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Learning From Mistakes: Take the Fear Out of Failure

GovLoop

Failure is an antonym to success for most of us, but Andi Mirviss, North America Program Manager at the Centre for Public Impact, disagrees. She wants people to think of failure as a synonym for innovation. “In Focus on Learning, Not Just Execution. Only by not stagnating can you make progress. Recruit Managers as Learners.

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5 Success Skills for New Hires

GovLoop

It would be counterintuitive to set new employees up for failure. But new hires need to do some of the legwork, too, to make sure they stand out for all the right reasons. Here we offer five tips for being an exemplary, engaged and enterprising employee that you won’t necessarily find in those manuals or hear from the hiring manager.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Some years ago I met a 31-year-old Bulgarian policeman whose main claim to fame was that he had been the Chief of Police for the Republic of Haiti for 20 minutes, or in other words until someone more senior arrived from Port-au-Prince airport. Nevertheless, there were some spectacular failures.

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