WashingtonExec Career Night Hosts Students, Rising Stars Committee
It’s sometimes rare to find college and high school students who use their time away from academics to professionally network and conduct self-assessment. However, that is exactly what happened at WashingtonExec’s latest career night, hosted at Attain in Tysons Corner. Over 25 executives attended with their high school and college-age children. Keynote speakers were Nina
Rick Dansey Keynotes at Rising Stars of GovCon Committee
On Oct. 4, the WashingtonExec Rising Stars of GovCon Committee came together at the KippsDeSanto headquarters in Tysons Corner to learn how to “manage up,” the secrets to negotiating a raise and how to have a leadership mindset. Keynote speaker Rick Dansey, senior vice president at Terathink, led the discussion. “An important activity for setting
FCW Unveils 2016 Rising Stars
FCW has released its 2016 list of Rising Stars, which recognizes individuals who are still early in their federal IT careers and already have made an impact. Full profiles will run next month in FCW, and the winners will be honored in person at GCN’s Oct. 13 Dig IT Awards gala. Click here for link
ACT-IAC Voyagers Program Names 2016 “Rising Stars” Class
On September 28th Fairfax, Va.-based American Council for Technology (ACT) – Industry Advisory Council (IAC) announced its 2016 Voyagers Program “Rising Stars” class. The objective of the Voyagers Program is to prepare these “rising stars” for their future roles in industry and government. There are 12 participants chosen for the government program as well as
WashingtonExec’s Rising Stars of GovCon Hear from Executive Coach, Author Alan Berson
Strategic leadership and executive coach Professor Alan Berson spoke with WashingtonExec’s Rising Stars of GovCon Group on the many topics covered in his book Leadership Conversations: Challenging High-Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders. Berson began his discussion by defining what a leadership conversation is and the increased level of communication skills required in senior leadership
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