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    Managing Government Employees: How to Motivate Your People, Deal with Difficult Issues, and Achieve Tangible Results
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    Managing Government Employees: How to Motivate Your People, Deal with Difficult Issues, and Achieve Tangible Results
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    Managing Government Employees: How to Motivate Your People, Deal with Difficult Issues, and Achieve Tangible Results

    By Stewart Liff

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    Managing government employees presents unique challenges. Government managers may feel that stringent and convoluted regulations mean they "can’t do that". Some others may use that perception as a crutch. But the truth for all of them is, yes, they can "do that" -- and they’d better. "That" means managing employees as proactively and decisively as their corporate counterparts, and holding their staffs, teams, and departments accountable for productivity and results. Managing Government Employees offers dozens of techniques for meeting the challenges and stressful situations supervisers face on a daily basis. Major topics include how to:

    * get maximum dedication and productivity from employees
    * improve results of poor performers and discipline or fire them when necessary
    * deal with union and EEO issues
    * cut through the red tape of government employment systems

    For managers frustrated by government bureaucracy, this book lets them know they have more power than they may think.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAMACOM
    Release dateFeb 26, 2007
    ISBN9780814437223
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    Managing Government Employees: How to Motivate Your People, Deal with Difficult Issues, and Achieve Tangible Results
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    Stewart Liff

    STEWART LIFF began his career with the federal government in 1974. He is a winner of the President's Council on Management Improvement Award and the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service. His books include Managing Government Employees (978-0-8144-0887-2).

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