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Most federal information technology executives are not involved in their department’s succession planning activities, according to a new workforce study. The 25 IT executives included in the ACT-IAC (American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council) study said their agency’s succession planning program and human capital resource management strategy were either partially developed or poorly developed or non-existent. Seventy percent said they were not included in succession planning discussions. None of the 16 human capital executives surveyed had metrics that measured whether their agency’s succession, skills and management needs were being met.  “The human capital practitioners felt as though they are…

The Great Tonight Show War of 2010 is over, and Jay Leno has once again come out on top. But while a lot of digital ink has been spilled over the last month debating whether Leno or Conan O’Brien is funnier, the real story is that this was an astounding failure of NBC’s management. Their executives couldn’t keep a bad situation from becoming worse, and ended up losing one of their top talents. But federal managers can learn a lot from NBC’s failure. Here are five management lessons you can learn from the Leno/Conan dustup: 1. Career progression is crucial to…