of traits, predict effective job performance?…
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New U.S. federal hiring reform and the importance of measuring KSAOs
On June 26, President Trump signed a new executive order that calls for federal hiring reform. As the largest employer…
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So, you’re leading a remote team during a crisis. Ask yourself these four questions
Leading a team is never easy, and becoming a leader under sudden remote circumstances is its own beast. You likely did not have…
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Thriving through adversity, part 4: learning from adversity
In this series of four blogs, I have outlined the four stages of how we respond, adapt, and recover from adversity. The fourth…
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Thriving through adversity, part 3: recovering from setbacks
This is the third blog in a series of four in which I discuss the four stages of change and…
