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The Need for Data Driven Decision Making to Enable Transformation in this New Normal (by Colin Waitt)
A short note from the Dining Room Table The majority of the Federal workforce still is grappling with a return to work as discussed in previous posts and seen in numerous government related articles and op-eds. And while some agencies are leaning forward there is...
The Importance of Pausing to Plan for the Future Work Environment (by Colin Waitt)
Dining Room Table Discussion (Written by Colin Waitt June 11) The government COVID-19 return to work planning is a complicated scenario that requires to be thought through as the implications of wrong moves can have severe repercussions on the workforce. This is...
The Importance of Networks In This Remote Working Environment (by Colin Waitt)
Another Dining Room Table Comment: I have been having some interesting discussions with our hard-pressed federal HR professionals recently and one point that everyone is saying is how well things are going – much better than expected. This is good news and a credit...
Meeting the Unmet Needs of Our Employees and Customers (By Regina Krasner, PMP)
Meeting the Unmet Needs of Our Employees and Customers By Regina Krasner, PMP AvantGarde’s Strategy and Change Management Expert “Just because someone carries it all so well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.” Being a leader in this time of public health, economic and...
Another Missive from the HC Dining Room Table – Very delayed (By Colin Waitt)
Another Missive From The HC Dining Room Table - Very Delayed By Colin Waitt - Director of Strategic Growth It is very easy to get so engrossed in the day to day and forget to look up and stop and think. This seems to be especially so when working remote. You would...
AG White Paper Telework in COVID-19 Environment (By Colin Waitt)
COVID-19 has brought about unthinkable change in a short period of time. While OMB and OPM have provided guidelines (e.g. OMB-20-23, Aligning Federal Agency Operations with the National Guidelines for Opening Up America Again), agencies are still grabbling with new...