Talent Management’s 3 Rs – Don’t Miss the Relationship Piece
We all know about Reading, Writing and Arithmetic from our childhoods - the 3 Rs.... [+] Read More
Six Months and a Million Dollars
Six months and a million dollars - it's a bit of a running joke around the Washington, DC Capital Beltway.... [+] Read More
Federal Hiring – Drilling Down on the Quality Review Form and Federal Preferences
As many of you know, we recently introduced our new Quality Review Form (QRF) to assist federal HR specialists in validating and verifying preferences, and help them capture the outcome of the application review process. Since its introduction, the QRF has proven to be a... [+] Read More
NGA.NET Teams with USDA for Big Federal Talent Management Win
Another U.S. federal technology competition? Lately, that means another round of recognition for NGA.NET's talent management solutions. Our latest award comes via last week's ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation 2015 Showcase and Awards. The American Council for Technology (ACT) - Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is the premier... [+] Read More
The Key Considerations of Performance Management
The theory behind performance management is simple enough: Align the personal and professional goals of your employees with the strategic goals of your organization, and you'll be in a far better position to achieve ongoing success.... [+] Read More
Australian Federal Leadership & Employee Engagement Troubles — Use Talent Analytics to Fix
To those of us that follow the U.S. and Australian federal workforces, the news of the near-crisis that is employee engagement in the United States is not new. And it is heartening to know that there are no such dire numbers regarding the Australian federal... [+] Read More
The Federal Leadership and Employee Engagement Crisis – Talent Analytics Will Show the Way Out
To those of us that follow the U.S. federal workforce, the news of the near-crisis that is employee engagement is not new. Specific numbers from various reports and pundit observations may vary to some degree, but the overall view is pretty much accepted - employee... [+] Read More
The Washington Redskins and the Importance of Successful Talent Management
The National Football League (NFL), professional league of America's Number 1 spectator sport, is big business, with revenue around $10 billion per year. It's more than a game.... [+] Read More
Performance Management and Employee Engagement – Every Picture Tells a Story
Despite all the talk of integrated talent management and people management being the hub of engagement, empowerment and the overall organizational environment, we still seem to get bogged down in thinking about key elements of talent management in various HR silos.... [+] Read More
2015 – The Year of Performance Management?
Now that all the Year in Review and Year in Pictures articles have concluded, it's time to move on to the predictions for the coming year. I'm by no means an "official" prognosticator. Yet I see a trend that has been building over the last... [+] Read More