Tom Dugard, an affirmational leadership specialist and the owner of Affirmational Leadership Consulting, writes this monthly column tailored specifically for federal managers and executives to help them address management and leadership issues that arise in the federal workplace. For more information on Tom Dugard and Affirmational Leadership Consulting, visit our partner page.
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Being a federal employee has its benefits, and GEICO is making it that much easier to love being a federal employee by bringing feds discounted Nationals tickets and the 2012 Funniest Fed Competition.
Join the Nationals on select dates for a $10.00 Nats Bucks food credit for attendees with a federal employee ID, courtesy of GEICO. (Limited to the first 150 who show their work ID at the GEICO Racing Presidents Photo Station Area).
And for a few laughs, join GEICO at the 2012 Funniest Fed Competition, a series of comedy shows where federal employees and members of the military perform original standup routines in front of live, voting audiences in an effort to nab the title of "D.C.'s Funniest Federal Employee."
Federal Long Term Care Partners has released the results of the 2011 Open Season for the Federal Long Term Insurance Program (FLTCIP), Long Term Care Partners recently said, which has been heralded “a complete success.” More than 45,000 individuals were approved for enrollment during the 2011 FLTCIP Open Season, bringing FLTCIP’s total enrollment to more than 270,000, an increase of 20 percent.
The majority of 2011 applicants ultimately opted for one of FLTCIP’s pre-packaged plans. The most popular plans were those with a Daily Benefit Amount of $150 or $200 per day and a Benefit Period of three years – a good match for the average national cost and duration of long term care services, Long Term Care said.
Read more...The U.S. Senate unanimously approved last week the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 (S.743), which would strengthen protections for government whistleblowers.
The legislation was introduced by Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia.
Read more...There are numerous discussions taking place on Capitol Hill regarding federal employees and cuts to agency budgets. Federal employees have more pressure to deliver an effective and efficient government and do more with less. Federal employees need the training and tools to do their jobs well or they won't be able to meet this demand.
Read more...An agency violated an employee’s due process rights when the deciding official relied on the recommended penalty for a charge not contained in the notice of proposed removal, the Merit Systems Protection Board (“the Board”) recently ruled.
Read more...No matter your opinion of Napoleon Bonaparte, he was, without question, one of the best motivational leaders in the last 500 years. After destroying his army in Russia and being exiled to Elba he was able to raise a new army that threatened European Nobility for a second time. Even his enemies admired his ability to see beyond the moment and inspire the minds of those who would follow him. When Lord Wellington was asked who the best general of all time was, he responded, “undeniably, Napoleon Bonaparte.” To this day, we are still influenced by his genius in small and large ways. The suit coats men and women put on every day have buttons at the end of their sleeves. This superfluous item of fashion, invented by Napoleon, was designed to prevent troops from wiping their nose with their sleeve. And yet this minor invention of hygiene remains with us today. But our greatest lesson from Napoleon Bonaparte was his skill in leadership, a word not yet invented.
With all the talk on the Hill and at the Office of Personnel Management on federal workers’ insurance and retirement benefits options, it could be hard to understand how the different initiatives or legislative proposals will affect federal employees.
This Friday, host Bill Bransford will be joined by Joan Melanson from Long Term Care Partners and federal retirement benefits specialist James Marshall for an in-depth look at and breakdown of the various retirement and insurance options out there for federal employees.
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