by Marnie Green | Apr 13, 2014 | Management Articles
Pension reform, budget cuts, restructuring, doing more with less. . . all of these modern-day public sector realities have had a tremendous impact on the level of trust in our organizations. Gone is the era of lifetime employment. Today, organizations consider...
by Marnie Green | Mar 11, 2014 | Management Articles
All the practice, preparation and knowledge in the world cannot prepare you for an audience who does not like you or your message. Many of my clients face public audiences who are hostile or who do not want to hear the message that is being delivered. At City...
by Marnie Green | Mar 11, 2014 | Management Articles
The success of managers in government organizations is defined by their ability to achieve results and drive change. Results and change come about through conversation and it’s not always easy to initiate the conversations that are required. In fact, many managers...
by Marnie Green | Feb 15, 2014 | Management Articles
A recent IPMA-HR member poll reported some good news about the state of the public sector workforce. The poll had some bad news as well. The good news? In the survey 81% of the respondents said that their agency was no longer conducting layoffs. This is a welcomed...
by Marnie Green | Jan 19, 2014 | Management Articles
The public sector has really been through the ringer lately and some are saying it’s only going to get tougher. Jennifer Schramm in the December 2013 issue of HR Magazine says there is a growing view among young job seekers that the fading security of public sector...